specialsauce wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:03 am
Split T wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:29 am
specialsauce wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:40 pm
Depends and the goals will be different.
I’d rather max a really good player than use that same money on 3 average players.
It’s the difference of Amare vs. Warwick T******u and C*******s
Who would you go after if we had max cap space?
Brogdon. DLo. Kemba if we stood a chance. Julius Randle. Going hard after Dinwiddie or Aaron Gordon (instead of shedding salary, using those contracts in the deal)
I’m not saying I’d max all those players, but that’s where I’d focus my money.
I’m really not interested in going after TJ Mcconell for a 3 year/30 mill deal, then Jamychael Green for 2 years/ 20 mill, etc (just throwing names out there). That will just tie up space and waste time. We’re not moving the needle for now or the future with that garbagio. I’d rather pay someone that actually has the talent to take us in to the playoffs if the team plays well together.
I think that’s understandable. Though McConnell and Green won’t get those numbers.
I could get behind going after Randle. But I also think targeting the right 3 mid level guys could work too. The Warrick, Turkoglu, Childress summer didn’t work because we paid them to be mediocre guys and they were terrible guys.
I’d prefer someone who could be a long term solution(Brogdon or Harris would be nice, but highly unlikely) But say you clear Warren’s salary, that gives you the money to get Dedmon and Collison plus another shooter with the room exception(say Curry)
Say we got a mid to late 1st for Warren and drafted Grant Williams, who we seem to like, but feel free to change that to someone else.(Claxton, Cam Johnson, PJ Washington, Clarke)Then we draft Coby White at 6
Collison/Booker/Oubre/Dedmon/Ayton with
White/Curry/Jackson/Bridges/Williams off the bench.
Dedmon could start at 4 and backup the 5. Oubre, Bridges, and Williams could all play minutes at the 4.
You’d still have Johnson, Melton, and Okobo that you could move or use as well.
That’s probably not a playoff team, but it’s competent and if you sign Collison/Dedmon to short term deals, you can jump back into free agency after White/Booker/Oubre/Bridges/Ayton/Williams have developed a little more and add the finishing touches to a potential contender.
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