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For Saben Lee who got @#$@canned today. Second team All GLeague and stats with the Pistons that were rather Royce like. It's becoming obvious that Ainge didn't get equal value back for Bogey.
He’s a good player for somebody and anybody new is going to have a lot harder time sticking than a homey. He didn’t embarrass himself in his preseason debut the way Butler did. Too athletic anyway to wear Jazz colors.

Regarding the Bogey deal, I would have been fine with our haul had it contained a first or a couple seconds. Kelly O is instrumental in the five out and it’s our fault we didn’t have room for Lee. Truth is, the guy never stood a snowball’s chance.
 
I think Toronto qualifies as a 5 out team.
I'd agree. I guess it didn't really pop into my head because Siakim doesn't really take that many 3s or is he that good at them, but he's not really a roller either.

Overall I think the 5 out model is too expensive and hard to come by. You need a lot of 6'6 to 6'9 players who can all shoot. Those are the most coveted star and role players.

I'd also say Toronto's biggest weakness is going to be their lack of a big.
 
every GM was mad at Ainge for the 2 trade hauls and started only offering crap trying to see if Ainge would give a contender Bogie for scraps, we couldnt keep Bogie so we traded him to a team that wouldnt hurt us. and said FU to the contending teams lowballing us
That's when Ainge had to just start the season with Bogie and be patient. We don't have to play the players in a way that helps us win. I mean, play him for 3 quarters or put him out there with the wrong batch. That's me.
 
That's when Ainge had to just start the season with Bogie and be patient. We don't have to play the players in a way that helps us win. I mean, play him for 3 quarters or put him out there with the wrong batch. That's me.
The way that trade went down just days before camp tells me they just wanted to clear the decks to be able to run Hardy's offensive system from Day 1 not to mention the cap savings which gives them more wiggle room under the luxury tax to make further deals by the deadline. In a vacuum Olynyk is a worse player but as a passing big man just fits the scheme better than Bog. I think they also wanted to start Markkannen from day 1 instead of any type of camp competition between him and Bog splitting minutes at the position. So far it's been alot of playmaking by the bigs and wings which should open up the floor for their catch and shoot guards (Conley, Beasley, Sexton, JC, Agbaji). It was a tiny sample in the scrimmage but Sexton and Butler were really the only 2 running any pick n roll and that was with Kessler on the 2nd unit.

My guess is if they miss out on Victor they will be drafting the best 6'-8" playmaker available in the next draft.
 
I noticed the Kings let Sam Merrill go yesterday. They owe him a $150,000 partial guarantee so he isn't in the Exhibit 10 pool for their GLeague team. He might be a good pickup for the Stars.
 
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