So... Do we fire Griff now or later...
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So... Do we fire Griff now or later...
12 million to me is a backup. They bought their backup point guard. Wish it wasn’t for a 1st but oh well. If they get Dinwiddie too then I’m guessing Kira gets traded.Originally Posted by hornetzplaya
Great contract for Graham, but why did we have to send them a first? We get scraps for Ball, but ship out a 1st for a worse player ? That’s just bad negotiation. Why not 2 seconds ? I guess we need to sell those. We could possibly be giving like the 17th pick in the draft which is still very valuable.
Zo had a better FG% and 3pt% last season......averages more boards, assists, steals.....worse on D. We can say we did it to cut salary but there's no way to frame Graham being on Zo's level.
Last edited by msusousaphone; 08-02-2021 at 08:40 PM.
Good positive energy.
But also, yo mama's fat.
Go get Dinwiddie!!!
Haha, jokes on Charlotte, we won't make the playoffs /wrists
Four years...$47MM
Yeah, very mixed bag of a deal. On the one year it's good value and cost for Graham, solid yearly price and I like him as a player in a vacuum. But giving a first is obviously not desirable and I'd have hoped for a top 20 protection instead of just lottery.
Basketball.
With all the players ?linked? to the Pelicans the last week or so, it?s comical not one has signed with the team
— Glen West (@glenwest21) August 3, 2021
Except Devonte Graham, who was linked with the team and has also signed with them.
go back to sleep, Glen West....
"we might make dollars, but we don't necessarily make sense"
"always be sincere....whether you mean it or not"
LMAO Griff making Dell look like Pat Riley.
last year was a bad year for devante he was banged up and Lamelo took his job..Ball was healthy and was obviously playing his best ball..look beyond stats sometimes sir..compare there careers
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Exactly. Unless it’s one of those fake firsts that will turn into a couple of seconds due to the protection, we really pooped the bed with this one. Smells of desperateness.
That tends to happen when you have a career 3PAr of .640, including .713 last season, and a notable creation burden https://t.co/x1IY01ARMh
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) August 3, 2021
Basically this.
A lot of people pointing out Graham's low FG% which of course is bad, but you have to remember that his FG% is basically the same as his 3PT% because he takes - overwhelmingly - more 3s than any other type of shot. More than 70% of his shots are 3pt shots. That's why his FG% is about the same as his 3pt% - the Field Goals Attempted are almost all the exact same shots as the 3 Pointers Attempted.
For a contract like that, we had to send a first so Charlotte would not match. This is basically half of what Lonzo got and we are getting basically the same production...
So... We potential won't have a pick at all next year. I'm sorry, but this is a fireable offense.
So dumb. Just match Lonzo if you’re going to do this.
On the plus side, Zion/Graham PnRs will be very fun to watch.
On the one hand, you have one dude who is definitely going to the paint and will shoot absurd percentages there.
On the other, you have someone who will not step foot inside the paint but will launch with even an inch of daylight and hit at a high clip.
Pick your poison.
For nearly double the yearly money? Come on now.
So we gave up a 1st for Lonzo.
Still, hoping there's another move in store.
Remember, Hart is still sitting there as an RFA. So something's going to happen with him, whether it's him getting retained, or just being allowed to walk, or being S&T'd himself.
Still got the MLE, also.
...no. We gave up a lottery protected first for someone who gives better on-ball creation than Lonzo and is a more prolific shooter for almost $10m a year less.
Last edited by SonOfNOLA; 08-02-2021 at 08:52 PM.
Some gone like the moves we make, some gone hate it. Ain't no sense in trying to convince. But we ain't done so I'm waiting to see what other moves we have lined up.
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