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Summer 2019 Roster Discussion

Jingled said:
If we're able to upgrade the point guard position then I guess I'd be fine with Aminu. If we re-sign Rubio or make Exum the starter then I'd rather have Love, contract and all.
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Aminu and Dragic would be solid, if he opts out.
 
LoPo said:
If he is so great, why is everybody, probably you included, talking about Tobias, Otto, Randle, Mirotic, and others?
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BECAUSE HE IS A BAD FIT NEXT TO ONE OF OUR FRANCHISE PLAYERS, NOT BECAUSE HE IS A BAD PLAYER.

You know this, dude.
 
LoPo said:
A big part of defense is rebounding, and Randle does that as well as Favors. Randle is a career 8.9rpg player whereas Favors is 7.1rpg. During the course of his 4 years on the floor, Randle averages 6.8 defensive rpg.

Advanced stats show that Favors helps his team win more even though we all know he is the weakest starter in the starting lineup. If he is so great, why is everybody, probably you included, talking about Tobias, Otto, Randle, Mirotic, and others? We talk about those guys because we know there is a difference between season basketball, 1st round basketball and contender basketball. We can't play contender basketball with Favors at PF. That's why he has played about 15mpg in the 2nd round over the last two years.

I'm not 100% sold on Randle, but at $20 million, I think he could be a great fit with his skill set. I really like Tobias, but I'm not even sure he is a 100% perfect fit either because of his defense and short lived high level play. And his cost would be almost $33 million if we were able to get him. To me, we would risk more on Tobias than we would on Randle because Randle is cheaper, younger, and can play C if we really need him to. I like Tobias more, but Randle improves our team over what we currently have.
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Favors was hurt the last two years in the playoffs. If it was the regular season he would not have played but he's a tough dude that cares about winning.

Rebounding is part of defense but that's only part of it. Randle is much worse at the rest. He is also a worse rebounder. Advanced stats show that. Also just watching them points to that very clearly.

I think all of it positions can be upgraded. So we should always be looking for that. But part of upgrading is getting a better player. He is not an upgrade to favors, nor is he a better fit. Crowder is a better fit at PF for us and going to be much cheaper next year.

Also currently our weakest position is PG. Or if you are the person who wants Mitchell at PG then SG is our weakest. But the forward spot is next.
 
NUMBERICA said:
BECAUSE HE IS A BAD FIT NEXT TO ONE OF OUR FRANCHISE PLAYERS, NOT BECAUSE HE IS A BAD PLAYER.

You know this, dude.
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I think he is an okay fit next to Gobert. It could be better but it's feasible and has some huge benefits to go with some downside. But those two with a terrible shooting PG is a bad fit.

Favors is a really good mid range shooter at over 50%. If you have 3 other players that are good 3 point shooters that can work well with Gobert. But you can't have 1 good 3 point shooter, Mitchell, and 3 guys who can't shoot a 3 play well together on offense consistently.
 
LoPo said:
Does Favors have less value because it took him a while to make the playoffs too? It is a team game. Does Blake suck because he isn't on an East playoff team? Doncic?

The Lakers were barely clinging to a playoff spot with LeBron and Rondo, Lance, McGee and Chandler. That team has major flaws with or without LBJ or Randle.

Discounting a player due to a lack of playoff appearances is foolish. It is a team game.

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LoPo please stop.
 
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