It feels like we're one PF away from being really good

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  1. MickZagger

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    An Olynyk/Plumlee combo would be money.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I'm fine with Aminu at the four for right now.
     
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    Plumlee's FT shooting has improved, but he's still a liability on the court at the end of games when protecting a lead. I love Davis' game but he's even worse and I think best suited to be PF.

    It looks to me like a starting PF and C away.
     
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    I think plumlee and Leonard at center is fine. Just put Leonard in at the end of games for his ft shooting. They both are definitely athletic enough to play the position in today's league that's for sure.

    I'd really really like ingram, pushing aminu to the 4
     
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    aminu @ pf? wtf are going for here, shortest team in the league?

    I'm 100% over the Vonleh starting craziness, wtf is the point in starting him when he avgs like 17mins a game? and plz dont say experience unless you call underperforming against every starting player he matches up against, improvement. he'd get a lot more traction/impact in the 2nd unit with myers.

    TBH im not sure we need a whole lot, other than time, and figuring out wtf the optimal lineup actually is.

    Dame being out and us not even skipping a beat, is an interesting situation.....
     
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    Aminu is 6'9" with long arms, he's not too short to play PF these days. He can defend most PFs in the league pretty well.
     
    VanillaGorilla, Dec 31, 2015
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    Power forwards don't play with power anymore. The NBA should think about changing the power forwards position name to soft forwards.
     
    BigGameDamian, Dec 31, 2015
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    Targets?

    Spendy targets:

    Kelly Olynyk
    Nikola Mirotic
     
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    I'd love mirotic.
     
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    Crabbe/Vonleh would have to be packaged IMO.

    Mirotic is having a bit of a down year -- 10/6/13.9PER
     
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    Khris Middleton?
     
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    He wasn't really that good last year and he's been pretty terrible this year. He shot 40% last year and is shooting 38% this year.. That's awful for someone who is 6'10". Crabbe/Vonleh is too much for him.

    Why?
     
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    Boston sends some picks to Sacremento, we send a first to Sacramento, Boston sends a first to Brooklyn (the deal makes BKN worse, BOS has Brooklyns pick)

    BOS gets their allstar, BKN gets a 1st back and saves $4M a year, SAC gets picks a young pieces.

    Lillard (30) / Collision (18)
    McCollum (34) / Crabbe (9) / Lillard (5)
    Aminu (23) / Harkless (12) / Crabbe (13)
    Lee (24) / Young (24)
    Plumlee (24) / Davis (24)
     
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  15. BonesJones

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    I think Thad Young would be really easy to acquire with cap space, plus we always seem to trade with Brooklyn. David Lee is another guy I'd test out.
     
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    LMA is a top soft forward. Get er done Neil!
     
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    Crabbe is going to get paid next year, hopefully by us
     
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    I dunno about having a PF that weighs the same as one of our SG's. he can defend ok, but would get regularly abused at legit PFs - he's at his best at SF where he can have more freedom on help D.
     
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    Generally it's easier to play with a first unit, like Meyers before him it helps running with starters and every little bit of confidence he can gain will pay dividends in the long run. The whole point is to give him as much burn as possible and it's easier to play him early on in the game as he can get stuck on the end of the bench otherwise. Considering what we gave up to get him I'd say it's pretty important we ensure game time experience for him as its really the only way to develop a young big.

    This season is more about development than winning overall.
     
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    Are you out of your mind? We have one quality starter on a championship level team. McCollum and Aminu are backups on a playoff level team. This team is beyond terrible. We're only winning through hustle and chaos.
     
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