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You're the GM this offseason. What do you do?

On Locke's podcast today he was talking about how OKC and Toronto went all in on PG and Kawhi and how it worked out for OKC and it got Toronto to the finals. He talked about how that kind of thing could help you retain a free agent since you can sell yourself to them for a year. Like in Utah's case, they'll only have a short interview and visit to convince Harris/Kemba/whoever to sign for 4 years in Utah. But when you trade for the dude you can show them the culture, the player development, and that SLC isn't that bad of a city for a young rich guy. Long story short, he's pessimistic about signing a big name free agent because it's hard for a team in SLC to be like, hey welcome here's our new facilities here's the city Quin is great player development great city isn't that bad fans are great pls sign for 4 years in your prime...

I think too many fans are in the "Harris or Kemba or bust" camp and want to fire the FO if they don't sign a big FA. It's just probably not gonna happen for us since we're competing with Philly, LA, NYC/Brooklyn, and Dallas which are just sexier destinations. And we probably don't have the assets to trade for a disgruntled star with one year left on his deal.
 
@Wes Mantooth I liked most of your idea but Cory Joseph probably isn't even worth a full MLE at this point. Dude had a worse TS% than Rubio, Exum and Neto last season. Think there could be better targets for a full MLE (e.g. Pat Bev)
 
zyzz said:
On Locke's podcast today he was talking about how OKC and Toronto went all in on PG and Kawhi and how it worked out for OKC and it got Toronto to the finals. He talked about how that kind of thing could help you retain a free agent since you can sell yourself to them for a year. Like in Utah's case, they'll only have a short interview and visit to convince Harris/Kemba/whoever to sign for 4 years in Utah. But when you trade for the dude you can show them the culture, the player development, and that SLC isn't that bad of a city for a young rich guy. Long story short, he's pessimistic about signing a big name free agent because it's hard for a team in SLC to be like, hey welcome here's our new facilities here's the city Quin is great player development great city isn't that bad fans are great pls sign for 4 years in your prime...

I think too many fans are in the "Harris or Kemba or bust" camp and want to fire the FO if they don't sign a big FA. It's just probably not gonna happen for us since we're competing with Philly, LA, NYC/Brooklyn, and Dallas which are just sexier destinations. And we probably don't have the assets to trade for a disgruntled star with one year left on his deal.
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So basically we're screwed?
 
Jingled said:
So basically we're screwed?
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I'd say if you're going into this expecting to sign a marquee free agent, you should temper your expectations. I'm personally hoping to snag one of the Brooklyn guys if they sign a couple max players. Like the MAC System for IASIP fans lol.

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And also, I think I'm way higher on Conley than most people here, though it's probably more of a short term solution.
 
Lmao

You should read the lakers sub on reddit.

They claim they could trade lonzo ball for bradley beal. Lmao!!! Delusional
 
Wes Mantooth said:
If we did that, renounced everyone, Korver retired, and we traded Crowder for a pick, how much cap space would we have? Enough to get Harris?
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Tobias Harris? AND pickup Dinwiddie and Joe Harris?

No. The Jazz aren't getting all those players.

The reason the Nets trade Dinwiddie besides the logjam is that they want to clear soace. Sending them Favors actually hurts them.

If we wanted to use our max slot to take on Dinwiddie, Harris, and Crabbe, then we probably don't send any assets and receive a few because if they were on the verge of a super team as I believe they would have close to three max slots at that point, plus D-Lo's rights.
 
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Sandman822 said:
@Wes Mantooth I liked most of your idea but Cory Joseph probably isn't even worth a full MLE at this point. Dude had a worse TS% than Rubio, Exum and Neto last season. Think there could be better targets for a full MLE (e.g. Pat Bev)
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In this case we would not have access to the full MLE, we only have the room exception which is around 3 million.
 
NUMBERICA said:
Tobias Harris? AND pickup Dinwiddie and Joe Harris?

No. The Jazz aren't getting all those players.

The reason the Nets trade Dinwiddie besides the logjam is that they want to clear soace. Sending them Favors actually hurts them.

If we wanted to use our max slot to take on Dinwiddie, Harris, and Crabbe, then we probably don't send any assets and receive a few because if they were on the verge of a super team as I believe they would have close to three max slots at that point, plus D-Lo's rights.
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JOE Harris. You know, the lethal 3 point shooter that we should've signed last offseason who got paid less than Exum?
 
NUMBERICA said:
The reason the Nets trade Dinwiddie besides the logjam is that they want to clear soace. Sending them Favors actually hurts them.
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Favors would be a TREMENDOUS upgrade for them as a big, and probably better than anything they could spend cap space for in the open market. The Nets live and die by the jumpshot and having the option to feed a pick and roll to someone besides Jarret Allen would be huge for them.

That said, I can't really see why the Nets would want to dump Dinwiddie. You don't dump players outplaying their contract, ever.
 
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