re: Official Free Agency Thread

In case anyone was interested, Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux on the Pels signings:
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starts around 53:30

really likes both of the signings. Didn't think either was an overpay (though thought Moore would only get 3 years). Likes that we shouldn't have any defensive weak links and that we'll be able to switch really well on defense. Thinks Hill is more of a 4. Likes that they don't have an injury history. Says we did about as well as reasonably expected.

Leroux agrees. Thinks both deserve an expanded role. Rags on Indy for not picking up his option ("Low upside, high downside move"). Says that kind of thing probably won't happen anymore with the cap going up.

Duncan says we need a backup PG. Says Frazier is a sleeper FA and thinks we don't have a great shot at keeping him. Says Frazier should be as good as Ish and Bayless.

High praise for a duo that demolished us for picking Hield.

Also, towards the end of the podcast (1:35:00), Duncan lists the Pels as one of the winners of FA (along with about 5 other teams, including Brooklyn and Utah).

Duncan and Leroux on day 2 of FA:
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Talk about Houston at 36:00. They think Ryno is one of the worst contracts of FA. Duncan was skeptical that Ryno would get $20m/yr. Predicted a Pels one-season overpay of 1/$18m. Don't like Gordon's contract either, but think that the injury issues are overblown since his recent injuries aren't the lingering type. They have no idea how Gordon and Harden can be on the court at the same time. Think it was a very anti-Morey offseason as they typically avoid bad contracts. Duncan says that no one wants to play with Harden and that the franchise is a hot mess. They spend ~13:00 ragging on the signings and the Rockets in general.

Diallo

Going back to the idea of stretching Tyreke...

What if we...

Stretched Tyreke
Traded Ajinca to the Nets into cap space bc well Ajinca > Hamilton for them as a back up 5
Waive Babbitt and Douglas

Signed Sullinger 6m/year for 3
Signed speights to 4m/year for 2
Signed Frazier 4m/yr for 3
Diallo and Inglis to RLE
Signed Lawson to vet min deal

Holiday/Frazier/Lawson
Hield/Moore
Hill/Pondexter/Cunningham/Inglis
Davis/Sullinger/Diallo
Asik/Speights

May be off on my salary cap figures here and I'm sure I'm undervaluing a contract or two but I would like this team

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Going back to the idea of stretching Tyreke...

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No. There is no reason to force things yet. I like Frazier and hope we can bring him back, but there are other PGs available. Why can't Larry Drew II be another Frazier and Ish? He's a pass first PG and we saw 2 minimum pass first PGs make the offense work well enough. If Demps has excelled at anything it's find the low end guys that fit a roster hole well enough to excel.

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Room level can only be 2 year max. We frick ourselves over if Diallo ends up being good.

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Yeah, sign Diallo into cap space and hope you can get Frazier with the RLE. End up with full Bird Rights on both when their contracts are up.

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Why can't Larry Drew II be another Frazier and Ish?

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I agree with this. There was nothing special about Ish or Frazier. We didn't strike gold. Give some pass first pg's real minutes in Gentry's system with AD and they are going to look great.

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Adrian Wojnarowski Adrian Wojnarowski? @WojVerticalNBA Sources: Charlotte, Roy Hibbert agreement: One-year, $5M.

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Jesus, talk about falling off a cliff. It hasn't been long at all since he was considered a max guy.

The REAL Official Free Agency Thread. Don't humor 504TyrecLover stroke his ego by stealing a sticky.

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I have no idea what kind of space we have left

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Mason posted an updated salary chart on BSS. LINK If you cut Babbitt and Douglas you can get up to almost $5 million in cap space plus the $2.9 million cap room exception. The problem with that is we might need most of that $5 million to resign Frazier. I don't see anything much more significant than resigning Frazier happening without a trade. At this point you probably play the waiting game and take the cheapest of your preferred options LINK

If we're lucky we can add a rebounding big we like and keep Frazier, maybe resign Douglas and Babbitt for the minimum. But do you risk cutting Babbitt after losing Ryno? Douglas also would seem to be a better fit with Gentry than many of the other veteran guards outside of Felton.