I think Jaylen needs more structure and someone setting him up, especially in the playoffs. Id still take him if he wanted to come.
I'm not too savvy with the new CBA constraints... would bringing him in on a max deal hinder our ability to either resign Lauri or go after a true #1 guy?
No idea. I really see no chance in hell Brown wants to be here so I don't really think about it
The new CBA wouldn't constrain us with regard to adding Brown and keeping Lauri. Its the rest of the roster. It will work like a hard cap. I think max players worth the max are not going to be the problem. Max players who are really not worth the max will be and a bigger issue will be the guys you overpay in the 12-30M range. Since you have essentially a hard cap the middle guys will get squeezed. All the big desirable markets will clean up on guys that take the minimum... they already kind of did.
So assuming we dont reshuffle the deck at this point we should try and find a guy who we truely believe is a #1 guy, and shouldn't really settle or we may be forced to reshuffle in a bit?
It depends. I think Brown/Lauri 1 and 2 (or whatever order you give them) can work with a self creating, passing pg. May not have to be a world beater but if you had Walker/Laur/Brown you are going to be a stout defense. I honestly think Boston really underachieved this year... probably overachieved other years.
I don't care one whit about Jeff. I think his issues here were at least 80% his own effort on the court, which was abysmal. But I definitely want to see Denver win the chip this year. Jokic is a special player and deserved the MVP again this year, carrying a far less talented squad than Philly to the 1-seed in the West and now the finals. Yeah, Butler is turning it on when it counts, but between the 2, Jokic deserves the ring as he has been playing at this ridiculous level all year.
I think Boston has as much talent as any team in the league and probably the most. However, I think their new coach sucks.
