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

[Et tu Brute]

The team just had 50 win season, but lacks legit scorers. I'd keep the team in tact but try to add a 20 ppg scorer for scrubs,

For instance: Exum, Allen , Bradley, this years draft pick plus Korver to a 3rd team for Kevin Love.

Rubio/Mitchell/Neto
Mitchell/O'Neale
Ingles/Crowder
Love/Crowder/Niang
Gobert/Favors

Trying to demolish a 50 win team that's not old and injured is dumb overreaction.
Expecting to add grade A max FA is a delusion
Playing 30+ mil to players like Middleton, Harris or Russell is too risky and they are not proven enough.

But you would pay it to an aging (and oft injured) Kevin Love cause he has 'proven' it?

 

[Et tu Brute]

Don, Rudy and Ingles are untouchable. That's been very clear and for good reason.

Ingles should not be untouchable based on basketball reasons.

 

[LoPo]

Ingles should not be untouchable based on basketball reasons.

If Ingles was our 4th or 5th best offensive option, he wouldn't be the issue he seems to be right now. If we had a PG and PF who could consistently score and shoot, Ingles would be a nightmare spotting up.

I consider Joe untouchable along with Mitchell and O'Neale. Gobert is right up there too, but I would consider a trade if somebody blew us away with an offer.

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[cowhide]

We have 2 games left in the season and (in my opinion) we need a big blow up. Rudy will be 27 next season and we really need to maximize him before he 'may' want to leave.

So, what do you do?

Claim "our chemistry is really solid and we need another year to get healthy." Sign a 35+ year old vet, a g-leaguer, and a draft pick to call it a season?

Do you shoot for the stars and throw contracts out there for Kemba, Tobias, etc and hopefully land one?

Let's hear it.

I'd go for Kemba and open up the market to literally everyone on our team signed the following season not named donovan or rudy.
I'd call the pistons and offer favors, jae or ingles, exum, Allen, and this years pick and next years pick for Blake (should get it done). Probably sign neto again, get another backup on the cheap and fill in the rest with some shooters.

Kemba
Donovan
Ingles/jae
Blake
Rudy

That's a great starting lineup with still royce, neto, korver coming off the bench. We can create, Blake Kemba can score, gives us great spacing

As good as Blake is, he cannot stay healthy.
I would certainly get rid of jae. No one is going to want exum considering his injury history. I want to see Allen play more and I am fine with keeping Ingles as a backup. I love the idea of Kemba. Don't know if it is realistic. I have no problem letting Favors, Royce, Korver and Neto go.

 

[New_Jazz_Order]

But you would pay it to an aging (and oft injured) Kevin Love cause he has 'proven' it?

If I can get him while shipping out Dedex contract and while keeping the core 7 players from 50 win team, yes I take on Love who's got a lot of basketball ability in him. I believe his style will blend in the system without disrupting anything and enhancing whatever is in place.

 

[Sandman822]

If Ingles was our 4th or 5th best offensive option, he wouldn't be the issue he seems to be right now. If we had a PG and PF who could consistently score and shoot, Ingles would be a nightmare spotting up.

I consider Joe untouchable along with Mitchell and O'Neale. Gobert is right up there too, but I would consider a trade if somebody blew us away with an offer.

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I find it strange that you were floating a "trade Gobert" narrative a day ago yet somehow Ingles and O'Neale are untouchables in your mind.

 

[LoPo]

If I can get him while shipping out Dedex contract and while keeping the core 7 players from 50 win team, yes I take on Love who's got a lot of basketball ability in him. I believe his style will blend in the system without disrupting anything and enhancing whatever is in place.

Love can still play but getting him will cost us Favors, Rubio, Exum AND maybe a pick. That simply is not worth it.

If we want an offensive minded PF who is suspect on defense, we should just sign Jabari Parker. We could sign Parker while keeping Favors, Exum AND our picks.

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[fishonjazz]

Kevin love is 30 years old, way overpaid, injury prone, horrible defender, AND coming off his 2nd worst shooting year of his career. This season he played 22 games and shot 39% from the field (Rubio shoots 40% lol) and 36% from three (not much better than jae).

No ****ing thank you

He will make 29 million at 34 years old. There are still 4 years and 120,400,000 dollars left on his contact.
Worst contact in the league.

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[LoPo]

I find it strange that you were floating a "trade Gobert" narrative a day ago yet somehow Ingles and O'Neale are untouchables in your mind.

O'Neale and Mitchell are very close. Also, O'Neale is a very good player for his contract. He can play SG, SF, and PF too.

Ingles is a cohesion guy. Sure he might struggle in some playoff matchups, but overall he is a fantastic value on his declining deal.

Ingles isn't going to get us some massive roster changing trade. Gobert might. If we lost Gobert for a great wing or PG, I am fine going with Favors as our starting C. Favors is a step down, but we desperately need another great player who can score the ball.

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[fishonjazz]

Just want to say this again.

4 YEARS AND 120,400,000 DOLLARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT

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[infection]

Love can still play but getting him will cost us Favors, Rubio, Exum AND maybe a pick. That simply is not worth it.

If we want an offensive minded PF who is suspect on defense, we should just sign Jabari Parker. We could sign Parker while keeping Favors, Exum AND our picks.

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Love wouldn’t cost you Rubio because you could send Favors and Exum and retain Rubio’s bird rights.

 

[Sandman822]

O'Neale and Mitchell are very close. Also, O'Neale is a very good player for his contract. He can play SG, SF, and PF too.

Ingles is a cohesion guy. Sure he might struggle in some playoff matchups, but overall he is a fantastic value on his declining deal.

Ingles isn't going to get us some massive roster changing trade. Gobert might. If we lost Gobert for a great wing or PG, I am fine going with Favors as our starting C. Favors is a step down, but we desperatel need another great player who can score the ball.

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O'Neale and Mitchell are not very close from a trade value standpoint and if you seriously think that the organisation should consider O'Neale closer to Mitchell's untouchable status than Gobert then you're severely undervaluing Gobert. There's no way in hell a young role player on a nice contract with potential but hasn't shown All Star level talent like Mitchell or an older glue guy coming off a down year should be considered more valuable/untouchable than a DPOTY C, and your reasoning only speaks further to why Gobert should be considered more untouchable than O'Neale or Ingles in the first place but you're ignoring that because of Favors.