2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[DanSchwartzgan]

Boucher is an interesting tax MLE target.  If we are going that route, Hartenstein, Boucher and Smith are some good options. 

I lean towards sending the pick for Washington if that gets it done.  There may be some other options with the pick that you need to pull the trigger on.  If that does not play out, then the hope would be that you can get one of the dudes above with the tax MLE.

I’ve started a longer post on roster construction and how things might play out when THJ becomes available again.  I just haven’t had time to finish it.  The conclusion is P. J. Is probably closer to what we want than Capella or even Turner.  We have all sorts of guys who can reasonably play minutes 1-3.  We have two guys who have shown minutes-worthiness in the playoffs at the 4 and 5.  I think it was 1998 who first pointed out that Powell’s impressive regular season stats wouldn’t hold up in the playoffs.  I obviously like Powell, but have always said he’s best as a backup.  Bertan’s is a specialty player.  Even if you fully count all four as solid members of the depth chart, we need one more and need that one more to be a playoff rotation guy.

So, we could really use what I termed “another Maxi”.  Washington doesn’t have the size, but when you look at someone who blocks shots, hits 3’s and has good defensive ratings, he’s about a close as you can get.

Charlotte is trying to contend and already has 3 picks in this draft.  The reason they might deal him is they don’t want to pay him when they have other mouths to feed.  I’m not sure what gets him here.  Josh and our 22 first might not do it.  If I were them I’d ask for the Dallas 2025 plus Josh and Chriss, or I’d ask for Bullock.  They have some offensive firepower already.  What they need is better D.