Archie Goodwin waived

making room for tyreke evidently
Goodwin was non gtd so no big deal

so now we wait for pondexter
I still feel like another small move is coming and I wouldn't be surprised if they bring lance back if they can somehow dump ajinca

it's a symptom of the scarcity of threes in this league that big 2's (qpon/Evans) and small 4's (hill/Dante) are really the only options

I think it's just Tyreke. Him back makes 7 guards. Goodwin was never going to play and this team has a history of trying not to waste the time of fringe journeyman types like Demps used to be.

Oh absolutely! I just meant that with as many guards as they have and the need for better rebounding that they could go after a big - Ajinca being hurt "forces" their hand

So they are signing another guard after waiving one because they have too many? I'll never understand this team.

Brown is a decent shooter I know but gives those minutes to Buddy and go get a big that can get boards and help somewhat defensively

I guess Brown is more of a wing than a guard but still and those points have merit

I guess using Reke and Galloway to get a big makes some sense

maybe they could move ajinca with Galloway
if buddy develops then he could take galloways minutes and a lawn chair would be a better option on the floor than ajinca

I could see Tyreke/Galloway/Ajinca for Monroe/Beasley/Novak. Diallo makes me curious about Monroe. Monroe needs a player like AD to cover for him on defense, well Diallo might end up being a player "like" AD as far as quick help rim defense goes. So if you have AD and Diallo does that make Monroe as the Pels 3rd big work? Monroe is averaging 9/6.6 in 18 MPG with a 2.8 NetRtg, I think we'd be ecstatic if we were getting that out of Asik who's giving you 2.9/6.5 in roughly the same minutes with a 0.5 NetRtg.

I just did some math using DRtg (points allowed per 100 possessions) and how many possessions they actually play and for every 18 minutes played Monroe gives up 4 more points than Asik, yet as we can see from the averages, he scores 6 more. It's not quite that simple because he does take 4 more shots than Asik in that time which means he could be taking shots away from more efficient players, but I think it's possible his offense makes up for his defense in a way where Monroe vs. Asik is net neutral but the offense would flow so much better if they didn't have to play 4 on 5.

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optimistic read on brown

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Optimistic indeed! Seems like the type of player worth taking a 2-3 year flyer on for ~$5m.

I hope Goodwin gets another chance (with another team). He actually played really well in his limited time here.

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Y'all still think we're trading Tyreke huh?

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If they don't plan to resign him then they need to trade him. It still bugs me that they didn't trade Ryno when a future 1st was reportedly on the table.