2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[hakeemfaan]

Before the trade, assuming KP is out with an injury. Which is an easy assumption.

Your bench in the playoffs: Kleber, Green and Burke - (Frank)

After the trade your bench is Kleber, Bertans, Dinwiddie - (Green)

Most here have been hammering the opinion that we need Dragic or similar to be the third ballhandler/scorer off the bench. They got it.
Most here have been adamant that we need to add another BIG/Wing that can shoot. They got it.

I'm more bullish about this teams chances in the playoffs than I was a week ago. If nothing else, trading away KP has sparked something in Luka...?

In the playoffs all defenses take it up a notch. That’s why great teams or dynasties have always had multiple great or at least one great and multiple very good players. Now many would take exception to calling KP that and he struggled last year but we can’t just minimize the points and rebounds he gave. 

Yep it is better to have some bodies than an injured KP but in the grand scheme of things would it change anything this year? No. IMO where it would change things is if we get a 2nd star.  Then players like Dimwiddie and Bertans also move down one slot and get pegged correctly. 

Again, I am not even sure if the MBT really expect much from these new guys. I think the priority was to get rid of KP at any cost and the second priority was getting some players with smaller contracts AND who fit a style that they want to build around Luka going forward. If they get excellent contributions from those two new guys it will be just a bonus.