2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

Although I think the appeal of Demar is not to be a three point marksman.  It is another guy who can create, get to the line and take some scoring punch (especially if KP is out).   I am in favor of changing our offensive approach some.  Not to get another guy who waits to shoot an open three, but a another guy who creates pressure on the defense.   So for all times you would have two of Luka, Brunson and Derozan on the floor and fill around them with defense and shooting.   

Am I ready to say Demar is my number one choice.....Not yet.    But am I intrigued with adding more juice to our team....yes.

I had a little driving time today and listened something called the NBA Front Office podcast with Keith Smith and Trevor Lane.  I don’t know much about them except Lane also does some Laker related stuff and Smith is some kind of cap and analytics guy.

Anyway, DeRozan was the last name they discussed on their most recent podcast and the team they brought up was Dallas.  What they said was that he might be an interesting Plan B after they miss on whatever their main plan is.  They envision a two year deal starting at $25mm per year.  They thought it critical that the team that signs him stick to just a two year deal.  They said DeRozan has really made over his game.  He’s playing a good bit of PF and is much more of a facilitator averaging 7 assists per game.  They thought Dallas had enough 3 point shooting to make DeRozan fit as a secondary playmaker and 20 point scorer.  They didn’t think it to be an intuitive move, but once we saw it in action we’d all say “hmmmm that kind of makes sense”.