re: Cody Zeller has agreed to a one-year, $3.1 million

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I’m talking about trading for someone who’s making minimum money

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No. You don't give up assests for a minimum contract player that won't improve your team. We don't even have a contractes player where that makes sense to do so.

Any vet looking at the Pels sees JV and Larry and assumes they’d be 3rd string at best on a team that didn’t make the playoffs last year. Not exactly a great resume when pitching potential FAs.

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The center they missed out on without breaking the bank would be Jock Landale.

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Ummmm, he just got paid 8 million a year..

Apparently only the 1st yr at 8 mil is guaranteed and the last 3 years are fluff, but it still would’ve been challenging to match 1 yr 8 mil.

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Dude you're melting because we don't have a guy drafted in the 2nd round playing for us?

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It’s a stupid signing. The only reason it irritates me is b/c of the financial ramifications of it. I could give two shits about the 13th roster spot. I think it’s stupid to spend it on a shitty vet, but whatever, it makes no difference to our success this year regardless if it’s Zeller or Koloko or anyone else we would find.

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No. You don't give up assests for a minimum contract player that won't improve your team

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Cash considerations or a future 2nd isn’t “assets”

Y’all act like I’m wanting to trade a 1st for a backup backup

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Cash considerations or a future 2nd isn’t “assets”

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2nds seem to have risen significantly in value with the new CBA. The Pels only have 2 available 2nds to trade because they blew most of them dumping Graham.

Stupid to do this before you go trade to dump salary. Now teams know you are desperate to lose salary

I don’t get the hate, this is an upgrade to our big rotation on a one year deal that only costs a little over $3M.

Does it solve the rim protection problem? No, but it does help a piece of it. Billie and Jaxson were defensive liabilities and cost us a little over $9M last year. This is an upgrade to that side of the ball for $6M less than we were paying

The last two seasons, Zeller has been a poor player. But he was actually good in Charlotte when he played for Borrego. So, which Zeller are we getting? Has the quality of his play declined the last two seasons, or was he simply used poorly? And can Borrego help put him in positions to be a positive player for us?

I'm not sure if Zeller is an upgrade from Billy or not. What I do know is that Billy wasn't someone who we ever wanted to get meaningful minutes, and Zeller is someone who has the potential to be in the regular rotation for us.