07-21-2021, 03:56 PM
(07-21-2021, 03:44 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: It´s not easy, but it´s also not that hard. There are a a few top notch franchises that are so good, that they run into an abundance of talent eventually that they cannot pay and accomodate all. I have been a fan of Monte Morris. He was stuck behind a wall of guards in Denver. The play-offs were his first real opportunity. He put up 14 PPG with almost six assists in the play-offs, 40% 3pt shooting. Nuggets already have him locked up for the next three years at $30M.
Then there are others that tank with so many picks, that they simply cannot develop everybody. Richaun Holmes was stuck in Philly behind Embiid, Saric, Noel and Okafor.
There is a chance Mo Bamba will be really good (though his injuries are a bit concerning), but he´s already stuck behind WCJ, Isaac, Okeke, whoever they draft at #6 and #10, plus maybe even Mo Wagner. There is a chance that with more minutes Mo Bamba peaks at 12/12 with 2 blocks. Bamba´s first three years in the league have been pretty similar to Tyson Chandler.
Furkan Korkmaz is barely a 5th option offfensively on the Sixers, functioned well as the #1 option for Turkey in the Olympic qualifiers on a team that also featured Osman, Ilyasova and Sengun. That´s probably somebody ready for a bigger role without the need to break the bank. Funny enough, if you look at his stats in the first four years they are very similar to Norman Powell, before he made the leap from 9/2/2 40% 3pt shooting to 16/4/2.
I´m so much more interested in a THJ S&T package of Ross/Bamba than re-signing THJ himself.
Obviously not all of them work out, but you usually don´t have to. Cause usually that´s what teams do during their rebuilding stretches, when they have 2-3 years to waste with free shots on fallen angels/hidden gems. Of course not the Culture Club, who rather waste that time giving meaningful minutes to fringe veterans with no upside or future along the next generation.
Leonard and JC, who can be true difference makers, are my first choice. But, if that strikes out, and it probably will, I’d rather go this route than pay the likes of Dipo (who’s done now with two major injuries). Build smart.