04-09-2024, 09:59 PM
Ideas for improving this team next season and going forward. Internal Improvement is the best and does anyone remeber SAN and their core and how long it was together? The longer you keep the same guys together the better it is for chemistry and guys getting to learn each others tendancies.
OMAX and LIVELY should have better seasons ahead of them since they are rookies. Omax with a nice 3 tonight!
I can see Kyrie playing at a high level for many years to come he just seems like the type that can ball forever and sports medicine is making advancements all the time.
Luka is getting to his prime.
PJ is now on a team that can get him open looks so his 3 pointer should improve
Can DJJ experience more of this too? I think his 3 certainly can improve as he stays in the league longer.
Gafford is a monster center along with Lively we are set but injuries happen and Powell and Kleber sort of cannot be trusted with that age and injury past so we need their replacements and out of the options I see, nothing in free agency appeals to me. I would rather avoid overpaying in a trade. That leaves the draft as our only low cost way to add some bigs so it may be possible to grab a pick in whatever trade we make with THJ going out. Perhaps a pick swap. Next draft has a lot of guys to offer us cheap ways to get that size but not all look as appealing to me as Lively did. We have Bostons 2nd rounder last pick in the draft so pretty much a near useless pick for finding anyone that can stick in the league.
Internal improvement is likely to be the way we improve the most. Hardy could grow his game and add even more, Green seems to have improved every year he has been here. The rookies will naturally start to improve as well. PJ and Gafford being here for a whole off season.
Only way I see us making a jump to another level is by adding a big or 2 in the draft and getting lucky in the 2nd round and trying to get 2 of those kinds of picks to double our chances of finding a keeper.
To pick more than one we need to wheel and deal trading for more picks using THJ and whatever other trade assets we can afford to use for that.
We are a win now team and drafting bigs means drafting seniors who already are closer to being ready or do we got lucky with Lively and his youth not being a problem in his rookie season. What he has done early on was special for a rookie big so next season I expect improved performances.
With the last pick of the draft you may have these guys to choose from and there is some potential there.
Zvonimir Ivisic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGBUkp7kqE 7'2 maybe 7'3 goes 4 for 4 from 3 in debut with Kentucky half way through the season because of eligibility problems he started the season late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmu0LHJtd04
2024 Draft Age: 20.87 https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-pr...projection
Aaron Bradshaw, needs to fill out more g league candidate maybe
Ariel Hukporti,
https://www.tankathon.com/players/ryan-kalkbrenner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlDIlQc4K1A Luka trick shot needs to be permanently given its own page
OMAX and LIVELY should have better seasons ahead of them since they are rookies. Omax with a nice 3 tonight!
I can see Kyrie playing at a high level for many years to come he just seems like the type that can ball forever and sports medicine is making advancements all the time.
Luka is getting to his prime.
PJ is now on a team that can get him open looks so his 3 pointer should improve
Can DJJ experience more of this too? I think his 3 certainly can improve as he stays in the league longer.
Gafford is a monster center along with Lively we are set but injuries happen and Powell and Kleber sort of cannot be trusted with that age and injury past so we need their replacements and out of the options I see, nothing in free agency appeals to me. I would rather avoid overpaying in a trade. That leaves the draft as our only low cost way to add some bigs so it may be possible to grab a pick in whatever trade we make with THJ going out. Perhaps a pick swap. Next draft has a lot of guys to offer us cheap ways to get that size but not all look as appealing to me as Lively did. We have Bostons 2nd rounder last pick in the draft so pretty much a near useless pick for finding anyone that can stick in the league.
Internal improvement is likely to be the way we improve the most. Hardy could grow his game and add even more, Green seems to have improved every year he has been here. The rookies will naturally start to improve as well. PJ and Gafford being here for a whole off season.
Only way I see us making a jump to another level is by adding a big or 2 in the draft and getting lucky in the 2nd round and trying to get 2 of those kinds of picks to double our chances of finding a keeper.
To pick more than one we need to wheel and deal trading for more picks using THJ and whatever other trade assets we can afford to use for that.
We are a win now team and drafting bigs means drafting seniors who already are closer to being ready or do we got lucky with Lively and his youth not being a problem in his rookie season. What he has done early on was special for a rookie big so next season I expect improved performances.
With the last pick of the draft you may have these guys to choose from and there is some potential there.
Zvonimir Ivisic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGBUkp7kqE 7'2 maybe 7'3 goes 4 for 4 from 3 in debut with Kentucky half way through the season because of eligibility problems he started the season late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmu0LHJtd04
2024 Draft Age: 20.87 https://www.si.com/nba/draft/prospect-pr...projection
Aaron Bradshaw, needs to fill out more g league candidate maybe
Ariel Hukporti,
https://www.tankathon.com/players/ryan-kalkbrenner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlDIlQc4K1A Luka trick shot needs to be permanently given its own page