THJ Foot Fracture: What to do?

[mvossman]

I guess we disagree.


I would probably gone with a 20M defensive player then.  It's harder to be inconsistent at defense.  18M per for a streaky shooter that brings nothing else to the court...risky move.  He only had 2 years of ok shooting of the 3 before he was paid...previous 6 years weren't that great.   Maybe advanced stats show he kills it at open looks...I don't know...I'm going by basketball reference 3 numbers.

Anyway...a lot of money for few skills.  And the big skill he had you aren't guaranteed consistency.  I don't know.   I think I pass to less of a known player with all around skills but not great at any one skill.   But definitely know I would go for some sort if 2way player that wasn't "great".  I'm sure there are lots of players under 18m per that are fairly consistent 2way players.  Maybe they don't score 10 points a night...but offer consistent defense and can shoot or dribble fairly decent.


I'm assuming you will say those guys don't exist or something.

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.