2026 Offseason

[INFORMER]

Green and Bane are also not a great fit. Kind of like Green and Booker.

Bane is bigger and stronger than Book is and much more viable as third guard/small forward in a five-man lineup.

[INFORMER]

We're running it back, folks. The only hope for size is by playing our youth. The Spurs are the model for that.

The Spurs model is high-end talent and a lot of it.

[TOO]

I’m sure glad they are so high in another freaking guard. C’mon. They need to be impressed both somebody taller than 6’6”.

Well they drafted the size last year and Ott didn’t play them haha

Ott scares me. His inability to use Mark Williams on offense was very disappointing, but that's an issue for many coaches in the league today. Too many of them have fallen in love with just hunting threes all game long and building offenses around that objective.

Which coach utilizes bigs in the paint? I feel like none do, but the bigs that do excel down low have guards that know how to throw lobs and have a high IQ.

[INFORMER]

In terms of fit, I think 1 out of Green/Brooks can fit with Booker but not both. They just don’t have any playmaking ability (Green can’t pass and Brooks won’t) which leaves Book to create for the team entirely by himself. I think Brooks’ D is overrated but at least it’s still a plus. Book/Green is just not a great defensive backcourt. Between the two, factoring in contract, it makes more sense to part with Green.

I wouldn't even bring Brooks into the conversation. He is going to be here as long as Ishbia is the owner. The real question is how long is the regime going to trying to force a Booker-Green pairing. Having that duo at the 1-2 or 2-3 both present advantages for the opponent.

[INFORMER]

I’m sure glad they are so high in another freaking guard. C’mon. They need to be impressed both somebody taller than 6’6”.

Well they drafted the size last year and Ott didn’t play them haha

Ott scares me. His inability to use Mark Williams on offense was very disappointing, but that's an issue for many coaches in the league today. Too many of them have fallen in love with just hunting threes all game long and building offenses around that objective.

Which coach utilizes bigs in the paint? I feel like none do, but the bigs that do excel down low have guards that know how to throw lobs and have a high IQ.

I think Williams was used better in Charlotte before he came here. I think Detroit did a great job of using Duren. I think Lue was great at getting a ton out of Zubac.

[TOO]

I’m sure glad they are so high in another freaking guard. C’mon. They need to be impressed both somebody taller than 6’6”.

Well they drafted the size last year and Ott didn’t play them haha

Ott scares me. His inability to use Mark Williams on offense was very disappointing, but that's an issue for many coaches in the league today. Too many of them have fallen in love with just hunting threes all game long and building offenses around that objective.

Which coach utilizes bigs in the paint? I feel like none do, but the bigs that do excel down low have guards that know how to throw lobs and have a high IQ.

I think Williams was used better in Charlotte before he came here. I think Detroit did a great job of using Duren. I think Lue was great at getting a ton out of Zubac.

Bigs that had Ball, Cunningham and Harden. The answer to unlocking Williams isn't on the roster imo.

[Kryptonic]

Well they drafted the size last year and Ott didn’t play them haha

Ott scares me. His inability to use Mark Williams on offense was very disappointing, but that's an issue for many coaches in the league today. Too many of them have fallen in love with just hunting threes all game long and building offenses around that objective.

Which coach utilizes bigs in the paint? I feel like none do, but the bigs that do excel down low have guards that know how to throw lobs and have a high IQ.

I think Williams was used better in Charlotte before he came here. I think Detroit did a great job of using Duren. I think Lue was great at getting a ton out of Zubac.

Bigs that had Ball, Cunningham and Harden. The answer to unlocking Williams isn't on the roster imo.

Idk…. There’s times I think Gilly could do this if he continues on building out his playmaking. There were flashes I reca of him and Oso having a little pnr action going and think him and Williams could do great.

[TOO]

I don't think Gillespie is a starting level guard, and I don't want to rely on him developing as a passer to unlock Williams. I like him as a bench guy who can energize and shoot the 3. The team still needs a lead ball handler.

[Kryptonic]

I don't think Gillespie is a starting level guard, and I don't want to rely on him developing as a passer to unlock Williams. I like him as a bench guy who can energize and shoot the 3. The team still needs a lead ball handler.

I think as far as issues this team needs to solve, the front court is the bigger issue and CGs gonna be the best we can do with what we have to offer.. unless you got a better guy in mind, I’m all for better solutions and not attached to cg, just been enjoying his development and thought he’s heading in a positive direction and knows our system.

