re: Watching the offense, I'm convinced Reke will go off when he returns!

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Reke has no issues passing to the open man.

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Eh, that's a bit generous- he's a good passer, but tries to be a hero at times. I think he will be a good fit in this offense, but I see a couple of potential issues.

1- He likes to pound the ball. Holiday has a similar problem. This offense needs the ball to move. If it sticks, things get stale in a hurry.

2- The Pels don't offensive rebound the way they did under Monty. Now, may be a chicken/egg thing with Evans out. May be the spacing Gentry asks for compared to what Monty did. May be an energy thing with Davis/Anderson asked to play so many minutes and carry larger loads. But the Kobe assists are something to keep an eye on when he comes back.

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so why in hell did they re-sign ajinca? Could have kept whitney or signed another minimum big

i understand asik to some extent, but the ajinca contract looks like a straight up mistake. He has shown nothing that would lead you to believe he can be a net positive on the floor

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I think Ajinca was resigned mainly for salary matching purposes in a trade. $5M ain't a lot, but it opens some doors that minimum salaries like Babbitt etc can't.

He's got some skills on offense, but he's just so slow and clumsy. I think he is a worse fit for an uptempo team than Asik.