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So the non-simple answer is, I match.....then have the rest of the year to move someone else to get under the tax. The tax doesn't kick in right when you go over it. It is calculated at the end of the year. Still, now you HAVE to move some of those contracts and leverage isn't on your side....if it ever was.

 

Lin most definitely does not suck and would instantly be the best player on our bench.

 

Just did a comparison for this season on basketball reference.

Lin shoots both 2's and 3's better, has a 4.7% eFG% advantage, TS% is 8.6% higher, he gets to the free throw line double what ET does, has a 5.5% better assist rate, is slightly better in steal% and turnover%, win shares/48 has a 0.97 to 0.54 advantage, and offensive rating is 112 to 103 which is a rather large difference.

Turner has 3.9% advantage on rebounding%, 0.3% advantage in block%, and a defensive rating of 111 compared to the 115 of Lin.

Please explain to me how that amounts to Turner being good and Lin being an abomination?

 

Maybe not the best player on the bench... but much better than Turner

 

No, I specifically said that Jody warned you today that she wasn't going to allow you to do stuff like that during the season because she doesn't want to be anywhere near the tax line. She will not approve going over it next year even if the plan is to get back under because there is a risk that it wouldn't be possible.

(This is just a hypothetical)

 

Turner is bigger and a better initiator of the offense. I prefer him on our 2nd unit.

 

Player 1 - 7.7 points,,, 3.9 assists, 4.7 rebounds, FG% .472, 3pt% .167, eFG% .483, FT% .697
Player 2 - 10.9 points, 3.7 assists, 2.4 rebounds, FG% .473, 3Pt% .336, eFG% .530, FT% .826

Outside of rebounds, one of those players sucks much more than the other. (Hint - the one that sucks the most is not Lin)

 

Better "initiator of offense"?

That sounds completely made up...

So Turner is 6'7 instead of 6'3. Okay?

 

Of course it does since I made it up. Lol

I still think he’s a much better player than Jeremy Lin though. He was the 2nd pick in the draft.

 

He may be bigger (not sure that matters much) but the numbers prove he is not a better initiator.

 

I'm no fan of Turner, but I do appreciate the man defense he provides on better wing players. Not that his loss will go and make or break our season, but with Harkless constantly injured, you play any good wing player, and we have so limited options on who can defend.
I understand the potential long term benefits of shedding his deal a year early, getting the full MLE, and then maybe that player is some difference make NEXT year for us. And I know I should never get my hopes up that we'll make a deal that actually improves us now and long term, but fuck it'd be so underwhelming and depressing if our trade deadline was Turner and a pick for Jeremy Lin.

 

Hasheem Thabeet is bigger and better than Jusuf Nurkic because he was the #2 pick in the draft!

WTF does that matter what pick he was 9 years ago?

 

You sound like someone I know...

Cant tell if you're trolling or not. Please tell me you are.

 

That wasn't the deal we were discussing, I too would be disappointed in just that.

 

In my opinion numbers don’t prove shit if your team has been garbage for the last 4 or 5 years.

 

This is his 1st year on Atlanta.

 

I troll all the time. I do believe some of what I’m saying though.

And Jeremy Lin is not as good as Evan Turner.

 

And Brooklyn. And Charlotte.

 

Sorry, I was thinking of the "rumored" deal from reddit, of Turner and 1st for Lin.

 

Oh no problem, I can see why you would think that. The original trade was from one of their fans saying they would take Harkless and Leonard for Lin, Prince, and Len. No picks attached. I said if we pulled that off to then go all-in and sell ET off with our 2019 1st for an expiring in a different deal or by making it a 3 team deal.