Does Diallo Open the Door for Ryno to Return?

Long term for Anderson isn't promising. He'll be 31 in 3 years with an already bad back and limited athleticism. Even if Diallo hits in a big way, thats going to be hard to cover up for a team w/ goals beyond the first round

I think Anderson is a play for them, regardless of the draft. Hopefully at a reasonable price/years.

Diallo to me is a post Asik move. Hopefully in a couple of years he can give them ~20mpg at the 5.

Really, I'm just happy they finally added a big that isn't slow.

2 yrs of ryno I'm fine with
otherwise let somebody else regret that 4 yr deal

I look for them to sign one or two more front court players and for asik to ride the bench into oblivion. sullinger or similar type players. Unfortunately SF is and will remain a problem, so get ready for more qpon/dante and hold your nose

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2 yrs of ryno I'm fine with

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Yeah. I'd even see if you could get him to do a 1+1. I doubt he will due to back injury, but I wouldn't be thrilled to have him eat up cap space next summer.

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sullinger

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Both BSS and TBW had Sulllinger profiles. I liked him in the draft. Definite flaws, but some positives too. They probably need to move Ajinca if they target him or a similar quality big.

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So I think they are expecting him to play, and one of his best assets on offense is screening. Have Jrue and AD running some 2 man game with Buddy running off Asik screens to get open as a secondary option on the play.

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So these are much more playoff issues. They should be fine v most regular season teams if they keep Asik on the court w/ Holiday, Davis, Hield.

But if they get into the playoffs, I don't think they can play Asik much at all. Offense dies if you use him in ball screens (auto double on the ball handler to force a pass to Asik). Even running pin downs w/ him- why not just overplay the screen and force the backdoor to Asik's man who will be in the lane?

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the Pels might re-sign him and use him as long as they have him, always looking for an opportunity to make him a part of a deal if it makes the team better

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This sounds familiar..........

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but we got the most NBA ready guy.

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Yeah this was my first thought as well, that Buddy was the draft equivalent of the "young vet" strategy. I still like Buddy a lot but that thought definitely occurred to me.

Who we pursue in FA will tell us a lot.

They will persue Batum and Parsons as their high end guys. Ryno is their backup plan. Then, they go for midrange guys like Dudley, then bargains if they strike out on all of those.

Supposedly their interest in Ryno, in addition to wanting a stretch 4 next to Cousins, is helping to fill their arena because he's a local. Maybe Skal is the stretch 4 of the future, but he's not going to help win games or put butts in the seats this season.

And the reason why they couldn't get value for Ryno was because he was expiring. The thought is that even if he costs you 4/64, that contract will look enticing in February of 2017 or 2018. Think about it, if he is making 16 mil in 2017-2018, that is about 14% of the cap, which is pretty close to what he was making last year. But he would have multiple years left on the deal, which yes, would make him more valuable to other teams.

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Signing Ryno back would kill me.

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fricking :kige:

If they do re-sign him, the longer they hold onto him the worse his return will be and the less likely they are to actually move him. Just like NeNe, they would need to flip him months after signing him.