2018 Trade Deadline

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Ring_Wanted
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Yo, what if LeBron comes to play with Booker? Ha!

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The Bobster wrote:
Shabazz wrote:He's better than you guys are giving him credit for. And we have leverage over the Lakers to get another asset too.
He's getting paid $26 million over the next two years and he's not a starter-quality point guard.

And what are the Lakers going to throw in? Randle?
And we're paying 15m per year for three more years to a PG who could safely be replaced with a corpse. Point?

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So because we're wasting money on Knight it's ok to waste money on Clarkson? That logic doesn't make sense

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Split T wrote:So because we're wasting money on Knight it's ok to waste money on Clarkson? That logic doesn't make sense
Point being that in the grand scheme of things, Clarkson's contract isn't actually that terrible. He certainly produces more than Chandler, Knight, or Dudley. I'd swap any of those three for Clarkson.

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That's fair. I'm not opposed to Clarkson. I'd definitely rather have him than Knight. I wouldn't be too excited about adding his contract though without moving a similar one

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29 points (on 19 shots), 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals for SpecialSauce's guy Clarkson today.

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Shabazz wrote:29 points (on 19 shots), 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 2 steals for SpecialSauce's guy Clarkson today.
"But he's a sg, not good enough to be a starting pg in this league." - heard parroted throughput the land.
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Our SG initiates (and should) the majority of our offense. We don't need a traditional PG to play alongside him.

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I'm not opposed to Kemba, but don't want to give up a lot for him, including flexibility this off-season. If it's Monroe for Kemba straight up, of course I would take it. If it's Monroe + a protected pick, then OK. But I'm not taking on Kemba, a bad contract, and giving up a prospect and a pick. I want to see what's available this summer.
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Shabazz wrote:Our SG initiates (and should) the majority of our offense. We don't need a traditional PG to play alongside him.
That's true, but Clarkson still isn't the guy you want next to Booker. Clarkson is a 1st guard off the bench guy.

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Clarkson feels to me like another Knight or Bledsoe move. He puts up numbers, but he's not that good. No thanks.
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Ideally our next PG would be above league-starting-PG-average at two of the following three skills:

- passing
- shooting
- defense

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Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Ideally our next PG would be above league-starting-PG-average at two of the following three skills:

- passing
- shooting
- defense
Choose passing and shooting. There's plenty of quantitative evidence that PGs have a limited effect on team defense compared with your front court positions.

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Wormwood wrote:
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Ideally our next PG would be above league-starting-PG-average at two of the following three skills:

- passing
- shooting
- defense
Choose passing and shooting. There's plenty of quantitative evidence that PGs have a limited effect on team defense compared with your front court positions.
Wow, I agree with Worm on this one. I really doubt that you are going to find all three traits in the next pg.
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There's a few guys in this draft that project to possibly be those types of PG. Shai Alexander, Nickiel Alexander-Walker, Landry shamet, Bruce Brown, deanthony melton

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Shooting and Defense next to Booker, I’d I had to choose 2.

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Shooting should be a priority this offseason. Up and down the roster. No excuses.

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Split T wrote:There's a few guys in this draft that project to possibly be those types of PG. Shai Alexander, Nickiel Alexander-Walker, Landry shamet, Bruce Brown, deanthony melton
Shamet is a nice looking pg. Excellent shooting, good distributor, not a bad defender. He is not a #1 option type. He is sort of a Brogdon type of pg.

Comparison of pg's in this draft not named Trae Young.

http://www.tankathon.com/players/compar ... dry-shamet


I am still really intrigued with Bamba. His absolute floor is a more mobile Rudy Gobert. I don't think you can miss picking him with that length.

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JCSunsfan wrote:
Split T wrote:There's a few guys in this draft that project to possibly be those types of PG. Shai Alexander, Nickiel Alexander-Walker, Landry shamet, Bruce Brown, deanthony melton
Shamet is a nice looking pg. Excellent shooting, good distributor, not a bad defender. He is not a #1 option type. He is sort of a Brogdon type of pg.

Comparison of pg's in this draft not named Trae Young.

http://www.tankathon.com/players/compar ... dry-shamet


I am still really intrigued with Bamba. His absolute floor is a more mobile Rudy Gobert. I don't think you can miss picking him with that length.
Everything points towards him be a really good kid too. He certainly has the potential to transform an NBA defense. I also think he has the highest potential to flop in the NBA. I currently have him ranked 5th and I would be delighted if we could add him.

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ShelC wrote:Shooting should be a priority this offseason. Up and down the roster. No excuses.
I agree. I really think we should literally sign zero players who are not good shooters. It's a glaring weakness on our roster. If we had 1-2 more good shooters in the rotation, we could actually win a few games.

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