re: Free agent acquisitions that make sense and realistic

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I think whoever this Dun'd is doesn't know what he's talking about.

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Nate Duncan knows his shite.

Crabbe got (I think) 4 years 48 mil, 4th year player option. and Bazemore got 4 years 64 mil (I believe). The crazy thing is that at the end of the podcast many teams still had a shite load of cap space, which makes me think that the deals will actually be crazier than proposed on the pod.

Nothing yet, if he does opt out though it lends some credence to the figures Duncan had about seemingly minimum guys getting paid.

The thing is, someone like Harkless is still going to get 15+ mil per year...

I kind of hope Gee opts in - I like him as a defender.

I love the idea of trading Evans to the Bulls for Gibson and signing both Bazemore and Dudley - for some end of bench depth still give Ennis the QO with Frazier and Drew

Holiday/Frazier/Drew
QPon/Buddy/Gee
Bazemore/Dudley/Ennis
AD/Gibson/DC/Diallo
Asik/Ajinca

What teams do you think will offer him that?

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Again, you're losing your mind because a national writer said that he was worried that an 11 year vet (who's shot better than 35.8% all of twice in his career) hitting 40% from 3 was a fluke.

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for starters, i'm not losing my mind about anything. Just pointing out that Marvin Williams was shooting decent enough over the last 4 years. It's not that crazy for him to have a good year when you have someone coaching that tries to put him in the best possible situations to succeed. It's not just a fluke b/c he shot better sometimes.

Secondly, before this year, he shot at least 35.8% 3 of the last 4 years, which sounds a lot better, and more accurate than what you said.

I'd say Norris Cole was a fluke two years ago.
QPon not so much. He took almost half his threes from the corners, and hit those corner threes at 45%. He shot 31% from the wing and top of the key. So keep the man in the corner. he shot well that year b/c they put him in a position to get the most out of his skill set.
Do i expect QPon to shoot 40%+ from 3 this year. No. More b/c of injuries. But if he's still the good corner 3 shooter like he was two years ago, then yeah, i expect him to shoot well if he's taking the majority of his threes from the corner.

Marvin Williams is the same way as QPon. Two years ago he was 36% overall and shot 48% from the corners. 38% from the left wing.
Less than 30% from the top of the key and the right wing combined, where more than half his shots came from.
This past year, he again shoots 45% from the corners, taking a good bit more from there, shoots 48% from the left wing, where he took a lot more shots from than the previous year. Shot 33% from the top of the key and the right wing, where a little less than half his shots came from and shot 41% overall from 3.
So he took a higher percentage of shots from the corners and left wing than the previous year, where he shot the best from, improved from the left wing dramatically, where he was already shooting well, and upped his overall %. Sounds like good coaching and a player that made better shooting decisions, not really a fluke.

Pretty sure Frazier and Ennis both having qualifying offers - they have to accept them of course but definitely does not equal those numbers.

Without digging too much into expected contract details- I would be satisfied with re-signing Fraizer and Ennis, and signing Crabbe and Sullinger.

I like Garrett Temple and Cole Aldrich

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have DC, Babbitt, Diallo, Asik, and Ajinca eat up the 60 PF/C mins AD doesn't get

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:gulp:

Hope they sign a wing or 2 that can play the 4 then