2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Omega_Supreme]

There is so much wrong with this.  

It sounds like you are saying Dinwiddie is a replacement for THJ?  They are completely different players that fill completely different roles.  They only thing they share is that they are overpriced and have questionable fit on this team.  

You are suggesting Bertans replaces Maxi?  They are also completely different players.  Maxi is probably our best defender who can both protect the rim and guard the perimeter.  Bertrans can't do either effectively.  He is 3 point specialist that brings nothing else to the table.  He is the replacement for THJ, only he is a worse player on roughly the same contract.

You are saying this trade gives us more flexibility?  So we can dump our current players because these new contracts are so bad nobody will take them? 

What ability do we have to add more pieces?

I am guessing most folks on this board would have preferred we trade KP for air (expirings that we have no intention of re-signing) than the package we got, and its not even close.  Those contracts (especially the Bertans one) are a potential chokehold on our flexibility for years to come if they don't completely turn their games around.

Yes replacements, I think Bertans adds more value than Maxi and I think that Dinwiddie is a more efficient player than Hardaway. Dinwiddie does not shoot it at a high clip but he adds offense in a different way. You do not have to replace Maxi and THJ with guys that do the exact same thing, you just have to replace their salary. You can find another shooter and a defensive forward to replace that hole left by Maxi but its hard to find elite shooting at the stretch 4 position. 

As for the trade KP for expiring contracts, I am still trying to understand who we target. The KP money would likely get ate up by Brunson so you would be left with an even smaller pie which is why I said it does not make any sense to trade KP for expiring contracts. That is the Donnie Nelson approach to roster building. 

Can you answer the question on who the likely target would be if did trade KP for expiring contracts? I assume you would let JB walk as well to capitalize off of the KP money right?