re: Pels sign Tony Allen per Shams

Makes sense. I did not expect Allen to start (especially with Rondo on the court). I am expecting Miller if roster stays as it is or Cunningham if he is re-signed. Would be nice if we could get a pure shooter to supplement. If we could snag McDermott from OKC for a minimal price it would be nice. However, not sure I see that as realistic.

If the pels thought they could finish in the top 6, adding McDermott and singler would be worth considering. Mcdermott is b+.
9 pt in 23 minutes.
42.5% 3
87% ft

Skill needed by pels = 3 pt shooting.

I hope a deal can be made. I think he would make his open looks. We are talking about ncaa national scoring champ.

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For expiring contract mcdermott, offer okc switch first rounders.

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I'd do that. Don't know if OKC would.
Not sure how much his salary savings really help them, and don't know if we can even make that trade where we get him with the TPE.

The trade would have to be Ajinca for Singler and McDermmot. The Pels now have enough tax space to make that uneven trade, but that'd pretty much be all of your moves and you'd have no backup big on the roster other than Asik.

Regarding the 'cut' possessions from Allen last season: People who are bringing those stats up are conveniently leaving out the fact that he was in the 7th percentile. Just because he does it a lot doesn't mean he is good at it. But getting a guy willing to work off-ball still helps some. I wrote more about it here: LINK

Whoever sees this signing as a reason not to sign Dante back is not seeing the bigger picture. We replaced a starter, albeit with evident limitations (Hill), with a player who was always considered a non shooting, but exceptional D (Allen), in his HEYDAY.

Allen is not a starting caliber player NOW, and shooting is still the same, so one can figure our chances, currently, have decreased to make playoffs (whatever that was pre-Hill injury).

Dante is necessary still. In fact, I feel Dante may very well be a 2-3 game difference between making or missing playoffs. Mind you, the way he shot the 3 for a while last year, I would rather him finish games, over Hill, given the current starting lineup.

Sign Dante, and we have a number of SG/SF serviceable players (Moore, Jrue, Allen, Clark, Dante, Crawford) to provide a number of combos till the stats bear what rotations work best. Key is to Gentry figuring it out early.

Allen is just another serviceable piece to throw out there to see if he can contribute, in a given game, based upon defensive matchup/shooting streak.

Sign Dante, don't be surprise if he ends up your starting SF, at beginning/some point of the year, not that it means we make the playoffs, but because Tony Allen is NOT about to increase our chances of playoffs, with his signing. Period.

You could interview 2012 Big 12 Co-freshman of the year Quincy Miller?