Re: The 2021 Suns Offseason
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:36 pm
I think it would mean Mikal and Cam Johnson having to sign elsewhere.
I think it would mean Mikal and Cam Johnson having to sign elsewhere.
If he signs an offer sheet we just match it and trade him later. Or just keep him at the 30-32 million a year contract that is the most he can sign with another team. The suns have all the leverage here. All Ayton has is signing the QO and I very much doubt he does that.
"run it back" is not usually successful for a team that dropped 4 straight finals games.
No way his agent lets him do thatSplit T wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:43 pmIf he signs an offer sheet we just match it and trade him later. Or just keep him at the 30-32 million a year contract that is the most he can sign with another team. The suns have all the leverage here. All Ayton has is signing the QO and I very much doubt he does that.
A trade takes an exchange of players from both teams. What makes you think the Spurs want an injured Saric and a very unproven Smith?
Yeah, I don't agree with most of these complaints. No GM is just going to give away a valuable player, especially in the summer. The only time we really see it happen is midseason when they're trying to "do right" by a veteran player.
They wouldn't be able to trade him until midseason the next season. You're dealing in technicalites instead of real-world life. If he wants out, they aren't going to keep him on the roster. See: almost every other similar situation in NBA history.Split T wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:43 pmIf he signs an offer sheet we just match it and trade him later. Or just keep him at the 30-32 million a year contract that is the most he can sign with another team. The suns have all the leverage here. All Ayton has is signing the QO and I very much doubt he does that.
Bridges was supposed to be locked up before we even find out if Ayton becomes eligible for the $40M.Indy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:36 pmI think it would mean Mikal and Cam Johnson having to sign elsewhere.
I'm not saying the Spurs should make that trade. I'm saying if we don't convince them to, we basically opted for "running it back" when we could have done so much more. We lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:31 pmYeah, I don't agree with most of these complaints. No GM is just going to give away a valuable player, especially in the summer. The only time we really see it happen is midseason when they're trying to "do right" by a veteran player.
As for the offseason moves, I think Shamet and McGee are significant upgrades to the bench rotation. And trying to sign or trade for a better player (DeRozan, for example) would've come at the expense of Mikal or Cam Johnson, which I don't think most Suns fans would be really happy about.
A quick search tells me Zach LaVine, Roy Hibbert, Eric Gordon, Gordon Hayward, Jeff Teague, and Nic Batum all signed offer sheets elsewhere and were matched. There’s absolutely no way the Suns wouldn’t match any offer Ayton gets next summer. You’re also assuming Ayton will be pissed about how things are going and want out when there’s no indication from him that he’s even upset.JeremyG wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:45 pmThey wouldn't be able to trade him until midseason the next season. You're dealing in technicalites instead of real-world life. If he wants out, they aren't going to keep him on the roster. See: almost every other similar situation in NBA history.Split T wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:43 pmIf he signs an offer sheet we just match it and trade him later. Or just keep him at the 30-32 million a year contract that is the most he can sign with another team. The suns have all the leverage here. All Ayton has is signing the QO and I very much doubt he does that.
How many of those guys were upset about not getting a max extension and said they wanted out?Split T wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:26 pmA quick search tells me Zach LaVine, Roy Hibbert, Eric Gordon, Gordon Hayward, Jeff Teague, and Nic Batum all signed offer sheets elsewhere and were matched. There’s absolutely no way the Suns wouldn’t match any offer Ayton gets next summer. You’re also assuming Ayton will be pissed about how things are going and want out when there’s no indication from him that he’s even upset.JeremyG wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:45 pmThey wouldn't be able to trade him until midseason the next season. You're dealing in technicalites instead of real-world life. If he wants out, they aren't going to keep him on the roster. See: almost every other similar situation in NBA history.Split T wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:43 pmIf he signs an offer sheet we just match it and trade him later. Or just keep him at the 30-32 million a year contract that is the most he can sign with another team. The suns have all the leverage here. All Ayton has is signing the QO and I very much doubt he does that.
