Apparently you've only watched the Spurs, because the Cavs alone have had plenty of players far far worse than Mo Williams.
I mean damn. You come across as a hater.
Wow, you guys would actually want Mo Williams back? I think he's one of the worst NBA players I have ever seen, and I was disappointed when he got injured in the Spurs-Blazers series last year since he's such an awful point guard with no court awareness. I wouldn't want Mo on a minimum contract, and I doubt LeBron would want him back either. I always found it really frustrating watching Cavs games and seeing him shoot ridiculous 20 footers after dribbling for a few seconds instead of actually running an offense. Good luck tonight and in the rest of the playoffs, I'm rooting for you guys to win it all, but God I hope you guys never sign him unless he starts looking to come to San Antonio. Then I'd be happy for you all to steal him from us.
Not even remotely close to the worst player I've ever seen. Sure, he's no All-Star and he's on the downswing of his career, but the guy can still shoot and score off the bench, something the Cavs were lacking this year because guys they brought in to supposedly produce in that role (Jones, Marion, Miller) didn't do it.
I have no problem with the Cavs bringing him in to be the third PG on this team. It's not like they would be bringing him in to be a main cog like he was in his first stint in Cleveland.
I wouldn't necessarily say no, but I wouldn't be thrilled to have Mo Gotti back.
I also wouldnt say he is on the downside of his career. He did have a 50+ pt game this season, and averaged 17 ppg after being traded to a playoff contender (close but no cigar). He is not a washed up as many are making him out to be.
I'm sure Mo can get more than the minimum. If he wants to win and return to his "#favcity" and would sacrifice the money, then I think we can certainly put him to good use. Kyrie will get nicked up in the future, and a spot up shooter that can handle the ball is well worth the minimum should he accept it.
I am very biased towards the idea of bringing him back.
I feel like Mo would be the type of player to be willing to take the min though to be apart of this. I just wonder if the history with LeBron is a plus or minus at this point and how big of a factor it will play.We can offer more than the minimum. We have the taxpayer MLE.
Why do people want Mo? Do you guys realize our guard rotation consists of Kyrie/Shumpert/JR/Delly/Harris? No more room for another guard.
Assuming our main core will still be intact next year, our depth chart will look like this:
PG: Kyrie/Delly
SG: Shumpert/Smith/Harris
SF: LeBron/?
PF: Love/Tristan
C: Mozgov/Varejao
Jones and Miller
We should be looking for a backup SF who can defend at a high level.
I'm thinking we're going to fill this position through the draft…
though it's possible that we'll acquire another SF by moving the Haywood contract, as well.
48 mins of Kyrie and Mo at the point is a lot of bad defense. I've seen Kyrie be able to be competent when he's healthy and wants to be, but I have no faith that Mo is going to suddenly change when he's 32.
I get the allure of having Mo on the team in case of injury, but I still want Delly getting plenty of minutes as our backup because of what his defense does for us.
Kyrie and Mo would play the point on offense, and even then, for maybe 24-26 minutes a night. Otherwise, they'd be basically playing off-guard.
On defense, you tuck them away on the opposing team's worst defender, and that's just on Kyrie's off night. Generally though, I expect Kyrie to become a plus-defender next season as he showed he was capable of being this season.
Mo Williams, coming off the bench, isn't guaranteed to get 24 minutes per game; it's only when matchups permit. But not many teams have 5 man bench rotations where all perimeter players are threats.
Yeah, I guess I just don't see Delly not being our main backup at pg next year after the playoff run he's had. His confidence, and his teammate's confidence in him, has grown tremendously over the past few weeks, so I think we'll see more of this Delly for the whole season next year.
Now, as I said I think it would be wise to bring in a third veteran guy to have as a backup in case of injury, and if Mo was happy to do that then I would be fine with that but I think he's going to get a bigger role and more money from someone else.