02-09-2020, 10:27 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2020, 10:31 AM by DanSchwartzgan.)
Something to keep an eye on this summer. Derrick Jones Jr. is UFA and Miami is being very careful about LT money. I have no idea what amount of money he will command. Maybe we can get him at the MLE or less. But 2/3’s of the league will have that option. I think a trade is the more likely path.
I’m projecting a huge amount of player movement through S&T this summer. Miami is going to need cheap assets to go with all of their stars and picks are cheap assets. They just traded for 3 guys (and extended one of them) who play a similar role to Jones Jr.. I can see them keeping Crowder on a one year deal. Once Dragic is done (they either let him walk this summer or sign him to a one year), someone like Wright would fit in well as a third guard.
Jones is a more athletic version with arguably better defense than Finney-Smith. His outside shot is still emerging, but I think his upside is greater than DFS (and he’s super young still). It is pretty clear Dallas likes him as they tried to get him last summer. There are also rumors out there that Wright and Jackson were being shopped. We also know Dallas doesn’t particularly value mid-late first rounders. Jones is a better fit on the roster than Wright and more valuable than anything we are likely to get at #20 or so. This would have to be something we’d do in July. We’d then still have the full MLE if we got Jones via trade.
I’m projecting a huge amount of player movement through S&T this summer. Miami is going to need cheap assets to go with all of their stars and picks are cheap assets. They just traded for 3 guys (and extended one of them) who play a similar role to Jones Jr.. I can see them keeping Crowder on a one year deal. Once Dragic is done (they either let him walk this summer or sign him to a one year), someone like Wright would fit in well as a third guard.
Jones is a more athletic version with arguably better defense than Finney-Smith. His outside shot is still emerging, but I think his upside is greater than DFS (and he’s super young still). It is pretty clear Dallas likes him as they tried to get him last summer. There are also rumors out there that Wright and Jackson were being shopped. We also know Dallas doesn’t particularly value mid-late first rounders. Jones is a better fit on the roster than Wright and more valuable than anything we are likely to get at #20 or so. This would have to be something we’d do in July. We’d then still have the full MLE if we got Jones via trade.