Do you even read the comments to this shit that you randomly post from reddit like it's a news source? This is the actual article: https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/05/05/report-nets-lost-50m-100m-this-season/ Here's a really important excerpt: "A $50 million-$100 million range is massive. That alone should raise questions about accuracy. As should the history of NBA teams claiming losses. Teams mislead and obfuscate about profit. Accounting tricks can create losses where laypeople would reasonably view a situation as profitable. Owners’ tax breaks generally aren’t counted. Neither are gains in valuations. Joe Tsai bought the Nets for about $2.35 billion, beginning with buying a partial share in 2017 then taking full control (and purchasing Brooklyn’s arena) in 2019. The Nets are now worth $3.2 billion, according to Forbes." So, it's not just the Nets that are being included in this very questionable number, it's the Barclays Center as well which is not the same business and makes a ton of money off of other events at the venue, many of which were canceled due to COVID. There is no breakdown of how much the Nets lost if anything and how much the Barclays Center lost. It's even questioned if the two businesses lost anything at all because billionaires get creative with number crunching all of the time to show losses in order to obtain huge tax breaks that by far offset any losses.
I would say that it's Simmons by a mile since he's the only one that's actually played more than 61 games in a season in his career and had two full seasons (79 and 81 games). That being said, he only played 57 and 58 games in the two seasons previous to this last one and I don't consider those full seasons. So, the safest bet is none of the above.
Here's a name to throw out there: Duncan Robinson. The Heat threw a large contract at him and now he's been forced out of the rotation by Max Strus. Robinson struggles on defense but is a lights-out three point shooter. A kind of young Kyle Korver if you will. The Heat don't tend to be sentimental and always believe they can develop new players that they find in the bargain bin (Robinson and Strus are both examples) so might be prepared to ditch him for cap room. Meanwhile, we have cap room for a change, need non-guard shooting, but are unlikely to attract free agents... Downside: that's a lot of money for a one-way player.
Interesting. I think you are right in that Miami would be interested. And I think you are right in that it is a lot of money for a one-way player. I was all ready to vote no as I think he would sit here as well in crunch time. But with his 7'.1" wingspan he probably can guard the slower stretch 4s. You put him in with Dame and 3 defenders (Nurk, Hart, Winslow/ Little) and it might be effective. IMO this is an option, just not one of our top options.
interesting thought of course, another thought is the last Miami perimeter player that fell out of the playoff rotation was Derrick Jones.
Robinson fell out of the rotation in large part BECAUSE he is a shitty defender. Why do we want a shitty defender with Ant and Dame on the floor?
