2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[DanSchwartzgan]

 What about Devonte Graham and Malik Monk? Maybe we could weasel into one of them

Worth keeping an eye on or not?

I've mentioned Monk (Schwartz) before with his cap hold being the main reason.  Charlotte has Ball, Rozier, Graham and Monk soaking up almost all of the PG/SG minutes when everyone is healthy.  Rozier is fairly expensive, Ball will be some day and Graham and Monk are both RFA.  Monk has a $13mm cap hold (QO = $7.3mm) and Graham has a $2mm cap hold.  Without any of their free agents, Charlotte has $27mm in space and a big hole at C.  

With Ball and Rozier in place, Graham and Monk are backups.  Do you pay both?  Maybe, but how much money do you tie up in your 4th guard?  To me, you either trade Rozier and keep both RFA's or keep Rozier and one of the RFA's.  Graham can play PG and has the smaller cap hold.  Monk can't and his hold ties up half of your room.  To me, Monk would be easier to "weasel".

But, this is kind of like the Caruso discussion yesterday.  Is Monk a starter here?  Or, someone who replaces THJ and Redick as a bench Instant-O guy with better playmaking than either of those guys (and similarly bad D).  If we let THJ and Redick go, we need that, but it isn't exactly our highest priority.