You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

[Handlogten's Heros]

For as much as you so desperately want it to be true, Conley was never an All Star.

I agree with you though....

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I agree... only get all stars... it’s why we should trade Rudy and get a real all star big man like Deandre Jordan. Basically trade everyone except Kyle Korver... he made an all star so he’s the only all star level player we have.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Mike Conley in the Western Conference Playoffs 2nd Round next year...View attachment 7377

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Cut to a shot of DLo in the second round... at the airport trying to sneak marijuana on a plane.

 

[infection]

Rubio is a C+ PG. Conley is a B+ PG.

Favors is a pretty darn good player.

Conley does not make us that much better than Rubio AND Favors.

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Did you see the effect George Hill had on our team? And the effect when he wasn't here? Imagine that on some super steroids.

Not only is Conley > Rubio + Favors, but the disparity in that equation is magnified via addition by subtraction.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Did you see the effect George Hill had on our team? And the effect when he wasn't here? Imagine that on some super steroids.

Not only is Conley > Rubio + Favors, but the disparity in that equation is magnified via addition by subtraction.

Also... we can sign a backup center for the room exception and be just fine... so there is more math in the equation some are ignoring.

 

[infection]

Also... we can sign a backup center for the room exception and be just fine... so there is more math in the equation some are ignoring.

Lots of variable in that equation, and exactly none of them applying pressure on the Rubio/Favors end of the scale.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Lots of variable in that equation, and exactly none of them applying pressure on the Rubio/Favors end of the scale.

If a guy is a B+ but he makes everyone else around him a half a grade better that makes a huge change.

I just don’t know how anyone can watch the game last night and think adding Mike Conley wouldn’t be a flat out home run. Picks in the 20s aren’t quite lotto tickets but the chances are stacked against them becoming anything more than a rotation player. Sacrificing a pick or two (after you’ve already missed in FA) to get Conley is a worthy gamble. We’d still be able to add role guys on the fringes (something this front office has been friggin great at). So get the big pieces and let DL find his diamonds in the rough and find a few value FA or Kyle Korver type trades.

 

[LoPo]

Did you see the effect George Hill had on our team?

Oh, I remember.

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[LoPo]

Cut to a shot of DLo in the second round... at the airport trying to sneak marijuana on a plane.

That's damn funny. Well played.

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[infection]

Oh, I remember. View attachment 7378

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We won more games with a half-way health George Hill than we've won in any season in the past 10 years.

 

[LoPo]

We won more games with a half-way health George Hill than we've won in any season in the past 10 years.

Then why don't we bring back George Hill at a third of the cost of Conley, keep our picks and use that extra cap space to improve the 4?

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[infection]

Then why don't we bring back George Hill at a third of the cost of Conley, keep our picks and use that extra cap space to improve the 4?

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Because, as I said, Conley is Hill on steroids. A very, very rich man’s Hill. Hill averaged 17/4 with us that year. Conley averaged 21/6.5 this year.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Then why don't we bring back George Hill at a third of the cost of Conley, keep our picks and use that extra cap space to improve the 4?

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I’d be open to that but I think that bridge was burned. I also think Mike is way better than George at this point in their careers.

There are lots of roads to contention... I don’t think we should rule out viable options because the players are older... old players win at the highest levels of the league. They just do.

Your tone of it being a dumb idea we should all move on from was the irritating part... seemed especially weird coming off of last nights game where Kyle and Steph both had great games and are in the same age range as Mike.