2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[omahen]

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”.

I know DeRozan was mostly having an negative impact on the team where he played, but that was mainly with him required to be the first banana. Will he remain a negative as a third banana? Still, losing both JRich and THJ for DeRozan would be bad. We would lose 3pt shooting and defense for playmaking and scoring. But if JRich opts in we would basically be at 25 mil for DeRozan. Or we dump Powell.