2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[Branduil]

Can't you accomplish the roster thinning by doing a draft and stash at #26.  I note that Kamagate is up to #31 on the Tankathon board.

I'm not sure they are going to do anything more than try to retain Brunson this summer.  I think your depth chart is spot on if you simply put Burke back in as the 3rd PG, move Frank to 3rd SG and Brown to 3rd SF.  Looking at the various positions...

C:  We might as well stop trying to trade Boban.  It isn't happening.  Powell and Kleber more than hold their own.  Powell with the starters (sans KP) have a net rating of 14.1 in 40 games.  The Mav's close with Maxi and have been one of the best clutch lineups in the league post the trade.  Are we THAT much better getting a grizzled old vet to replace Chriss, or could he develop into something.

PF:  Yes, Bertans as a backup gets smoked on individual matchups time and time again.  Yet, he's almost always an on-court and on-minus-off positive.  DFS isn't going anywhere.  Nuff said.

Ball Handling:  Assuming JB is back, he, Luka and Dinwiddie will eat up almost all the minutes at PG/SG.  Burke and Frank are perfectly fine as backups.

Wings:  When everyone is healthy, there are basically 48 minutes (give or take a couple) to split between Reggie, Tim and Green.  Everyone is never healthy, so these guys will average more than 48 combined, but Reggie and Tim probably expect to get about 30 and Josh should be getting about 16.  There just simply isn't enough time to go around.  With that said, I wonder if the team would prefer to see how things look with THJ back rather than dumping him on the cheap in the summer.  We don't have to worry about being a repeater tax team this coming year.  

I'd hate that that plan (retaining THJ) would push Green to the bench, but if you trade THJ for a C, you are pushing a $16mm guy (Bertans) to the bench instead of a $3mm guy.  Yes, Powell moves to the bench and Maxi moves to backup PF.  But, I think we've talked about this enough to know that "that" guy who does all of the things Maxi and Powell can do well and rebound and team defend while also protecting the rim just doesn't exist.  So, the center you trade for better be absolutely dominant at something.  Otherwise, I'm not sure we can easily improve upon the diverse skills of the platoon we have.