none of those guys put us over the top and make us a contender, unless AD goes bonkers and we start playing great defense, GREAT defense. EG would need to keep shooting like he is and we would need to stay somewhat healthy, which we haven't done in years. Can't keep having 20 million dollars on the bench the majority of the season.

To be a title contender, we would need to offload two of Tyreke/EG/Ryno and get a legit all star back, that can score and help close games out with AD, while keeping everyone else. I doubt we can get a legit all star for two of those three.
If the Thunder really might trade Durant, then we should give them whatever they want to try to get him. anythign but AD. I could care less if we gave away our next 3 first rounders for him.
Somehow getting Kawhi to sign and Spurs not match, or do a sign and trade with him would be a huge step in the right direction. or Jimmy Butler in a similar situation.

I know we are playing well right now, and Tyreke has been looking good, assuming Jrue comes back at some time, when they were in the game together, they made each other worse. One of them has to go imo.

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Posted by whoknows1390

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Posted on 3/11/15 at 11:24 am to TeddyPadillac

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Tyreke has been looking good, assuming Jrue comes back at some time, when they were in the game together, they made each other worse. One of them has to go imo.

The only other way to remedy that is have tyreke coming off the bench and limit the amount of time he and Holiday spend on the floor together. I think it could work, but I agree one of them will have to go in order to land a big fish that can put us over the top.

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Posted by DeionDeion

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Posted on 3/11/15 at 11:27 am to TeddyPadillac

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none of those guys put us over the top and make us a contender,

see on the contrary I believe all we are missing is a little more defense, veteran leadership, and shooting which is what Carroll, Tucker, and Bass bring

I 100% believe that we can win with EG, Jrue, and Reke because they all do key things better than the other...Out of the 3, EG is the best shooter (and any championship team will tell you you need shooters, shooters, shooters), Jrue is the best game manager and PG, and while Reke can play PG its not his natural position, he is best at getting to the rim (almost at will) and he is also the most versatile of the 3

I believe when EG's contract is up he will resign here for a lot less than what we are currently paying him...I'd say around $8-10 mil which will obviously save some cap

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