So they each play 6 minutes? That’s not a thing.
Trade deadline discussion
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Lol, Ingles minutes too.
Naw. We need perimeter defense, maybe you caught a whiff here and there about that.
Hopefully you’re right about NAW eventually, but this year I’m not putting him ahead of anyone on the depth chart to find out.
I agree changes should be made but trading Rudy ain't it. Every avenue should be explored to re-tool around Rudy and Donovan. If we trade Rudy, I'd just as soon trade Don too and just blow the whole ****ing thing up.
I really don’t know if I could do Donny and Frens for two .500 seasons before he asks out and after his market value has dipped.
I agree with this unless a Rudy deal is a complete home run for someone like Jaylen Brown.
framer
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I mean if Boston had a Rudy Gobert, I think their last 5 years goes a lot differently. Rudy is a unique player. There isn't anyone else like him in the NBA.
I have really loved what I’ve seen from Forrest. He should be getting more minutes if anything. I don’t think anyone thinks NAW is going to become our 6th man this year or something. He’s a good prospect to take a flier on in my opinion especially when the cost is so low.
You're preaching to the choir, I'm one of the biggest Gobert fans around...I'm just not sure Ainge thinks that way. He seems to be all about wings and guards.
If that’s how we’re looking at it then I’m alright with that. But I have my doubts it’ll be that clear-cut and either way it’s gonna look like garnish for at least a while on a salary dump.
I think I’m done talking about this for now.
I hope he proves everyone wrong and I know you won’t be upset at that. We can leave it at that.
Some of this I get. Why would we have given Forrest Oni's role last year? Oni was playing great defense in his limited minutes and hitting the three. Exactly what we needed, it didnt end up panning out but we were trying to get him to be that player. This year we have been trying Forrest all season in limited stints and he has played well since early. He is getting more of a chance now and improving. It is promising.
Udoh was making tax free money, getting playing time, having his food and house paid for and really enjoying it. I saw it reported in the 6.5 million range since he was at the time the highest paid CBA player ever and the CBA foreigner cap is7 million. But I am pretty sure they dont release the numbers for the foreign players in the CBA, so its all guesses. But I assume higher than 3.3M since Spain offered him 4-5M that year. But I definitely could be wrong. He didnt want to be a backup. He was hoping for more. He has expressed that. Udoh has hinted the Jazz offered him to stay and he wasn't interested. Maybe if we had dumped Favors and offered him a much bigger role and more money he might have stayed. The year Favors was gone we realized how valuable that spot is for us and we tried to fix it. That was an overpay. I get the frustration with a lot of it though, which I think is your point and not a specific player or choice.
I mean we did bring in players to improve the team in the playoffs. Whether they work out or not. We are also developing players to fill what are needs. It might not be enough, or it might have been the wrong choice. But that does not mean we have done nothing.
I am accepting the idea now that the new owner is wanting to win but not at a cost of luxury tax or paying too much. Like most owners he probably just wants to be competitive to keep fans in the seats and make the playoffs to keep hopes up. I am still pretty hopeful for this year. But it wont be too bummed if it doesn't work out.