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THT has opted in

Dude put the effort every minute, young, good pro, good attitude, great physicals, good NBA toolkit, things to prove, will play hard, not a bad contract, still can explode some of his game, not a bad asset. I'm good with him around.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Yeah I’d rather have the cap space to sign other free agents or facilitate a team trying to get out of the luxury tax under he new rules.

I just don’t see him in our long term plans at all.
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Prior to the Collins move (where we had maybe too much cap space to know what to do with relative to the trade upside) I would’ve wanted him to opt in but now I wish he hadn’t.
 
$11 million for another crack at THT isn't something to be wildly upset about or wildly excited by either way.

It's a contract that can easily be added to another deal as an expiring. It's also not an overpay for his skills. He gives us a guy who looked great at times and who grew from the start of the season to the end. He was TERRIBLE Oct - Jan and then looked decent to impressive the rest of the year even if he was inefficient. There was dramatic improvement which makes him promising adding to his value as a trade chip worst case scenario.
 
The way i see it, Dunn is the one that doesn't fit the timeline at 29, just like Clarkson doesn't. it seems that there are three 'timelines' going on here, the almost thirtyish (Clarkson, Dunn, Olynyk) the 25ish (Lauri, Collins, Fontechio, Sexton) and the newbies (All this year and last year's draft picks and THT) the trick to long term success for an NBA team is to have the next wave of players ready as the older ones phaze out. We have two to three years of Collins's contract to experience while the rooks are working out the bugs in their games, and at least one year of Dunn and THT as well. It's not the end of the world, that's what the Stars are for, none of the draft picks are immediately ready for full time minutes in the league, and to have veterans to not only learn from but play against in practice can only do them good. i'm fine with an extended timetable, and as the thirtyish go away, they will get real time on the floor. (as for keeping THT, sure as long as he trims up and tightens his game. fifteen roster spots is a lot of space, and the new rookies have a lot to prove for me)
 
cctrackstar said:
The way i see it, Dunn is the one that doesn't fit the timeline at 29, just like Clarkson doesn't. it seems that there are three 'timelines' going on here, the almost thirtyish (Clarkson, Dunn, Olynyk) the 25ish (Lauri, Collins, Fontechio, Sexton) and the newbies (All this year and last year's draft picks and THT) the trick to long term success for an NBA team is to have the next wave of players ready as the older ones phaze out. We have two to three years of Collins's contract to experience while the rooks are working out the bugs in their games, and at least one year of Dunn and THT as well. It's not the end of the world, that's what the Stars are for, none of the draft picks are immediately ready for full time minutes in the league, and to have veterans to not only learn from but play against in practice can only do them good. i'm fine with an extended timetable, and as the thirtyish go away, they will get real time on the floor. (as for keeping THT, sure as long as he trims up and tightens his game. fifteen roster spots is a lot of space, and the new rookies have a lot to prove for me)
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Fitting the timeline is more than just age. It is also about their stock. Is it rising, falling, or staying steady, or likely to do one of those, over the next 5-6 years. For our guys, Clarkson's stock is high and rising. He will be in demand as a free agent. We will therefore likely be overpaying to keep him when the rest of our guys are ready to go. So he will likely not be kept. Olynyk's stock is steady. He is a known variable. So a team somewhere would like to have him, but no one is throwing $50 mill per year at him that is for sure. So he is likely to be on a relatively team-friendly deal in 5 years or so. Dunn is like Olynyk right now, although his stock is rising a bit more. But he still has a lot to prove. But likely by the time he gets his stock going up his age will catch up with him, and it will all level out. Therefore he is also likely to be on a team-friendly deal in that time frame. So for me, I could see us holding onto Dunn and even KO, as when we are ready to go, we will need some savvy vets like them in those spots to give us that depth needed for a strong regular season and a deep playoff run. And they are likely to be relatively affordable at that time. Clarkson I would imagine will cost too much and take too much away from the young guys we need to get ready to go in that time frame. So keeping Dunn and KO at least for now I think is a good idea. But as much as I love Clarkson, he kind of doesn't fit long term for this team, so he probably needs to be moved for other assets if possible.
 
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