re: Larry’s great attitude

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That would be all fine and good if we had a legit 3rd big that Willie would play and Nance was making closer to the minimum than $10 million.

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Nance playing starter minutes is the issue. Nance is a fine bench big and brings off the court intangibles. He's making below MLE, so not an albatross contract. It would be nice to replace Larry in a trade with someone like Okongwu or Mobley, but I am not sure Griff will pull the trigger on a big deal. Even though he should make a major change, I can see him kicking the can to the trade deadline.

If we don't make a trade of that nature, our options to upgrade the 5 will be pretty limited. I would love to see us go after Jalen Smith to pair with Larry. He's a younger guy who should be MLE or less. He's on the thin side, but rebounds really well and can space the floor. He also has rim protection skills even if he doesn't get as many blocks in Indy's scheme.

Another cheaper, high risk option would be to gamble and revisit trading for Rob Williams using the MLE exception. Pray for health and a return to form. This would require finding a decent 3rd big to eat some minutes like Biyombo or Drummond.