06-23-2025, 11:02 AM
We need to surround Cooper with players he can play with after the aged ones are gone. I would not want to take on a fat contract for an old guy like Jrue. With Irving out we need to be patient and consider this year a rebuild year till he gets back. Developing Brandon makes sense to me.
The problem is what we have to offer in order to get extra picks or make a trade. Trading a future first might get you a late first or early second if you sweeten the deal with a 2nd or gift them a player.
I think we may have few takers for Martin Powell Hardy and Omax. Hardy and Omax seem to be useful pieces to me but they are not guys I would use as starters. Martin is a proven commodity somewhat and it seems to me that he just did not find a place to fit in here. Powell is an expiring contract perhaps he has value in helping a team get rid of a guy they want to give up on who we might value.
I am beginning to think that Cooper is going to have to play as a point and hope for the best while we use Brandon Williams behind him. Maybe they look at Gortman again as a backup. I was not happy with the turn overs that Naji created when trying to play point last year so I would put an xnay on repeating that mistake. I know Ryan Nembhard is short at 5'11 but so was JJB and he creates 9.8 assists per game and shot 40% from 3 in his senior season. Mocks show him going from 50 to 58. He might be better than nothing. The pickens sure are slim at PG once you get to the end of the draft and there is nothing but undrafted rookies.
Going after Jrue at this point is kind of dumb look at that contract as we move into future years with Jrue. Patience wait and see if Irving even makes it back. If he does not heal up well enough to play this year then why would you want to move on Jrue? If he takes longer to make it back then you need to just use Cooper as the point and develop him as a big PG and see how that works. I would rather try to develop assets in the 2 way market and play Cooper at PG.
By using Cooper at PG is then you get to start PJ Klay AD and Lively. I bet he can pass it to AD and get us scoring that way and AD creates lots of assists for a PF. You can bring in BWill and move Cooper to SF and or SG.
The problem is what we have to offer in order to get extra picks or make a trade. Trading a future first might get you a late first or early second if you sweeten the deal with a 2nd or gift them a player.
I think we may have few takers for Martin Powell Hardy and Omax. Hardy and Omax seem to be useful pieces to me but they are not guys I would use as starters. Martin is a proven commodity somewhat and it seems to me that he just did not find a place to fit in here. Powell is an expiring contract perhaps he has value in helping a team get rid of a guy they want to give up on who we might value.
I am beginning to think that Cooper is going to have to play as a point and hope for the best while we use Brandon Williams behind him. Maybe they look at Gortman again as a backup. I was not happy with the turn overs that Naji created when trying to play point last year so I would put an xnay on repeating that mistake. I know Ryan Nembhard is short at 5'11 but so was JJB and he creates 9.8 assists per game and shot 40% from 3 in his senior season. Mocks show him going from 50 to 58. He might be better than nothing. The pickens sure are slim at PG once you get to the end of the draft and there is nothing but undrafted rookies.
Going after Jrue at this point is kind of dumb look at that contract as we move into future years with Jrue. Patience wait and see if Irving even makes it back. If he does not heal up well enough to play this year then why would you want to move on Jrue? If he takes longer to make it back then you need to just use Cooper as the point and develop him as a big PG and see how that works. I would rather try to develop assets in the 2 way market and play Cooper at PG.
By using Cooper at PG is then you get to start PJ Klay AD and Lively. I bet he can pass it to AD and get us scoring that way and AD creates lots of assists for a PF. You can bring in BWill and move Cooper to SF and or SG.