2021 Free Agency
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Park Bites
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2 players I would like to sign
- Dante Exum - I know I know he is injury prone. Chances of him coming back are slim to none but he is a very good perimeter defender that can guard 1 - 3 easily.
Had a decent Olympics. Might not get as injured as a 10 to 12 spot on a roster or even deeper.
- Harry Giles - when he has gotten time he has been productive.
There is not a lot of time in our loaded front court. He has a lot of potential and is still very young.
Here is what I see as the roster
Pg - Conley, Butler, Forrest*
- I know it is very assumptive of me to put Butler as the primary. If not then there is room for say a Dante.
* two way contract
Sg - Mitchell, Clarkson, Oni
- this seems as solid as can be but again could have some room for Dante he is a lot better than Oni.
Sf - O'Neale, Ingles, Hughes
- Brantley has some potential here but Hughes is just not an NBA talent. I hope I am wrong. There is room here for Dante also.
Pf - Bogdanovic, Gay, Paschall
- probably some of the best depth on the roster. Brantley could see time here.
C - Gobert, Whiteside, Azuibuke
- this is also pretty solid with some question marks on Doke.
So there are 14 permanent contracts.
Two-way contract is Forrest so far.
There is still 1 position to fill.
I see Brantley and Teague fighting for the second 2 way.
In conclusion I see a need for Exum as a back up PG to start until Butler gets better.
Unless Oni and or Hughes are moved that is about all there is.
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- Dante Exum - I know I know he is injury prone. Chances of him coming back are slim to none but he is a very good perimeter defender that can guard 1 - 3 easily.
Had a decent Olympics. Might not get as injured as a 10 to 12 spot on a roster or even deeper.
- Harry Giles - when he has gotten time he has been productive.
There is not a lot of time in our loaded front court. He has a lot of potential and is still very young.
Here is what I see as the roster
Pg - Conley, Butler, Forrest*
- I know it is very assumptive of me to put Butler as the primary. If not then there is room for say a Dante.
* two way contract
Sg - Mitchell, Clarkson, Oni
- this seems as solid as can be but again could have some room for Dante he is a lot better than Oni.
Sf - O'Neale, Ingles, Hughes
- Brantley has some potential here but Hughes is just not an NBA talent. I hope I am wrong. There is room here for Dante also.
Pf - Bogdanovic, Gay, Paschall
- probably some of the best depth on the roster. Brantley could see time here.
C - Gobert, Whiteside, Azuibuke
- this is also pretty solid with some question marks on Doke.
So there are 14 permanent contracts.
Two-way contract is Forrest so far.
There is still 1 position to fill.
I see Brantley and Teague fighting for the second 2 way.
In conclusion I see a need for Exum as a back up PG to start until Butler gets better.
Unless Oni and or Hughes are moved that is about all there is.
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They way I see it, DedEx would owe us money for the absolutely ridiculous payday we handed him literally for nothing. So he plays for free for 3 years, then we can give him an actual paying contract. That oughta balance it out.
This may actually be a really good way to offset luxury tax penalties.
Days spent in Utah since the season ended by Donovan: Zero.
Also your point here?…….. Donovan can’t even do the literal bare minimum. Dwyane Wade reps the Jazz harder than Donovan Mitchell these days.
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Good pickup for Portland for sure. Good luck to Lauri
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What on earth is Cleveland doing? They pay a king's ransom for someone who *might* be able to do more than shoot, after paying Jarrett Allen and drafting Mobley? And they still have Love (for now.) It's just dumb. Chicago made out like bandits. I'm just glad Portland did something, for Dame's sake.
I really don’t get the Lauri hate around here. He’s a young, 7-footer that shot ~.600 TS% and 40% on threes. The Cavs traded a dude not on their timeline and a 2nd for him, which is kinda nothing since this looks like a rebuild move.
I couldn’t tell you exactly what their plans are with Love but it feels like a buyout is inevitable since I don’t think anyone is trading for his contract and he might be cooked.
As far as Jarret Allen goes, someone is going to have to come off the bench nominally, but they could run a 3-man big rotation that gets Mobley and the other two ~30-ish minutes per game.
I think everyone made out pretty well here.
Markannen was getting systemically frozen in the Bulls system so another team with a versatile frontcourt rotation is going to be better for him. Allen, Mobley, Markannen can all form the frontcourt which can unlock some different looks. They got Rubio and Garland to serve them the ball too if Sexton proves again to be stubborn. I think he got the message, though.
I think they can get out of Allen's deal as soon as next year and get some assets which should be the priority anyways. I don't think this "logjam" creates long-term problems.
Also Nance had like 2 months of good basketball and may not be able to replicate that in another situation. Early Cavs run last year may have been a fluke.
I think they can get out of Allen's deal as soon as next year and get some assets which should be the priority anyways. I don't think this "logjam" creates long-term problems.
Also Nance had like 2 months of good basketball and may not be able to replicate that in another situation. Early Cavs run last year may have been a fluke.