01-18-2022, 04:42 PM
(01-18-2022, 03:25 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: I can totally do without the PF/C experiment. I want to play small and go for another 20 PPG playmaker, but the Mavs might be dead set on this theory.
They did start the season with about 4-5 centers on the roster afterall. I honestly don´t know what their real thoughts are on this Porzingis Twin Towers PF stuff, but I´d much prefer to invest some minutes into a former lottery pick that has some tools and mobility to test that theory properly at a fairly low cost.
Plus I think there is some potential with Bamba. He´s had just 190 NBA games. This season is the first he played real minutes. He´s got to 10/8 with 2 blocks and almost 2 assists, while shooting sub 0.500 from the field and only getting to the line once per game. He has the body to develop into this rim-runner type that has done great with us, especially with a savant like Luka. He also seems like the type of player that would benefit from playing with other good players. So assuming you can get his FG% up by 10% and his FT attempts up by two per game, you are looking at a 14/10 projection with 2 blocks. And I doubt he´ll cost much more than the MLE to retain next summer.
I think that´s the kind of forward projections we have to nail.
Jarrett Allen and Lauri Markkanen were two such players that became available last year. Bamba/Bagley are it this year. Myles Turner could totally be such a player. I just think the cost will be totally unreasonable compared to all these other guys mentioned.
I am out on Bamba. Bagley is a guy I haven't given up on. I know he has been hurt a lot and has had stretches of bad play, but I can't figure out why it hasn't worked out better there. I am not sure what he views himself and if he would be ready to accept a smaller role where he is not the lead option. But he is a guy who would interest me. Kings will probably try to attach him to a bigger deal and that may be hard to compete with. In two years, it wouldn't surprise me if there are a lot of teams who wished they would have gone after him. Although, maybe he is buried on a bench in two years too.