2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[mvossman]

Bullock was one of the best FA signings of the entire offseason. Leading the NBA in playoff minutes for a contender 

1. Nico was brought in for his relationships. This is Cubans biggest weakness. Time will tell how much impact this has. So far, players from other teams heap praise on him. He has players like Dinwiddie giving him a shout out on court after buzzer beaters

2. We were hamstrung by the KP albatross last offseason 

3. A 2nd we don’t even have a roster spot for? The pundits/masses/fans are proven wrong time after time. What they think or what is consensus doesn’t matter at all……..what hole in the frontcourt? Looks like we are going along contending just fine as it is. The frontcourt player we are missing is a regular season player. Not needed at the moment just like frontcourt darling Gobert wasn’t needed for the Jazz 2nd half of game 3

I feel like that is way over assessing Bullock value/signing.  He is a little better than average defender whos only contribution on offense is moderate volume 3s that he hits at roughly league average.  He is not worth more than the MLE we paid for him.  He is getting crazy minutes because Luka and THJ are out and up until this last game Green has been useless.  We are thin right now.

I agree Nico was brought in for relationships.  I would argue he failed to provide value in that area last offseason.  Bullock is not a signing you need relationships for.  Not sure when he will be able to exercise that talent as we wont have cap for a while.  Otherwise, being a relationship guy does really suggest he is going to change FO method of operation much.

How were we hamstrung by KP?  We had 34 mil in cap space even with KP.  I would also argue that we could have gotten a similar return for him in the offseason than we did at the TDL, and should have pulled the trigger then.

Saying we don't have room for that 2nd so might as well dump it in a trade is not a good way to operate an organization in my opinion.

We almost blew that game in the third quarter when we played a frontcourt of DFS/Bertans.  We are thin in that area, and taking two games from a dysfunctional Jazz team (even without Luka) is not enough for me to feel differently.