2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

I'm with you there too.

JB, like THJ, can't start with Luka.  It's just too much of a defensive liability against the best teams in the league.  Compared to THJ, I am way more comfortable giving JB the rock as the 6th man and telling him to go get buckets.

The "easy" solution is to trade THJ and resign JB.  This would be the ideal scenario as long as JB doesn't want to start.

I agree that both guys don't really fit in the starting lineup.  Its one of the many reasons I did not want to sign THJ (and especially not at 19).  I'm also not a fan of signing a 6th man for 15+, especially when we have so may holes in the starting lineup.  I like Brunson better as a player, especially because he is younger and has room for growth, but he is the one with actual value right now.  He is also the one with the small trade window.  Has to be by TDL or we get nothing for him.  THJ will likely have more value in a year or two when he has less years and descending salary.  I'm also skeptical this FO is going to dump his salary a few months after they signed him.  I fear he has fallen in the same category as Powell.