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LoPo said:
Kemba, bought out by the Thunder, is going to the Knicks for $8 million a year.

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Happy for all involved… the OKC holding good players out BS kinda drives me crazy. I’ll bet Kemba gave back 20M or so though.
 
FAILED STATE said:
Brantley was given a QO, so he’s a RFA... but still not a lock to make the roster.
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So... I'm not sure I understand QO completely, but if I were Brantley, I would just accept that QO immediately and be locked in for the year. Isn't that what it really means?
 
hgb said:
So... I'm not sure I understand QO completely, but if I were Brantley, I would just accept that QO immediately and be locked in for the year. Isn't that what it really means?
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Yeah.... but he may not be interested in another year of being deeply buried on our bench. He could get scooped up by another team with more opportunity. He needs minutes ASAP, even if they’re in Europe (where he could also make money).
 
FAILED STATE said:
Yeah.... but he may not be interested in another year of being deeply buried on our bench. He could get scooped up by another team with more opportunity. He needs minutes ASAP, even if they’re in Europe (where he could also make money).
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Long time fan an supporter of "releasing the Brantley" but after last night I feel the better course of action might be "releasing the Brantley... to another team".

I'm fine either way. Hughes settled down a little last night after his terrible first half and he did play defense last night which is new. Want to see the guys in Vegas before any huge sweeping assessments on some.

Forrest could be the small guard defender we need. I am very encouraged by him. Oni has some potential still but obvi disappointed. I'd like to clear one roster spot for a Justise Winslow, Tyler Bey, type flier... or see who gets released.

Currently the roster is

Conley
Donovan
Royce
Bojan
Gobert

With JC, Joe, Rudy Gay, Whiteside/Udoka off the bench. There is maybe 5-6 minutes for a wing or a guy like Forrest or Butler to pick up when healthy. When Mike/Joe sit out you are rolling with more minutes from Butler, Forrest, Oni. I'd keep one roster spot open for when cuts happen or if a Summer League guy pops. If nothing good comes up I'm comfortable rolling with the roster and adding in as injuries and opportunities allow. I'd consider a reliable vet option too... Darius Miller is the guy I'd use there.

Whatever we do at the end of the roster I'd realllyyyyyy like to get a team option for the second year... so that if we landed a guy with upside or a vet that surprises with their production... that we capture that upside for an extra year.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Long time fan an supporter of "releasing the Brantley" but after last night I feel the better course of action might be "releasing the Brantley... to another team".

I'm fine either way. Hughes settled down a little last night after his terrible first half and he did play defense last night which is new. Want to see the guys in Vegas before any huge sweeping assessments on some.

Forrest could be the small guard defender we need. I am very encouraged by him. Oni has some potential still but obvi disappointed. I'd like to clear one roster spot for a Justise Winslow, Tyler Bey, type flier... or see who gets released.

Currently the roster is

Conley
Donovan
Royce
Bojan
Gobert

With JC, Joe, Rudy Gay, Whiteside/Udoka off the bench. There is maybe 5-6 minutes for a wing or a guy like Forrest or Butler to pick up when healthy. When Mike/Joe sit out you are rolling with more minutes from Butler, Forrest, Oni. I'd keep one roster spot open for when cuts happen or if a Summer League guy pops. If nothing good comes up I'm comfortable rolling with the roster and adding in as injuries and opportunities allow. I'd consider a reliable vet option too... Darius Miller is the guy I'd use there.

Whatever we do at the end of the roster I'd realllyyyyyy like to get a team option for the second year... so that if we landed a guy with upside or a vet that surprises with their production... that we capture that upside for an extra year.
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I’m with you. Basically, I just want to see Brantley play a little basketball, and I don’t care much if it happens elsewhere.

Rosters spots are precious.... And we still have some serious needs, imo.
 
Elizah Huge said:
John Collins signed a 5/125M contract extension and got a player option for the 5th year.

@oneye where is Collins looking to go since he got that player option that you swore we didn’t have to give Donovan?
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@Elizah Huge So, the circumstances are totally different. John Collins was drafted in 2017, the same year as Donovan. He got his deal a year later, which means the Hawks DID play hardball with him and refused to give him a max last summer when they could have. He still didn’t get the full max contract. See, the entire reason the Jazz had the leverage to say no player option to Donovan is they gave him a full max, gave it a year early(this is the reason why teams have never given out player options, they give the contract a year earlier than they have to to have that leverage), they also gave him the easiest path to a supermax (Collins didn’t get that) and a trade kicker(Collins also didn’t get that). So all this shows me is you don’t know how contracts work.

Btw y’all, here’s Donovan’s latest like on Twitter:



Keep fighting that the PO was a good thing, you have 2 more years to watch him on your team before he asks for a trade instead of 3. Exactly what I said was going to happen will end up happening, and you’ve got half the time left as the amount of time he’s already been here and he’s going to be a dark cloud over the organization the entire time. Enjoy.
 
FAILED STATE said:
People who can’t use apostrophes or determine when they’re necessary aren’t trustworthy
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Maybe he's referring to both the Jazz and the Stars. That or Donovan's malware removed his apostrophes.
 
I don't know why I just don't think about Forrest as a guy in the same conversation as Exum or Smokes, but yeah, I think we already have a player of their calibre that has a big head start on being meshed with the team and gameplan. Not sure Exum or Smokes really brings anything (besides just having another body), honestly.

Is Oni going to be doing summer league? He needs to seize the moment to prove he belongs on this team.

Who is left that is worth targeting? I like the idea of grabbing Darius Miller, but I'm blanking on where else to get vet depth at the wing.
 
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