07-08-2022, 06:10 PM
I think something may have been overlooked in Kidd's comment about SD and McGee starting. Logically the starters look to be:
McGee, Wood, DFS, Dinwiddie and Luka
Kidd also mentioned getting THJ back (he and Nico are singing from the same hymnal about Hardaway being like getting a 'free agent'). He then said we are going to have "a lot of offense" coming off the bench. Really? OK, who is going to run the show? Hardy? Frank? If Powell is still around, the logical candidates are Powell, Maxi, THJ, Bullock and ______. Yeah, Yeah, I know. Powell sucks and no way he plays a single minute of NBA basketball the rest of his life yada yada. Great, if that is how you feel, insert Green and pull Powell. So now the bench with "a lot of offense" is Maxi, THJ, Green, Bullock and _______. Same issue.
The way my mind works when I hear Kidd's comment is I start looking for someone to be _______. Interestingly enough, if Jalen goes out in a S&T and Starts at the $28,108,108 he's able to in a match for Noel/Burks, half of that...$14,054,054 plus Josh at $3.098,400 is $17.15mm and matches salary up to $21.54mm. You know what PG makes $21.48 and is a potent offensive player (O-EPM is 93 each of the last two years)? Hint, his team is in a difficult situation with its second best player as yet unsigned because of a domestic abuse charge. Maybe its not this guy, but I don't have a good explanation for why Dragic isn't here if Dinwiddie is going to start.
McGee, Wood, DFS, Dinwiddie and Luka
Kidd also mentioned getting THJ back (he and Nico are singing from the same hymnal about Hardaway being like getting a 'free agent'). He then said we are going to have "a lot of offense" coming off the bench. Really? OK, who is going to run the show? Hardy? Frank? If Powell is still around, the logical candidates are Powell, Maxi, THJ, Bullock and ______. Yeah, Yeah, I know. Powell sucks and no way he plays a single minute of NBA basketball the rest of his life yada yada. Great, if that is how you feel, insert Green and pull Powell. So now the bench with "a lot of offense" is Maxi, THJ, Green, Bullock and _______. Same issue.
The way my mind works when I hear Kidd's comment is I start looking for someone to be _______. Interestingly enough, if Jalen goes out in a S&T and Starts at the $28,108,108 he's able to in a match for Noel/Burks, half of that...$14,054,054 plus Josh at $3.098,400 is $17.15mm and matches salary up to $21.54mm. You know what PG makes $21.48 and is a potent offensive player (O-EPM is 93 each of the last two years)? Hint, his team is in a difficult situation with its second best player as yet unsigned because of a domestic abuse charge. Maybe its not this guy, but I don't have a good explanation for why Dragic isn't here if Dinwiddie is going to start.
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