[The Bobster]

lather, rinse, repeat.

We've been looking for a starter-quality PG and a active, rim protecting PF for for quite a while now.

I see Gillespie as an excellent backup PG or, best-case scenario, a Jeff Hornacek type combo guard. Their best option is probably to trade Green for a PG and hope Fleming develops. I'm not too keen on trading Williams until I know Maluach is ready to start, and I didn't think he was anywhere close at the end of the season. He's got potential, but he was really raw.

Time to put out the "Available" sign for Green, O'Neale and Allen. I don't see them as long-term pieces, and it appears that Ishbia is 100% in on Booker.

[Mori Chu]

I don't think Gillespie is a starting level guard, and I don't want to rely on him developing as a passer to unlock Williams. I like him as a bench guy who can energize and shoot the 3. The team still needs a lead ball handler.

I don't think Gillespie is Steve Nash or anything, but the amount of improvement he has shown over the past ~ 12 months or so has been incredible. He's become a mostly great 3-point shooter, and he has developed great 2-man game chemistry with guys on the roster such as Oso. I think he does a pretty darn good orchestrating the offense and setting up plays, and if the defense sags off him he can hit the open shot. That's pretty much what I want out of my starting PG. He could be better in some areas such as defensively, but if he were, he wouldn't have been available in the first place. And he keeps improving at a rapid rate, so who's to say he can't fix some of the imperfections in his game?

Biggest knock on him is that he faded down the stretch of the season and playoffs. But I think he wore down from playing WAY more minutes over more games than he had ever played before in his career. I think he can handle a big role next season. And I really don't think we are going to find a better PG on the open market. He's a guy who blossomed with our franchise and will probably be loyal to us and devoted to our franchise if we take good care of him. I think keeping him is a no-brainer and that we should give him major rotation minutes next season. Whether he's a starter or not depends on who else we have on our roster, but I would generally want to start him at PG and Booker at SG rather than starting "point Booker." But that would require us to trade Jalen Green, which I want to do because I don't think Green meshes well with Booker.

[Split T]

It’s important to note that in that 2 man game with Oso, Oso is more of the playmaker. I like Collin, but he’s not much of a pg. At least not a starting level one. I know he’s small and white, but he really plays more like a 2 guard.

[Mori Chu]

Do we want to make a thread about the 2026 draft? (Did we already have one?)

[Furlanfufi]

Holy shit

[TOO]

I am not surprised at all, Bud looked rode hard and put away wet every single night.

[Mori Chu]

Bud had been through some really traumatic stuff with a major death in his family, getting fired from Milwaukee, etc. So I would not be shocked if his circumstances drove him to substance abuse. I don't want to believe such an allegation without any real proof, but Coach Bud did seem off for much of the season and just didn't seem like himself. It could explain some things. Mostly I think he was just in a dark place and wasn't actually in a state where he should have been back to coaching so soon.

[Kryptonic]

Bud had been through some really traumatic stuff with a major death in his family, getting fired from Milwaukee, etc. So I would not be shocked if his circumstances drove him to substance abuse. I don't want to believe such an allegation without any real proof, but Coach Bud did seem off for much of the season and just didn't seem like himself. It could explain some things. Mostly I think he was just in a dark place and wasn't actually in a state where he should have been back to coaching so soon.

Proof? The bloodshot eyes and first person accounts aren’t proof? You want a pick or him holding a glass or him admitting it? He looked 3 sheets to the wind 90% of the time.

[rhylek]

Someone here already posted about his alcoholism, maybe he can post it again.
That's so sad, I remember the tears in his eyes in his first press conference, a dream come true for him. And we were all expecting a jump in coaching quality. So sad.

[Mori Chu]

Would you want to trade for Cam Johnson back? My heart says yes, but my brain says I dunno. Here's a Bright Side article about it. This past season Cam averaged 12.2 ppg on .480/.430/.839 splits (good shooter!), 3.8 reb, and 2.4 ast. He still seems to get injured every season for a spell. He played in 54 games, which is about average for him lately; he has played in 54, 57, 58, 42 games the past 4 seasons. Salary-wise he's under contract through 2026-27 at a salary of $23m. I'd probably rather have him than the likes of Royce O'Neale or most of our SFs but he does make much more than Royce.



https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... sca02.html

[Superbone]

Nah. Loved him while he was here but the availability issue is real and we don't need more of that. Royce was reliable. Grayson was the unreliable one.