Farewell, Richard Jefferson.

[K1rieIrving>AllOtherPG's]

That is so creepy...

 

[Mdog1]

Not the worst we could have done. He is a literal stop gag addition, that will allow us to survey the market at trade deadline, or next off season to get LBJ the legitimate back up that he deserves.

 

[David.]

This much i will agree with.

Sadly i still want Jones back as he proved to be somewhat useful last year.

Miller is purely a lockeroom guy at this point, but he had the player option so cant kick him to the coaching staff just yet.

buyout. send to coaching staff.

enjoy your space and roster spot.

 

[Gimme Some Mo]

Cmon now. I'm hardly excited about this signing, but he's an upgrade over Miller/Jones/Harris (basically by default, but whatevet).

Personally, I'm playing Delly over RJ at backup SG and giving JR and Shump the backup SF minutes. If things work out like last season, LeBron will be playing with the bench bunch. In the beginning of the year, Kyrie was out there, but it didn't work out as well. If things stay the same and LBJ is out there with the bench, I think Delly fits better than RJ.

Mo
JR
LBJ
TT
AV

Or small...
Mo
Delly
JR
LBJ
TT

So hopefully RJ isn't in the regular rotation.

 

[Benedict_Boozer]

^I actually think we should think consider featuring Love with the bench players. He is a natural scorer and can also see the floor as a passer. Could be a chance for him to get his touches at the elbows and also keep LBJ's minutes down since he could put up some points with LBJ on the bench.

Kyrie and LBJ can get there's whenever but Love you could anchor the offense out of the post when they sit.

Agree with you about using RJ for deep depth.

 

[FritzLn]

Am I'm the only one who don't see Harris as a lock to make this team, not just his summer league forthcoming , he doesn't really bring nothing extra to the table, that you can't find on a 10 day contract type of player, to be honest I favor that small point guard Skye's (sp) over him.

i don't see much out of harris to be honest. i think diehards get enamored with "cultivating young talent at the end of the bench"

rarely happens in basketball

as far as RJ goes, bet Blatt barely plays him at all if JJ returns

 

[Lazor]

What happened to getting younger? I guess it's a slight upgrade over Jones but this will really chap my ass if Dorell Wright ends up getting the minimum somewhere.

 

[BimboColesHair]

What happened to getting younger? I guess it's a slight upgrade over Jones but this will really chap my ass if Dorell Wright ends up getting the minimum somewhere.

Is not signing Dorell Wright, who turns 30 during the season next year, and who also gets hurt a lot, really chapping peoples asses? Why? Is he the "answer to our youth issues off the bench"? I guess I just don't get the love for a guy who has missed 61 games the last 4 years, hasn't shot above 40% from the floor the last 3 years, and, seeing as how it's his calling card in the NBA, has been a much worse 3 point shooter (% wise) than RJ the last 5 years (albeit on ~400 more attempts).

 

[Randolphkeys]

Dorell Wright is certainly a nice shooter off the bench and certainly younger. I do know he lost his role with Golden State because he had issues on the defensive side of the ball. He hasn't stuck with a team in his prime specifically because of his defensive woes.

Look, if the team is looking for value for their buck, Jefferson does provide it. If the team plans on spending more in salary this season than any team in NBA history already, you need to expect a few veteran minimum signings because the luxury tax doesn't count their full salary.

I'm not a huge Richard Jefferson supporter, but he shot 43.2% on catch and shoot 3 opportunities, with an Efg% of 62.2 on catch and shoot chances. He did that while playing a role on a 50 win Western Conference team. For comparison, Dorell Wright shot 37.6% and 55.4% on those same catch and shoot opportunities. That is a sizeable gap.

 

[Soar]

One reason for Jefferson as compared to someone like Prince is that Jefferson spaces the floor rather well.

Going to need that with Andy and TT off the bench. Andy has a solid 15 footer now but we need a backup SF or at least a bench wing who can spread the floor with our backup bigs.

 

[Pioneer10]

Jefferson has sucked since he left the Nets but seemed productive with the Mavs last year.

That being said, after Marion, I'm wary of these Mavs scraps. We haven't been able to reproduce whatever Carlisle does to get the most out of these veteran castoffs.

 

[Randolphkeys]

We haven't been able to reproduce whatever Carlisle does to get the most out of these veteran castoffs.

Interstingly enough, Blatt runs the same offensive system as Carlisle. That may explain why the Cavaliers keep dipping their beaks in their role playing depth. Jefferson's age certainly kept him off my list of preferred signings, but he is a fundamentally sound defender who makes jump shots. As I mentioned elsewhere, he was overpaid for five years, which really ruined his rep with Warriors and Spurs fans. If I had to see Jefferson in his early 30s at 8 million a year on my team, I'd be so pissed I'd rant against him too. But for the minimum? Why not.

 

[Soar]

Though it is easy to compare Jefferson to Mike Miller and Shawn Marion, two aging vets that were disappointments last year, he figures to be extra motivated to win a ring, something that Marion and Miller had already accomplished.

I'd expect him to be in shape and ready to play.

 

[gourimoko]

I think it's interesting that Mark Cuban essentially just let him go. He had apparently committed to returning to the Mavs but changed his mind after DeAndre Jordan went back to the Clippers? He asked Cuban if he could go to Cleveland and Cuban essentially said "sure, whatevs?"

At least, that's how I'm reading the story.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/mavs-cuban-fair-to-let-jefferson-go-to-cavs/

 

[Ruggeder]

Ths was the cavs off season? Jesus.