2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

Why we need another big?

Cause there are exactly two centers in the whole league that have played every game: Powell and Looney. That´s a miracle in itself with Powell coming back from an Achilles at age 30. Then you got DFS, who functions as the PF in this set-up and played 78 games.

So our two starting "bigs" that have virtually no back-ups, played 158 of 160 games this year.


Maxi on the other hand has only played 50 and 59 games the last two years. 

We need more at the 4/5 position. I don´t think we need a Holmes, but we need 1-2 players that we can actually rely on. There are more than enough veterans and young players out there that can provide this at the TPE, tax-payer MLE or even the minimum.

What I don´t get is the desire to add a player like Holmes on a large salary, who also has a lot of baggage.

Either you go big like Gobert/Turner...or you go for value/upside/veteran competency like I. Hartenstein, J. Smith, R. Lopez.

If we can convince either Jalen Smith or Hartenstein to join us at the tax-payer MLE that woud be a HUGE win for this franchise.

Agree with a lot of this.  My preference is to go big if you can.  I just look at what our closing lineup is, and I think its missing a dominate defensive presence (unless Maxi pulls out of his funk, but don't think we can trust his offense in that role).  That's my issue with the value/upside/veteran approach.  They don't contribute to the hole in the closing lineup.

The exception for me would be Hartenstein, but I doubt the Clippers let him go for the tax MLE and we would be dealing with roster crunch issues (although we could figure that out).