I have not seem him play much at all and know nothing about him. I have just gone off stats and what others have said about himI seriously don't understand the crush for Middleton. Please explain this to me. I see him as no more value in him then 6-7 million a year. The way people talk about him leads me to believe no one here has seen him play that much. He just doesn't play with much fire and is often times seen doing a disappearing act. He's an ave. role player at best and I don't care what the numbers say, he's not that good of a defender.
I have not seem him play much at all and know nothing about him. I have just gone off stats and what others have said about him
If Leonard is an option in the poll, why not Butler?
This would be a much more interesting poll without Kawhi and Butler. They are obviously the two best options, but I'd say 90%+ that both of those guys are matched without thought.
It's the second tier of guys that we can realistically get. Only way KL is available is if Duncan and Ginobili both retired and they decided to full out rebuild.
Pick and make your argument as to why. This is flawed obviously but I tried to estimate what I thought would be their average salaries, should they all be on the market. Whether you disagree with my figures or not isn't the point. That's a whole 'nother thread. For the price tag provided, who would you want?
Also, I left off guys like Jimmy Butler and Goran Dragic because they'll likely get max money, something for which we don't have the cap flexibility. Maybe Wes or Tobias or Leonard do too. But I left them on here. NOTE: Keep Kawhi's figure in mind at 15.25M.
Wes Matthews--14M per--29 years old at start of next season
Luol Deng (PO)--8M per--30 at start
Khris Middleton (R)--11M per--24 at start
Demarre Carroll (R)--9.5M per--29 at start
Tobias Harris (R)--14M per--23 at start
Kawhi Leonard (R)--15.25M per--24 at start
Danny Green--9M per--28 at start
Jeff Green (PO)--9M per--29 at start
Gerald Green--9M per--29 at start
Aaron Afflalo (PO)--6M per--30 at start
I seriously don't understand the crush for Middleton. Please explain this to me. I see him as no more value in him then 6-7 million a year. The way people talk about him leads me to believe no one here has seen him play that much. He just doesn't play with much fire and is often times seen doing a disappearing act. He's an ave. role player at best and I don't care what the numbers say, he's not that good of a defender.
Thee, allow me to strengthen our bromance and explain the love for Middleton. First, open up this link and look who is ranked #6 in the entire NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM
Now open up this and look who has the 8th best defensive rating in the NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/DRPM
Now open up this one and look at who has the 16th best wins above replacement rating in the NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm
Also, let's keep in mind that he shoots above 42% from 3 and he has a very good true shooting % of .570.
Now if you have the same sentiments as Charles Barkley about analytics, you might want to reconsider.
#Bromance
Thee, allow me to strengthen our bromance and explain the love for Middleton. First, open up this link and look who is ranked #6 in the entire NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM
Now open up this and look who has the 8th best defensive rating in the NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/DRPM
Now open up this one and look at who has the 16th best wins above replacement rating in the NBA: https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rpm
Also, let's keep in mind that he shoots above 42% from 3 and he has a very good true shooting % of .570.
Now if you have the same sentiments as Charles Barkley about analytics, you might want to reconsider.
#Bromance
All I'm going to say to u is that unless u actually watch with ur eyes analytics don't do u a lick of good. I on the other hand have seen him play. Those numbers a are a product of the system he's in.
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So whats the problem? He understands basketball is a team (system) game, knows where to be 100% of the time, and never misses a shot.
He consistently gets beat off the dribble and the team rotates to cover him. Our team could cover his deficiencies as well but that does not make him a good defender. Those looking at him as a 3 and D player are mistaken at his defense. He has poor lateral speed and a slow first step.