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Signing and trading for guys that have injuries in their past or who are older isn't a good way to build a team that will avoid injuries enough to contend.

You build through the draft and if you look around the league the teams that are winning lately built through the draft mostly and maybe added one player via trade.


Exum and din get to find a new contract and with our not having any PG thanks to Irving going down it is hard to say they are gone. Depending on where in the draft we end up we may be able to add a PG that could come in and do something first year but I highly doubt it.

Russel Westbrook is a guy that makes sense from a price performance basis. Already 26 years old but he still performs like a starter at times. Ben Simmons is a FA as well barely paid a thin in LAC. That is who I would try to chase and sign if we are watching what we have to spend. I would try to get both.

Williams is a luxury and probably cannot be a 2 way next year
Kai is a must sign based on his performance with the team
Kessler was a great option to have when we were needing him but he is likely to get offers we wont match.
Din and Exum are probably back but I may be mistaken. I certainly hope that they are gone and we draft a good prospect at the PG and better options at the point are available in FA. .

Irving Hardy
Klay Max Martin
PJ Naji Omax
AD
Lively Gafford Powell

that is 12 guys I am pretty certain on their being back here next year barring a trade.

add in who else will you think will carry over.

Din Exum Williams 3 PG's one or 2 may be back Williams is who I would keep.
Kessler I'd call him a SF or WING. He defers to others too much. Lacks confidence when he should show he has an attitude that he can play here.
Kai played well enough I hope we bring him back we need guys with size what with all the injured bigs we will have. He can gaurd a wing and has athleticism and shooting.

3 spots to get to 15 plus 3 spots to add on with 2 ways doubtful we can get that done with any of the 3 we got on 2 ways they are ready to graduate and be real roster spot players.

DRAFT:
PG is the bigger need but with injuries we have had it would be nice to add on a 7' big as well.
Danny Wolf 7', Egor Demin 6'9, Sergio Larrea 6'6, Be nice to add 2 by trading down and somehow get a big like Wolf and a PG .

You add either PG they will take time to develop. Europeans seem to pick up on things faster from what I see so at PG I would go shopping for one of those. Wolf is a nice insurance policy if we loose AD for a big chunk and he is just a rookie that I hope could develop into that.

Say you take on 2 rookies and add some of the 5 guys that are not part of my list of 12. The 2 rooks can get on the 2 way list and prove themselves first. If they play well then there needs to be at least one guy traded with nobody coming back or a guy getting cut at the TDL.

3 of these 5 guys can be on the 15 man roster not sure who can still be on the 2 way but I would not be surprised to see all of these guys playing in the league again next year and most may be on other teams.
DIN
Dante
Kai
Kessler
Brandon

Rookies will find a home on the 2 way contracts and if they progress to rotation early on then they will be offered a contract prior to the TDL. If we add all 3 developmental contract players from last year to the roster I would not be shocked and if we can add 3 rookies that make the roster as well. I would try to see about making them develop more first.