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I'm at a loss as to why Marvin is still here, but it's hard to figure there was any great market for him or RJeff. And by the way, any talk about Marvin needing to be kept so we can resign him is straight crazy. The guy will be lucky to get a 3 year deal on the open market, and I predict...

Locke is the rarest of breeds: a megalomaniac who is also a company guy. I find it laughable that he pumps his own Locke Rating despite no background in statistics or mathematics, and no other person in the universe who regards it seriously. His opinions of Jazz players are always tinted by...

At least Locke is no longer propagating myths about other teams scheming against Hayward, or the primary scorer load being too heavy, or being tired from running all those miles. Now Locke is proudly pumping the 16/5/5 meme. No mention of minutes. No mention that Evan Turner is 17/4/6 in 5...

Yeah, the stat arguments can go a lot of ways, but what makes Burks special is exactly what Hayward doesn't have: Burks does not care. If he misses shots, turns the ball over, blows a play, his belief in himself never changes, and he always plays the same way. By contrast, Hayward is highly...

That's how negotiations work. I don't care what has allegedly been offered, I only care if there is genuine interest. If Boston is really interested, they know they're in a tough spot -- they don't have the cap space to make a competitive RFA offer, could easily lose Hayward to a team that...

The Boston first for Hayward is a no brainer, but it will have to require taking on Wallace. But Wallace's contract + Hayward is obviously not worth the first alone. Boston has to sweeten that deal. This is a great game of GM chicken that Lindsey can win if Boston sincerely has interest.

My concern with Burke is he mostly seems physically overmatched. He's not tall, quick, he can't drive, and doesn't have an offensive move. I worry that his only offensive skill is going to be inefficient pull ups while he plays less than adequate defense -- in other words, a backup. What...

A lot to respond to. First off, I'm not too sure how much I like the parameters of your comparison. There are only 13 players in the entire NBA who have played more minutes than Hayward this season. So lumping him in with guys playing "over 1000" seems a little odd. The difference between...

I'm all for it as long as they give us Leonard for Hayward.

But Hayward doesn't do any of those things exceptionally well. He definitely can't "attack,", he's an average defender, and his rebounding only looks nice because he gets 36 minutes. In fact, all his stats are horribly inflated by minutes alone. I find his passing interesting. He can...

Yes. One's better, and one's worse.

Leonard is better than Hayward. Whatever that means.

I only hope Lindsey realizes Burks is better than Hayward, and that resigning Burks is going to be more of a priority.

The issue with Trey isn't the slump, it's that he can't drive. At all. But his future is the Nash direction of PG's, not the Deron direction, and it's too early to tell what he can still develop into. I'm less hopeful by the day, but still hopeful. Hayward, on the other hand, is a known...

I don't like equating salaries from the former CBA to the current one, but on the current open market Hayward definitely gets 10 - 11 for 4 years. But in the RFA market, Hayward gets 12 since teams will have to overpay. Hayward is definitely not worth 12 in the current CBA. So Lindsey is...

I have long believed that DL will shop Hayward quietly at the deadline. It all depends on what he thinks the market for Hayward will bear as an RFA. My guess is 12 or less, he holds firm. But if he thinks a 12 plus offer is out there, likely determined by private conversations he has with...

Is Hayward that impressive when you compare him against guys with similar minutes? Hayward is currently 13th in minutes played. There's only about 5 guys in the Top 50 who score less, and all of those guys play less minutes. Hayward's per game numbers this year are inflated. On a good...

The question is not whether Burks is having a better season, it's whether he has the higher ceiling. He does. Although my guess is Burks would be having the "better season" given the same minutes.

This is one of the more unique Lindsey tests of Corbin, and I think he's failing without realizing it. Corbin has been told that his job is to develop the young talent and improve the defense, record be damned. In fairness to Corbin, it's hard for any coach to think his job is secure if he...

This is just a mind blowing quote. There is just no way Lindsey, a product of the Spurs culture, keeps Ty around.