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

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think Niko is a great option, but I think he’s probably at his ceiling as a player. I think the Jazz can develop Portis into an all-star caliber player still.

I don’t see a potential all star in either guy.

 

[David Stern]

I don’t see a potential all star in either guy.

Portis has potential to me. He developed pretty well in Chicago, and it’s not like they’ve been a great place for young players the last few years.

 

[Miggs]

Yeah, maybe. I’m much more interested in Exum’s money being used better though. It’s probably a pipe dream. I feel like Sacramento is a team that might be happy to roll the dice on Exum.

I don't see the Kings liking Exum at all. They value shooting far too much. It's likely why they're interested in Horford.

 

[Miggs]

Portis might be worse than Niko on defense. I think anything in the 10M range does not get matched by the Wiz. If they keep Sato and Bryant matching on Portis might throw them into the tax.

Plus they're likely to re-sign Parker.

 

[Ron Mexico]

We can pick up a stretch 4 for pretty cheap. Mike Scott is a FA and shot better from 3 last year and his career than Mirotic. Plus he hustles and plays some defense. I would rather keep Favors and have Mike Scott back him up then Mirotic on similar money or even a little less. I would take Skal Labissiere on a cheap contract. He still has upside as a 3 and D PF. I still think JaMychal Green can be signed for less than Mirotic and is a better player. I would also take a chance on Alex Poythress as a backup to Favors for cheap. He played okay in Atlanta and is a FA.

 

[infection]

Forgot to add on Niko is that I think he easily adds 17-18 ppg for us. If we were guaranteed that, would that change the calculus?

 

[infection]

We could use a little regency bias in our government right about now, but let's just consider Conley Haywad's regency bias.

Damn, I screwed it up again. Recency bias. Got it right that time.

 

[infection]

We can pick up a stretch 4 for pretty cheap. Mike Scott is a FA and shot better from 3 last year and his career than Mirotic. Plus he hustles and plays some defense. I would rather keep Favors and have Mike Scott back him up then Mirotic on similar money or even a little less. I would take Skal Labissiere on a cheap contract. He still has upside as a 3 and D PF. I still think JaMychal Green can be signed for less than Mirotic and is a better player. I would also take a chance on Alex Poythress as a backup to Favors for cheap. He played okay in Atlanta and is a FA.

I like Mike Scott but vs. Niko their ability to actually score points is very, very different.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I like Mike Scott but vs. Niko their ability to actually score points is very, very different.

It is different, Mirotic can do more on offense. Scott is mostly a shooter and a hustle guy. Although shooting might be the most important thing from that position and Scott is better at that.

Also their ability to defend is very very very different.

 

[stitches]

That's just perfect... Nothing better than having an injured starter on a depth depleted roster decline surgery during the summer because he wants to play National team games. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Ron Mexico]

Forgot to add on Niko is that I think he easily adds 17-18 ppg for us. If we were guaranteed that, would that change the calculus?

So he would have his best season of his career? That is possible but a pretty big hope to have. He also costs us points on the other side of the court.

Does he get on the court enough with Snyder? Snyder does not like guys who dont put good effort in on defense, arent good at defense, or miss rotations on defense.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

We can pick up a stretch 4 for pretty cheap. Mike Scott is a FA and shot better from 3 last year and his career than Mirotic. Plus he hustles and plays some defense. I would rather keep Favors and have Mike Scott back him up then Mirotic on similar money or even a little less. I would take Skal Labissiere on a cheap contract. He still has upside as a 3 and D PF. I still think JaMychal Green can be signed for less than Mirotic and is a better player. I would also take a chance on Alex Poythress as a backup to Favors for cheap. He played okay in Atlanta and is a FA.

Mike Scott is a terrible defender... worse than Niko. He is a spot up shooter and nothing else.

I like Green a lot... I think if you could get Jeremy Lamb (at 12ish) and Green (at 7ish) that would be ideal, but I don't think we go that route.