04-02-2021, 10:11 AM
(04-02-2021, 08:58 AM)Branduil Wrote: In that case I think the logical off-season move would be to go after someone like Holmes and hope you can swing a trade for a guy like Brogdon later.
The good news is there are gobs of mix and match situations out there. My belief is we need to add at least one more player than we lose from among our top seven. That can happen above the cap with S&T's and the MLE or below the cap using room or a combo of room and a S&T. Rather than all of these KP to this team or that team deals, maybe we would be wiser to look for teams that might be interested in S&T Hardaway, Richardson or Redick (EB) for something they have.
I'll throw out one more thing that we may need to think about. If we lose Brunson in 2022, it will be about role rather than money. Luka with Brunson is +8.1 in net rating and the D-Rating is 106.9. With THJ and JRich those numbers are 3.8 and 3.0 for net rating and 113.6 and 114.2 for D-Rating. In all minutes, the team is 2.8 points better defensively with Brunson on than with Brunson off. The point is maybe we should be thinking in terms of adding someone who allows us to start Brunson. I'm thinking of a sixth man type who can run the offense and be a bench scorer. You won't get Norman Powell or DeRozan or Lowry or Conley to play that role, but you might get Dinwiddie or Monk or Satoransky to do it.
If we operate over the cap we can trade two out of THJ, JRich and Redick, keep one of them and still use the MLE. It is probably easier to clear the cap room and just sign two guys. But, you are losing two guys and haven't gotten that 8th good player if you do that.