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Bojan Bogdanovic finished last year with a .425% at the 3 which ranked him 10th in the league and he averages .389% career. His shooting has shown improvement over time. Last year he attempted 4.8 3s per game. He is a .463% FG shooter and .846% career from the line. He was on a 2yr/21m contract for the last two seasons so it wouldn't be a stretch to afford him and leave us with considerable cap space.
BI, Zion, and CJ had a net rating of +3 when on the court together. BI and Zion had a +13.4, BI and CJ had a +13.2, Zion and CJ was just +5.4.
BI and Zion worked. BI and CJ worked. It was CJ and Zion and all three together that didn't work.
I wouldn't completely close the door to Julius. I could see us giving him a very large 1+1, depending on how his market develops. Ideally, the option is in the Pelicans favor this time.
I think he fits the culture we're trying to build off the court, can provide outside shooting, and would be a pretty good trade chip if the option favors the team. With a stout defensive backcourt, length and effort from Ingram on the wing, and Zion in a Draymond like role on a defense, I think Julius' defensive woes could be mitigated. He's not perfect. But it doesn't have to be next year.
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Eagerly awaiting the Dom2K video of "How did 60 guys get drafted before Zylan Cheatham?" 6-7 years from now
To me, it's less about salary since we have a ton of space. We can (and maybe will) overpay the right guys on shorter deals.
But I think it's all about the minutes. I'd expect Ingram to get 30 minutes next year, and play all of them at SF. I don't think Bojan would be interested in the minutes reduction in what he probably thinks is his prime. Can he play PF in some lineups?
Something else that really bothers me about the #4 trade is offloading Solomon Hill and maybe taking the worse of the two Atlanta draft picks in exchange. Are we going to use it? It’ll be a waste if we passed on 10 to not make use of the cap space we gained.
I didn't lose anything.
I will reiterate Griff will have input on all basketball decisions, scouting included and Again what proof do you have Langdon is a good scout. There really isn't any that I've seen.
But sure laugh at me for having a healthy amount of skepticism when it comes to the front office and not putting my blind trust in them. Yall did when I said the same about Demps and now the same posters are acting like they were on my side all along. I actually like Griffin and Langdon but it's important to note neither has an established great track record.
There are so many teams with cap space, and not enough quality free agents likely to change teams. This feels similar to the year Solomon Hill got his big contract.
payton ,,,,niko,,,mike scott...throw a 2nd round to memphis for crowder....
rookies get in, where they fit at...
ball/payton
jrue/jackson/hart
ingram/crowder
zion/scott
niko/okafor
I agree. We have to be smart and not overpay a mediocre player. Mirotic at least as a few good years in him, and his game his not highly dependent on his athleticism. That is why I would target him at 12-15 million a year. I agree that a 3 year contract would likely be better than 4, but that will depend on his market. There will definitely be players being overpaid this year.
Last edited by Darkhorse985; 06-21-2019 at 03:35 PM.
Well, David Griffin didn’t draft Anthony Bennett, Chris Grant did. Can we laugh now? That’s actually what lead to Griffin getting the permanent GM role and subsequently building a championship around Lebron James.
Edit: I see you now say “championed” Anthony Bennett. Guessing you realized that wasn’t him.
Last edited by Spaniard; 06-21-2019 at 04:10 PM.
Looking at the Western Conference standings for last year, unless we're signing a guy that can legit move the needle to get us into 8th seed contention, I'd be much happier being smart with our money and not locking in guys for more than 2 years. I have zero expectation that we make the playoffs next year, so paying a premium for a dude over 4 years that isn't the perfect fit doesn't make sense. I'd rather sign a lesser player to a lesser contract, get some growth internally, and then go back out into the market next year.
At a certain point we may need to get aggressive in free agency. That point isn't now.
I personally didn't care about Solo.
But it's possible that Griff is planning on building up even more assets by way of essentially renting out our cap space to other teams in return for picks. ''We'll take on your bad contract with 2 years left on it, in return for your 2020 first'' type deals. In that case, the Solo space might be worth something.
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