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1 So, imo, you should be even more worried than I. THJ would make my list of 7.


2 For YOU, the problem makes sense from the angle above, but it's essentially the same thing I'm trying to point out, only from a different direction. You're assuming those are placeholders for players they know they need. I've been concerned about what the choice to prioritize a traditional center (which might come in handy, sometimes) over filling either one of those holes might tell us about their plans. 

3 Either way, as you said, at least one of those guys isn't here. y great need to be rid of either, but I also don't want to be forced to depend on either of them in the playoffs. But that's just me.

Overall, yes I think they are short of what they need.

I do remember they only ran 6-deep in the 2022 playoffs, and made it work until they ran out of gas. So with 6, they haven't lost ground in pure numbers, but they haven't made up ground either.

I do think that a healthy THJ at least offers a potential upgrade from THAT degree of thinness of the bench, even if I am not confident in him being a real solution to say they have 7 now.

I do differ on McGee, in that relatively speaking, I don't see his presence as a real (or looming) issue. It's ticky tack to obsess over imo, because I don't see him as a major-minutes guy. But I'm not seeing any roster clog for the playoff guys, just roster holes within the core. Very thin.

Wood
         Kleber
DFS

Bullock
        THJ????
Dinwiddie

Luka

Certainly they are missing AT LEAST 1 piece, and no idea if they have a real way to get him. I still think they botched it by turning up their noses at Dragic. When it's such a gaping hole, you gotta take the bird-in-the-hand and THEN keep trying to get the miracle deal if you can, right? (And if it's about a roster spot, c'mon, they are frittering one away on a cheerleader --- this feels like the same sort of thinking that has us arguing over Powell's bloated deal year after year, just more sloppy roster management.)