Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Smitty]

I like Deni, but he shoots 3 threes a game and has been under 32% every season until this last.  I'm not sure he is going to be any better stretching the floor than DJJ.

I like Grimes, but he is going to cost more than Timmy and a second.  We are hoping that's enough to dump Timmy for air.  Why would they add Grimes when they just paid assets for him?

I couldn't disagree with any of this more.

Almost HALF of DJJ's FGA's this year were wide open catch and shoot 3's. The other half of his FGA's were mostly dunks.

42.4 FREQ% - 6+Feet (Wide Open) - DJJ shot 35% 3PT
5.1 FREQ% - 4-6 Feet (Open) - DJJ shot 36% 3PT

DJJ's shot 239 3PA, almost every single one of them Wide Open and had the best 3PT shooting season of his career at a blistering 34.3%.


Deni with only 18.0 FREQ%  6+Feet (Wide Open) and shot 44.4% 3PT.


Neither of these guys are lighting it up from 3 with any kind of volume but the 3's that Luka generates for others is crazy. It's easy to see that these two aren't comparable. And Deni is a 3 level scorer type, just way different than DJJ on that end.


I've already beaten the Grimes thing to death the past few weeks. I'm confident in my opinion there that THJ and the '25 SRP (TOR) which will likely be in the 33-38 pick range is plenty to get it done.