2020-2021 ROSTER TALK: Archived

[mvossman]

Maxi was not traded for Dinwiddie, I thought that was clear. He was traded for asset(s) and cap space. 


DeRozan would cost roughly 25 mil and I don't see SA doing SnT. I fail to see how DeRozan and 9 mil of cap space is better than Dinwiddie+asset minus Maxi and 25 mil of cap space. If you think Collins is impossible, you can look at other players or combinations of them for 25 mil.

I think the goal for this offseason is to sign one of the guys that are actually worth 20+ mil a year.  I believe that is the goal of the FO, and you could make a strong argument that is the best way to improve the talent on the starting lineup.  I also think ideally that player can be staggered with Luka to help bolster the bench that got abused regularly this year when Luka was off the court.

That list in order of priority is probably something like:

Kawh  2%
Conley  15%
Lowry  5%
Ball  5%
DeRozan  40%
Collins  5%
Powell  10%

Those are the players with my rough estimated chance to land them.  I think a big reason you bring in Nico and Kidd is to land one of these guys.  By far the most likely scenario is DeRozan and second is Conley.  Neither would make any sense to pair with Din.

This is a weak free agency class.  I don't think it really makes sense to go through machinations to generate cap space unless you can land one of these guys, and most likely that guy will not make sense with Din.  Spreading the cap space across a bunch of roll players (a category I put Din in as he works best as a 6th man) does not really move the needle for me, and I doubt it will for the FO.