(07-08-2022, 07:23 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: We'll see, I just don't see the point in playing suboptimal lineups even for only 5 or 10 or 15 minutes or whatever and then just dismissing it because well the closing lineup is more important anyway. I really think playing McGee and Wood together is just going to cause more trouble than it's worth. Whatever you gain in size, toughness, and rebounding is more than made up for when Luka has to drive into a clogged paint and ends up turning it over. 

My prediction is come November and December we're going to get off to a slow start and after two months of everyone on this board complaining about rotations we'll finally see Kidd make a change to the starting lineup and suddenly everything will start clicking once we go exclusively to lineups that feature Wood and McGee as the lone big surrounded by shooters. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong and I'll be humble enough to admit it, but I feel strongly that something like this will be how it plays out.

(07-08-2022, 06:10 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote:  
The way my mind works when I hear Kidd's comment is I start looking for someone to be _______.  Interestingly enough, if Jalen goes out in a S&T and Starts at the $28,108,108 he's able to in a match for Noel/Burks, half of that...$14,054,054 plus Josh at $3.098,400 is $17.15mm and matches salary up to $21.54mm.   

(07-08-2022, 08:37 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Repeating something here that I wrote in the Brunson Thread as my math here isn't accurate in the above post.  I used some dated numbers from something that had been posted not realizing Kemba was in those numbers.  Apologies.  Moving too fast.  In a trade matching deal, Brunson can make a little over $24mm with Burks/Noel as the outgoing.  The ship has sailed on the deal outlined in that post.

Unless I'm not accounting for enough cap holds, I think the deal above is still possible, but not because NY is operating over the cap.  With the cutting of Gibson, there is enough room to get Brunson a declining contract starting in the same $28mm which yields Dallas a $14mm TPE or allows Dallas to trade match using Brunson's $14mm outgoing.  So, the deal above (or the Bogdanovic deal in the Brunson Thread) could still work if Dallas participates in a S&T with Brunson getting the larger salary using the newly expanded cap room NY now has.  But, they no longer 'need' Dallas which means Dallas might have to pay for the privilege if they have a deal lined up that requires Brunson's outgoing salary.  So the S&T theory probably took a hit with the Gibson cut.  The idea of not having to pay for the S&T most certainly took a hit.

 

(07-08-2022, 07:23 PM)sterlingmallory Wrote: We'll see, I just don't see the point in playing suboptimal lineups even for only 5 or 10 or 15 minutes or whatever and then just dismissing it because well the closing lineup is more important anyway. I really think playing McGee and Wood together is just going to cause more trouble than it's worth. Whatever you gain in size, toughness, and rebounding is more than made up for when Luka has to drive into a clogged paint and ends up turning it over. 

My prediction is come November and December we're going to get off to a slow start and after two months of everyone on this board complaining about rotations we'll finally see Kidd make a change to the starting lineup and suddenly everything will start clicking once we go exclusively to lineups that feature Wood and McGee as the lone big surrounded by shooters. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong and I'll be humble enough to admit it, but I feel strongly that something like this will be how it plays out.

(07-08-2022, 09:25 PM)Branduil Wrote: SD starting just makes not signing Dragic all the more mystifying.

(07-08-2022, 09:27 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Yes, there needs to be a better option out there, right?   I don't want to give this front office the benefit of the doubt until they prove other wise.  But they clearly need another wing and another creator.  Can that be one person?   It would be pretty disappointing if those holes are not filled.

(07-08-2022, 06:20 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Rozier??

Signed for 4 more years....and in the opinion of this humble narrator, pretty overrated.

(07-08-2022, 10:05 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Kemba Walker is about to be a Maverick. 

I used to really want him…now?

(07-08-2022, 10:05 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Kemba Walker is about to be a Maverick. 

I used to really want him…now?

(07-08-2022, 06:20 PM)Kammrath Wrote: Rozier??

Signed for 4 more years....and in the opinion of this humble narrator, pretty overrated.

(07-08-2022, 02:45 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/NationMffl/status/1545492824891826176