Zach is miles ahead of bamba. What has bamba ever done in the nba? Zach is a rotation player on a playoff team. Bamba would strictly be a lottery ticket.
That's how I was thinking about him... Ellebey + a future 2nd type of "why not" while we have a need, kind of deal. Not a massive future swinging move...
We should actually have some money. Nurkic won’t be able to meet the amount of games he have to play this year, that incentive was worth 1.25 mil so that leave us around 1.8 mil to sign a minimum contract player without going over the tax line. The thing is that there really isn’t any center that interest me in the FA. Only John Henson and maybe Skal. My 2 way contract target would be Justin Patton, he shoot 3s, block shots, and pass pretty well. My trade target would be Whiteside, Noel, or McGee. We could really use a shot blocker especially behind Kanter
I'd see what the Wolves would need to bring back Ed Davis...he'd be a great bandaid for the frontcourt...plug and play..knows the system and most of the players..he'd shore up the offensive rebounding if Kanter starts and let Harry be the scorer off the bench
isn’t Dedmon a FA? I’d take him if what you say is true about being able to sign him without tax implications
Another option is Goga Bitadze. He can hit mid range jumpers very well and can make nice passes. He’s actually a decent shot blocker too. I just wonder what the cost would be to get him
yeah i get it, but its not like Bamba isnt basically a version of Zach. Maybe worse, if he truly has Covid issues for the long term. I *might* trade two picks for Bamba, but no way Zach.
They did it with Nurk in the game as well. Not saying we wont miss the big guy, but its not like he was performing super spectacular. Kanter is a better rebounder/especially offensive boards. With Harry & Kanter it would be much like Kanter and Collins in the WCF.
Let's be honest here. We can't replace Nurkic. Granted he wasn't playing to his peak potential this season, the best we can hope to do is fill in for him. My Nurk fever has turned into the Nurk blues. I just hope he has a speedy and full recovery.