There’s still 2 weeks left anyways, let’s see what happens before we get too crazy about the fallout. I still expect a deal will be reached, just don’t think it’s a must. Bridges though is who we absolutely need to lock up. He’ll only get more expensive.
I don't think we can put Saric with the group of guys lost this offseason. He's injured and has significantly less value because of it. So from a transactional point, they've replaced Craig, Carter, and the 29th pick with Shamet and McGee. We don't know if it'll work out, but they need to find out if Jalen Smith can play a role, so I'd also put him in the "additions" box for this season. I think that's an upgrade overall for this season.Shabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:25 pmWe lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.
They're also good contract sizes to have for trade matching purposes. If a good player becomes available and we want to get in on the bidding, it will be hard to make that work.
I'm still keeping an open mind and hope that they're saving the other half of the MLE and/or the BAE for the buyout market.
All valid points.Shabazz wrote:I'm not saying the Spurs should make that trade. I'm saying if we don't convince them to, we basically opted for "running it back" when we could have done so much more. We lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:31 pmYeah, I don't agree with most of these complaints. No GM is just going to give away a valuable player, especially in the summer. The only time we really see it happen is midseason when they're trying to "do right" by a veteran player.
As for the offseason moves, I think Shamet and McGee are significant upgrades to the bench rotation. And trying to sign or trade for a better player (DeRozan, for example) would've come at the expense of Mikal or Cam Johnson, which I don't think most Suns fans would be really happy about.
They're also good contract sizes to have for trade matching purposes. If a good player becomes available and we want to get in on the bidding, it will be hard to make that work.
I'm still keeping an open mind and hope that they're saving the other half of the MLE and/or the BAE for the buyout market.
I think you have to factor in the Saric injury when comparing our roster to last season's. It's a reality. We likely don't have him for all of next season. You're kind of playing the reverse game with your Smith argument.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:13 pmI don't think we can put Saric with the group of guys lost this offseason. He's injured and has significantly less value because of it. So from a transactional point, they've replaced Craig, Carter, and the 29th pick with Shamet and McGee. We don't know if it'll work out, but they need to find out if Jalen Smith can play a role, so I'd also put him in the "additions" box for this season. I think that's an upgrade overall for this season.Shabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:25 pmWe lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.
They're also good contract sizes to have for trade matching purposes. If a good player becomes available and we want to get in on the bidding, it will be hard to make that work.
I'm still keeping an open mind and hope that they're saving the other half of the MLE and/or the BAE for the buyout market.
The last part is confusing to me, maybe it's partially due to Sarver Suns PTSD. You're not satisfied with how they've used their cap space while acknowledging they have the flexibility to make a significant move during the season. There's no reason to lock into a roster during the summer or training camp. Now if the season goes by and the Suns don't maximize their chances to improve and eventually fall short of their goal, then I think we'll be in a position to be critical.
That's not certain.3rdside wrote:Which we got via McGee and possibly the growth of Jalen Smith .. and Saric will be back for the playoffs.
He was no Giannis-stopper, but he was critical in earlier rounds.Torrey Craig is not a big, but that was his role and it caught us out badly in the finals, so no loss there.
None of that development precludes using the tools that were available to us to improve our team.Which we got in Shamet and we’ll also get via the development of two starters in Ayton, Bridges and a sixth man in Johnson.
1. Saric I'd bet he will be ready but I'm not NostradamusShabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:49 pmI think you have to factor in the Saric injury when comparing our roster to last season's. It's a reality. We likely don't have him for all of next season. You're kind of playing the reverse game with your Smith argument.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:13 pmI don't think we can put Saric with the group of guys lost this offseason. He's injured and has significantly less value because of it. So from a transactional point, they've replaced Craig, Carter, and the 29th pick with Shamet and McGee. We don't know if it'll work out, but they need to find out if Jalen Smith can play a role, so I'd also put him in the "additions" box for this season. I think that's an upgrade overall for this season.Shabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:25 pmWe lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.
They're also good contract sizes to have for trade matching purposes. If a good player becomes available and we want to get in on the bidding, it will be hard to make that work.
I'm still keeping an open mind and hope that they're saving the other half of the MLE and/or the BAE for the buyout market.
