re: Griff said last night they still need to add rim protection

Griffin approach will be interesting. He pretty much confirms they'll be out hunting for a rim protector but doesn't sound confident they'll be able to get one.

We're more likely going to have to rely on a combination of players and settle on a guy like Eubanks.

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I dont want capela. He's been declining the past couple years and makes 42m the next 2 years

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I don't believe that he's in much of a decline. I think it's more about his surrounding cast. In any case, he's still a huge upgrade from Valanciunas.

And Eubanks isn't any better than Billy. He's a terrible plan.

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know we’d get Bey in this scenario but still would be frustrating.

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Bey is rather complete on offense as a forward. he's only 6 8".

this thread was rim protector and pg.

what does bey have to do with this?

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Is it his system or Jay Triano’s?

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Does it really matter? We don't need an offensive genius as much as we need someone that will protect Willie from himself.

Most of the coaching issues that cost the teams games last year came from Willie leaning too far into defense. Having an offensive coach that Willie respects will hopefully allow Willie to be more balanced in his approach.

Yeah, Bunch. I think we’d regret giving up JV to get Capela. In the past,I’ve mentioned the offensive possessions salvaged by Jonas.

Yes, glad to see VOR back and talking Pels again

When did Eubanks become a rim protector? Dude is not good on d at all.

I know Jonas does some good stuff. He can score the ball from the post, hit some threes every now and then, dominate certain teams, and saves us some offensive possessions. He is also a great rebounder and most importantly he is available. But. His defense, and PnR defense specifically, outweighs all the good things he does imo. At the end of games putting Jonas in a PnR is like the other team being able to hit an automatic score button, which makes him unplayable at the end of games. If he is struggling on offense, or we are just failing to get him the ball, he is a huge net negative. In theory, this team doesn't need offensive production from him. Was it nice to have it sometimes? For sure, but we need other skills from that position, especially because 3 of our 4 starters are below average defenders in their own right.

You can convince me that his skills and availability are useful, and that we can just use Larry or Trey to play the 5 at the end of games when we need to get stops. I would just rather go get a guy who can protect the rim and guard the PnR at high level that you can play all game and who's usefulness isn't so variable from game to game. Obviously that is easier said than done, but I think we should try our hardest to do it and move/move on from Jonas.

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Beast rebounder and rim protector. Solid threat out of the pick-and-roll but not much of a scorer. He’s impactful as a defender and on the glass, but he does make a good-sized impact consistently

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Poeltl. This is the only guy I wanted us to pick up at the deadline last year. Pretty much describes exactly what we need. I’d hate to trade off JV, but he’s younger and Willie seems to waste JV’s offensive game. Not sure what kind of salary he will get but should be in JVs ballpark.