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Handlogten's Heros said:
this will be an unpopular target here but a guy who's defensive splits are intriguing to me are Kyle Anderson. He ain't pretty but if Memphis wanted a salary dump and would take Ed and TB back for him I think he's kinda interesting. He's long, plays good defense, and he can pass. The rest of his game is tough to watch. He has shot well from the corner 3 in previous seasons so maybe he can get some of that magic back.

Another target would be Aminu with the Ed/TB expiring. With Isaac out they likely need Aminu so may not be willing to dump him. He had knee issues... not sure what his health will be like.
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Kyle has maddening stretches where you’re convinced he’s unfit for the NBA. Very puzzling player.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
this will be an unpopular target here but a guy who's defensive splits are intriguing to me are Kyle Anderson. He ain't pretty but if Memphis wanted a salary dump and would take Ed and TB back for him I think he's kinda interesting. He's long, plays good defense, and he can pass. The rest of his game is tough to watch. He has shot well from the corner 3 in previous seasons so maybe he can get some of that magic back.

Another target would be Aminu with the Ed/TB expiring. With Isaac out they likely need Aminu so may not be willing to dump him. He had knee issues... not sure what his health will be like.
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Just imagine a lineup of Niang, Bojan, Ingles, Anderson and Bradley... MEH
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Yeah I'm not sure BAE is a convo starter tbh. I think he could get one year and $10M from NO worst case scenario. He might get closer to a Zubac type deal. I would not give him more than 3 years. He's very clearly better than many of the guys on that list... so not all good comps.

But that is what I'm kind of saying. He's starter quality... so you pay a premium... when others are getting by with paying less. It's why I'd want some variance in the type of big we got... so at least it'd add another dimension.
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I don't think he is starter quality and most of that list of comparables making less than $10 per year are better options in my opinion.

Green, Kleber, Theiss, Aminu, Looney, Zubac, etc.

If we offer him more than BAE, he eats our MLE. I think we have more pressing issues than backup C.

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dalamon said:
Conley/Mudiay
Mitchell/Ingles
Bogdanovich/Oni
O’Neale/Niang/Brantley
Gobert/Bradley
(I’ve left out some other names of course).

When I look at this roster, some things are made plainly clear:

1) our PF rotation is,,,,horrendous.
2) we need to re-sign Jordan Clarkson
3) we need a very strong defensive 1/2/3, as opposed to more of a defensive forward.
There’s been lots of commotion for another “3 and D” wing— personally I think we have this in Royce and we already have a big time scorer in Bojan. Our money should be going into guards and PFs. Bradley is fine, but an idea may be to cut him loose and sign Favors.
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I root for dudes like Niang and I have a bias for dudes that make themselves out of nothing when in reality they just came out of no where like, Millsap, Matthews and Royce O'Neale (apologizes if I spelled his name wrong) but Niang isn't one of them. He's a YMCA shooter that everyone thinks would kill it in the NBA, but is a liability. He's like a tall Eddie House. Put him in when you need a three, but I wouldn't even trust an unwarmed Niang before a warmed up ****** 3 point shooter.

Do you guys remember in game 1 vs Denver when Niang missed a wide open three that was offensive rebounded and kicked out to him and then he took another 3 (mildly contested) which he missed. That was rebounded by the Jazz and he cranked an immediate third missed 3 like he was firing like he was Kobe, PG, *insert any other star's name here.*
Thurl Bailey is all like, "if you're a Jazz fan you're not upset with that."

The Jazz's military-esque philosophy is what's made them consistently good, but has held them back too.

I hope this makes sense to some. I'm sure some will disagree, and who knows, I may be wrong.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
The bolded portion is a big problem imo.

I also think the rules and skill level of the league are trending against players like Rudy. I wouldn't be actively shopping him if I was DL (unless the extension talks go poorly), but I also wouldn't hang up the phone if other teams were calling on him.
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And the questions regarding Rudy staying or not would be well hedged by getting a PF/C, which is then an argument FOR Favors even though he can play a MAXIMUM of 28 minutes a game and not a second longer or else his body will explode.

I’m increasingly obsessed with Christian Wood for that reason and many others. I guess it runs with my perpetual obsession of obtaining a PF/C that can shoot and:
-protect the rim
-rebound
-have the agility to guard on the perimeter/switch.

In other words, a god damn rarity. But they exist.
 
NUMBERICA said:
And the questions regarding Rudy staying or not would be well hedged by getting a PF/C, which is then an argument FOR Favors even though he can play a MAXIMUM of 28 minutes a game and not a second longer or else his body will explode.

I’m increasingly obsessed with Christian Wood for that reason and many others. I guess it runs with my perpetual obsession of obtaining a PF/C that can shoot and:
-protect the rim
-rebound
-have the agility to guard on the perimeter/switch.

In other words, a god damn rarity. But they exist.
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If you gave me the opportunity to offer a max contract to Wood or the exact same max contract to Rudy, I give the contract to Wood.


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LoPo said:
If you gave me the opportunity to offer a max contract to Wood or the exact same max contract to Rudy, I give the contract to Wood.


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I'm not going that far for a bunch of reasons. One of which is who knows how hard Wood plays once he gets paid. I love him as a player and think he's on the right path but I can't get on board with this.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I'm not going that far for a bunch of reasons. One of which is who knows how hard Wood plays once he gets paid. I love him as a player and think he's on the right path but I can't get on board with this.
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Its damn risky, but giving Wood a max deal this summer when he is 24 is safer to me than giving Gobert a max extension this year that starts in 2021. Rudy would be 30+ in 3 of 4 years of that deal.

Name a big man over 30 who is worth $30 million.



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Saint Cy of JFC said:
I really want to know how many Detroit Pistons games y'all watched this year.
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I'll be honest - not many.

I don't want to give either guy a max deal. I think max contracts should be rare. I don't think they should ever be given to old big guys. Ever.

The worst contracts in the league are almost always overpaid bigs.

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