OT Free Agency Round The League

Agreed, and even if all of those teams made actual offers, it's possible that only the Nets offer was guaranteed money. We just don't have enough info based on tweet-length communications.

 

Re: Vonleh
I really like Vonleh, but his unwillingness to even look at the basket really helped out opposing defenses. Leave Caleb open even as far away as the 3, and he's shooting it some decent % of the time - he poses a threat.

 

Re: Swanigan
I think s2 is way too hard on him. IMHO, the jury's still out on him, he could still become a very productive player.

Chris Mullin is a HOFer who looked like he was missing basic NBA skills, but was an extremely good basketball player, nonetheless.

 

If Curry is all the way back from injury, the backcourt rotation will be better. On the frontcourt rotation - we will have to agree to disagree. I'm not convinced Collins is ready to be force-fed more minutes (nor is Swanigan), and any plan that involves Leonard seeing the floor is a non-starter for me.

If the team was willing to write this season off in favor of long-term re-tooling...then I would say start Trent at the 3 and Collins at the 4, give Simons and Swanigan regular minutes, and take our lumps. That, however, is clearly not the plan.

 

good post...fair enough...it's refreshing to have a conversation that includes agree to disagree...I respect that....

 

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-good-the-bad-and-the-wtf-of-nba-free-agency/

 

Bad fit, thought this when he went to OKC.
Any player who is unwilling/unable to play off-the-ball for the majority of possessions is a bad fit with Westbrick.
If KD & Westbrick couldn't make it work. Melo who throughout his career has been more of a high post/20foot and in operator... Certainly wasn't going to work.
Westbrick and Melo wanted to score in the same spots on the court. Mid range, and at the basket.

Which is still why I believe @Carmelo Anthony would be a perfect fit next to Lillard & CJ.
Both are elite shooters who can shoot from distance with ease.
But it looks like this will never happen.

 

I don't have the energy to start a new thread, but that would be an interesting question. Assume that the Blazers are willing to write this year (or the next two years) off to development, and then compete for a title, what would you (anyone) do regarding minutes and positions?

I would gamble on as many players as I could who I thought could be legit stars in the NBA, hoping to force out that third player. Collins, EB4, Trent and Simons would get at least 20 min/game, maybe alternate in as starters for certain stretches. I know it won't happen, but...

 

We got 2 free agents. The article mentioned zero of them.

 

Herring wrote about Curry. Sauce doesn't deserve a mention

 

Anthony Randolph is still out there. Another guy I would’ve taken over Stauskas.

 

where, when? Ctrl-F "Curry" not found.

 

Edit: whoa, that's weird, that sentence is no longer in the article. Wonder why it was removed. Some formatting error

 

he would start for us.

 

Sure, maybe, but imagine Randolph and Zach playing together. Two agile 7 footers that can defend and stretch the court.

But yeah, adding that 19th guard was a better idea.

 

Saying Ed wanted to start is misleading (any player would answer yes to that question) and is one of many such examples of riverman misconstruing what has been stated. He says he wants to enjoy the forum, but doesn't seem to care for other peoples' enjoyment by continually misconstruing things.

Where have my posts been indirect or misleading?

 

I can talk about whatever I want to unless otherwise stated based off the rules of this forum.

 

False.

 

Another Euroleague player that would help us is Rakim Sanders. He played for one of the biggest teams (Barcelona) in Europe. He’s a 6’5 wing but he’s built like a damn tank and has a wingspan of 6’10. Career 39% 3pt shooter. Good defender. A little bit like Wes Matthews, but more athletic.

But then again that would require some outside the box thinking by 90210.