Omar The Horse
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No 2016-2017 roster mention?
No 2016-2017 roster mention?
That would be horrible. All that for a guy on a half a season rental? Not only do we trade one of the most coveted pick, but we also add in out starting center, a young player, and our own 1st round pick. Gm should be fired after this trade.I really have a strong feeling now that DeMarcus Cousins will be the play and big time addition to this squad at some point this season.
First off, The Pelicans hold ZERO leverage in this situation. With Boogie being an impending free agent, he literally holds the cards to where he wants to go, unlike say Paul George and his situation.
If Boogie demands a trade this season, and informs the front office there is zero chance of he returning, the Pelicans will be left with no other recourse than to find what they can get rather than risk losing him for nothing. Being that he's in his last year, his trade value will rival what the Bulls and Pacers got for George and Butler.
Even if the Pelicans sold Boogie to he highest bidder, the Cavs would be in the drivers seat holding the coveted Brooklyn lotto pick, ESPECIALLY now after the league changed the lotto now to the worst 3 teams now all having the same 14% chance of the top pick.
But I think his value will be much lower. It would be amazing if he could be had and keep Tristan Thompson to come off the bench, but financially in sure the package will start with Thompson and likely include Shumoert who they've long coveted. They will match the salaries and still create good value. Adding Cedi Osman, who many feel is a first round talent, could get the deal done. But the seal to this deal I think could be the Cavs including their own first round pick in '18, and package it along with Thompson/Shumpert and possibly Osman. That's one hell of a return for a team whose losing a player anyways.
Under this scenario, the Cavs could add Boogie and STILL be able to take a top 3 talent in the '18 draft to add to their roster.
Depth doesn't win championships.
That would be horrible. All that for a guy on a half a season rental? Not only do we trade one of the most coveted pick, but we also add in out starting center, a young player, and our own 1st round pick. Gm should be fired after this trade.
Roster is good. I think the depth chart may be something like this with IT out. Not sure who will be the 10th guy. Maybe Shump or RJ if they stick around.
DR -------- DW.........................................[IT].....................kf/jc
JR -------- ??? (IS? RJ?)...........................co
JC -------- KK..........................................rj?
LJ -------- JG...........................................cf
KL -------- TT...........................................az
Not sure who's gone yet. I would think Tavares is, and hopefully Felder. Maybe also Calderon?
Gone from training camp roster [19, I think] ----------> Perkins, Tavares, Felder (?), Shump/Jeff?, Calderon?
I'm almost positive we are working out Perk for a future roster spot. Calderon won't likely be cut unless we can't move Shump and are forced to cut someone outside of Kay & Edy.
Calderon stays on the team due to our need for a PG and once IT comes back he's waived for resident bad ass Kendrick Perkins.
Nah. Perk is here to rough up Zicic and Edy in practice and collect a little cash, maybe do some understudy work in some aspect of coaching or FO. Doubt he plays more than 20 games on an NBA roster at any point moving forward.
So... I thought I'd revisit the topic of "depth" (since some are discussing it in other threads).
How's it look for us at this point?
Sorted by total minutes played:
11 players with 150+ minutes played. 6 players with 10+ points per game (3 of them are reserves). 5 players with 1+ three pointers made per game (4 shooting at least 34.9%).
- LeBron James
- J.R. Smith
- Kevin Love
- Jae Crowder
- Dwyane Wade
- Kyle Korver
- Jeff Green
- Iman Shumpert
- Derrick Rose
- Tristan Thompson
- Channing Frye
- Jose Calderon
- Cedi Osman
- Ante Zizic
- John Holland (2-way)
Still waiting on Isaiah Thomas. Derrick, Tristan, and Shumpert haven't been fully healthy. But aside from that, we're coming into our own, aren't we? Channing and Jose have done well as the "next men up". Even Cedi has scored some rotational minutes.
What's your thoughts, fellas? With Isaiah coming back? What if we suffer more injuries? Won't we be able to get the "next man up"? We may still have a long ways to go, but the potential is there.