Time Has Come Today

[Handlogten's Heros]

The guys with guaranteed contracts will not be cut or moved. That isn't how the league works to can them. Now for the guys with non-guarnteed deals they ought to be breathing hard. Litte Sap played OK last night. Withey did OK too. But if there is any smoke to the Toure Murry rumor someone has to hit the waiver wire and I'm guessing it's Johnson based on playing time last night.

I really hope we keep CJ... so tired of Millsap. His offense is so bad and he basically just does one continuous foul on defense. If the ref doesn't call it then great.

 

[phippsj]

Neto is a good 3rd string point guard. Burke is good off the bench. We need that All Star starting PG, and unlike everyone else on this board I am not sold on Dante being that. I think the jury is still out on him for a while.

 

[kabenac]

Withey came into the season as our third-string center and has a 58% FG%. I think he's played pretty well for the little expectations most on this board had for him.

Chris Johnson hasn't had much of a chance to do anything.

Ingles has had his minutes cut almost in half. But he needs to shoot the three more - his 3P% is over 42%

Millsap straight up sucks.

Booker has regressed considerably.

Lyles has sucked pretty badly but he's a skinny rookie who just turned 20 last month. He has to put on 15-lbs of muscle. If he works his butt off in the off-season he should be better. He has good court vision and can run the floor. If he gets a consistent jumper he could shock us.

I know few would agree but I think Pleiss has the chance to be a contributor. He needs to learn the offense and know his role. I think he could be a solid bench player.

Neto could develop into a solid back-up. He needs to be more of a traditional PG but he has potential to be a good rotation player.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Next years lineup:

Exum, Burke, Neto
Burk, Hood
Hayward, Hood, Jingles
Favors, Lyles
Gobert, Withey

I think our PG is set for next year. Exum is going to be solid at that spot and Burke is a great backup PG right now and is improving. Neto can develop and play spot minutes just fine. I think we need to add a solid rotation player at the SG spot or SF spot. We need a 5th big that can play both spots. But the primary back ups are set with Lyles improving and Withey being surprisingly solid in his minutes.

Next off season our primary priority in FA is to get another wing that is solid. Next priority is decent back up big. Unless a really good trade comes along I think we pick up a few players in FA and are good to go next season. This team with Exum back, healthy and with more experience can and will compete for a 3rd or 4th seed in the west next season. I am still pretty confident we make the playoffs this year assuming we dont have another major injury to a main player. This team needs playoff experience now.