re: MLE SF Discussion Thread

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I think you'd create a bigger hole by jettisoning Asik than you'd fill in the process.

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I think in this scenario Slow was envisioning going Small Ball with AD and Henson being the 5s. Another path might be Asik + Tyreke for Pachulia + Middleton. Tyreke isn't a perfect fit in Milwaukee, but they are one of the few teams I keep coming back to when looking for teams that would want him. However, that's a dreamworld trade too because it assumes several ifs.

1) A team with cap space is threatening to take Middleton for nothing at a price they won't match forcing Milwaukee to look for trades.
2) Middleton is fine taking that money from us rather than the team that gave him the red carpet treatment at 12:01 AM on July 1st.
3) We are fine paying Middleton an amount Milwaukee is uncomfortable matching.
4) They want Tyreke
5) Asik won't find a better deal on the open market than signing with us so takes a S&T to another team to get paid.

option 1: trade anderson for a late teens/early 20's pick
take take justin anderson, SF Virginia

option 2: sign AFA, who can also play small-ball PF

option 3: roll with what we got

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The ball typically stops with Ryno 

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Most of yall know I want Anderson off this team 2 years ago, however, If Gentry keeps him he wont do the same crap Monty did.

IF Anderson stays, Gentry will not give him the same Iso plays and rely on his mid range fade away

But my list of possible 3's are in order:

Draymond
Carrol
Crowder
Aminu

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I wasn't saying it as a negative as much as an observation. Both are designated shooters/and when they're on you want them to shoot rather than pass.

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I understood what you meant, however, if Gentry really was the offensive play caller for the Warriors he will not want any player that needs to be passed the ball to, in able to get his shot

Anderson would be alot better if he was able to handle the ball and create his own shot via his dribble, and not post up

I think Gentry's main point to Demps to max out AD potential was his lack of ball handling. As I mention before, Blake Griffin is a great player because he can rebound the ball and bring it up the court and throw off the defense. If he can teach AD to rebound the ball and bring it up and force the defense to rush back. That alone will greatly increase our pace and IMO greatly increase our Points Per Game

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I am having a hard time seeing both Asik and Ryno on this team. To much dead money on the bench at the end of games.

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well to be fair. if we're following the warriors' model, they often close with iggy and bogut on the bench. that's like $26-28M on the bench

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I am having a hard time seeing both Asik and Ryno on this team. To much dead money on the bench at the end of games.

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If Asik signs something like 4/$40 declining then in years 3 and 4 that's the equivalent of $6 million dollars in today's cap dollars based on cap increase projections.

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If we let Asik walk, how much do we have to spend, assuming they re-sign everyone else and EG opts in? Enough to get a good wing and a warm body at the 5? Not Steamer etc.

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That's the problem, we don't. It frees up about as much space as the MLE, so you might as well keep the MLE and all of your other excpetions like the BAE (Cunningham) and Ajinca's Early Bird Rights. The alternative is using the MLE on a lesser but hopefully comparable enough center and the room exception to keep Cunningham (may not be enough for Ajinca).

Asik/Dante/Ajinca/Gerald Green
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Biyombo/Dante

Letting Asik walk without other significant trades, or finding a way to trade him, just isn't a good direction to go.

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well to be fair. if we're following the warriors' model, they often close with iggy and bogut on the bench. that's like $26-28M on the bench

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+ David Lee

Would love Dudley

Would love Dudley

I'd be happy with any of the "likely gets" listed. I didn't realize how old Dunleavy is, but his age shouldn't be a factor in the role he would play on this team.