The last part is confusing to me, maybe it's partially due to Sarver Suns PTSD. You're not satisfied with how they've used their cap space while acknowledging they have the flexibility to make a significant move during the season. There's no reason to lock into a roster during the summer or training camp. Now if the season goes by and the Suns don't maximize their chances to improve and eventually fall short of their goal, then I think we'll be in a position to be critical.
On the second part, my preference would have been to use at least one of those tools during the offseason - when free agents are known, not speculative. Then we'd have the second available for buyout season. We're probably not going to use both in-season.
That's not certain.3rdside wrote:Which we got via McGee and possibly the growth of Jalen Smith .. and Saric will be back for the playoffs.
He was no Giannis-stopper, but he was critical in earlier rounds.Torrey Craig is not a big, but that was his role and it caught us out badly in the finals, so no loss there.
None of that development precludes using the tools that were available to us to improve our team.Which we got in Shamet and we’ll also get via the development of two starters in Ayton, Bridges and a sixth man in Johnson.
Is Thad supposed to be an upgrade over Crowder, or a complement to him? Crowder isn’t involved in the trade proposal as far as I’ve heard.3rdside wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:26 pm1. Saric I'd bet he will be ready but I'm not NostradamusShabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:49 pmI think you have to factor in the Saric injury when comparing our roster to last season's. It's a reality. We likely don't have him for all of next season. You're kind of playing the reverse game with your Smith argument.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:13 pmI don't think we can put Saric with the group of guys lost this offseason. He's injured and has significantly less value because of it. So from a transactional point, they've replaced Craig, Carter, and the 29th pick with Shamet and McGee. We don't know if it'll work out, but they need to find out if Jalen Smith can play a role, so I'd also put him in the "additions" box for this season. I think that's an upgrade overall for this season.Shabazz wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:25 pmWe lost Saric, Craig, Carter and a 1st and replaced that with Javale and Shamet. That may be an upgrade in the backcourt but feels like a downgrade in the frontcourt. And considering we had a full MLE, BAE and maybe a Saric DPE and all we used was half the MLE, it feels like a wasted opportunity to me. We won't have those tools next summer. But, yay, Frank is back in a Super-Pat-Burke role.
They're also good contract sizes to have for trade matching purposes. If a good player becomes available and we want to get in on the bidding, it will be hard to make that work.
I'm still keeping an open mind and hope that they're saving the other half of the MLE and/or the BAE for the buyout market.
The last part is confusing to me, maybe it's partially due to Sarver Suns PTSD. You're not satisfied with how they've used their cap space while acknowledging they have the flexibility to make a significant move during the season. There's no reason to lock into a roster during the summer or training camp. Now if the season goes by and the Suns don't maximize their chances to improve and eventually fall short of their goal, then I think we'll be in a position to be critical.
On the second part, my preference would have been to use at least one of those tools during the offseason - when free agents are known, not speculative. Then we'd have the second available for buyout season. We're probably not going to use both in-season.
That's not certain.3rdside wrote:Which we got via McGee and possibly the growth of Jalen Smith .. and Saric will be back for the playoffs.
He was no Giannis-stopper, but he was critical in earlier rounds.Torrey Craig is not a big, but that was his role and it caught us out badly in the finals, so no loss there.
None of that development precludes using the tools that were available to us to improve our team.Which we got in Shamet and we’ll also get via the development of two starters in Ayton, Bridges and a sixth man in Johnson.
2. Craig was inadequate for the reason that he wasn't tall enough *in the finals*; Giannis, Lopez and Fortis are huge and that was a huge part of the reason we lost.
3. Improving organically or via acquisitions are the same thing done different ways. Doing both isn't impossible but would Thadd be an absolute upgrade over Crowder especially when factoring in salaries ($3m difference), leadership (Crowder is king in the locker room), playoff experience and possible chemistry issues?
Of course it's a factor, but my point is that he has next to zero on-court value right now, so I don't think it's reasonable to expect him to count him as an asset. If you're saying his production/role needs to be replaced, then I'd agree, but his role is about 12mpg so they have time to find the right deal.