THJ apology thread

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No players are identical obviously. But who is close to THJ who get close to MLE?

We won't have cap space to get someone else better unless Oladipo or Kawhi wants to come here.
Otherwise, we are looking for a market with ton of teams having cap space and very few players who are good enough to get paid.
I honestly will be shocked if THJ wasn't paid better than JRich, his skills right now is more valuable in this league.

While I don't think he'll return to Texas, I do see Kawhi bolting.   /plan powder sized pipe dream

Tim is tough and I have no idea what to pay him.  You have games like tonight or against Houston where he looks like a world beater and then performances like Chicago where he looks like the guy the Knicks were trying to dump.   At least when he struggled in Denver, Carlisle gave him less minutes as he tends to try do much when his offense is struggling and takes ill advised shots.  And in the games he does struggle, he doesn't give you a lot else.  On the plus side, he's a great locker room guy and wants to be a Maverick (which we should never underappreciate).  I think he also knows that this is best place for him.  If some team wants elevate him to the 1st or 2nd option and give him a crazy contract and he wants to accept it, you wish him good luck.  I think that team will regret that decision as quickly as the Knicks did or the Mavs did with Parsons or Barnes.  

I think I'd be fine with a Marcus Smart/Will Barton sized contract.  But if he wants something nearing what he's making now, I'll try to approximate his skillset for a much lower cost player.