THJ Foot Fracture: What to do?

[dynamicalVoid]

As mentioned above, I think you are probably undervaluing a high volume shooter who can make contested 3s at a good rate.  That gets you buckets when you can't generate anything better and creates a ton of spacing.  His offensive contribution is significant and that's what gets paid.

As for alternatives, there was no "20M defensive player".  Guys like Conley, Lowry and Lonzo were clearly not coming here.  The only big name we had a realistic shot at was DeRozan.  He can create and play make, but he can't shoot 3s or play defense.  Not a great fit with Luka, and he was 27 mil.

If you wanted to beef up on defensive players, maybe you could have raided the MLE group with some overpays on guys like Caruso or Danny Green, but the options there were limited as well.

I stand by my statement that I don't care what the market is paying certain players.

Imo...you need guys with better all around skills on your team than THJ has.  And look...here we are...everyone complaining about his contract and lack of skills(dribbling, creating, bad defense).

This is the problem with abandoning the draft...you're pretty much forced to pay market prices if you need a player.   

I just don't see how THJ is worth more than the rumored Brunson or DFS contracts will be.   You just can't talk me into saying that THJ deserves more money than those two...ever.

Im just not signing a player because I think I paid "fair" value.   No one wants THJ yet we paid "fair" value for him.

Players with better all around skills help you win more imo.   And I get that THJ spaces the floor so Luka can work.   Yes...we still need capable shooters....but I'm not paying 18.5M per for a guy that does nothing else.  It's simple to me.