06-01-2023, 11:24 AM
If they do decide to take on that Collins contract, imo it's critical to get a rim protecting stretch 5 to play with him. Without the right 5 to play with him I just wouldn't bother taking him. Also, he's probably negative value right now, so trade back (Nets or Utah?) and then trade back up to 15 might be possible with the right deal. Definitely not a good idea to spend 26 mil/year for a guy who is going to just stand in the corner waiting to shoot a 3 unless he is a DPOY candidate. I suppose MPJ is making way more, but he's closer to like the PF version of Curry heh. Collins+Capela is not a good fit. I don't think Collins+Allen would be that great either. Collins+Ayton maybe not bad? Collins + Maxi looks decent but I'd say only against bench units or certain matchups.
Turner and KP were the good fits I had in mind in the past. Turner is not someone I'd reliably expect to get though considering he's been in trade talks for the past decade. Vucevic might be an ok stopgap. Honestly, Bamba may not be that bad if there was another big either a draft pick or vet brought with him. He's cheap, his shot is already there and he has the tools, he still needs some more development on defense with bbiq and to not foul and he could set better screens I think are the weak spots atm. The bbiq thing is a risk but a new team + new scheme could be the change he needs. His PnR defense looked alright to me from the limited stuff I saw. Lost the job in Orlando to WCJ so that's why he's on the move but that's ok. WCJ is a good player. Plug the 5 spot with MLE level bigs with upside and hope to hit one one of them that need a little more development and/or a change of scenery. Bamba along with drafting Lively or Miller and see if any of them work out? Jaxson Hayes another MLE level big that has a chance of being what they could be looking for. Added bonus if Bamba or Lively become starter material, they have a matchup big that has the length to at least bother Wembenyama. Pretty early to worry about that but bigs usually take a long time to develop so best to get started early I say. Players like Bamba/Hayes have had a rookie contracts worth of development already and could possibly just need a little more to get them to be quality rotational players. Need to take some risks cause proven high profile players are usually expensive.
Turner and KP were the good fits I had in mind in the past. Turner is not someone I'd reliably expect to get though considering he's been in trade talks for the past decade. Vucevic might be an ok stopgap. Honestly, Bamba may not be that bad if there was another big either a draft pick or vet brought with him. He's cheap, his shot is already there and he has the tools, he still needs some more development on defense with bbiq and to not foul and he could set better screens I think are the weak spots atm. The bbiq thing is a risk but a new team + new scheme could be the change he needs. His PnR defense looked alright to me from the limited stuff I saw. Lost the job in Orlando to WCJ so that's why he's on the move but that's ok. WCJ is a good player. Plug the 5 spot with MLE level bigs with upside and hope to hit one one of them that need a little more development and/or a change of scenery. Bamba along with drafting Lively or Miller and see if any of them work out? Jaxson Hayes another MLE level big that has a chance of being what they could be looking for. Added bonus if Bamba or Lively become starter material, they have a matchup big that has the length to at least bother Wembenyama. Pretty early to worry about that but bigs usually take a long time to develop so best to get started early I say. Players like Bamba/Hayes have had a rookie contracts worth of development already and could possibly just need a little more to get them to be quality rotational players. Need to take some risks cause proven high profile players are usually expensive.