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I’m aware the FO is being “Patient” but there’s still solid pieces here



by Trillman04

20 Comments

  1. Confident_Pen_919

    All of these guys are nothing to jump the gun and immediately sign. Making a move just to make a move at this point does nothing for us

  2. Ok_Board9845

    A lot of these players are washed and or not wanted for a reason. If we really want to identify weaknesses for the regular season it would be that we didn’t have our POA perimeter defenders available for pretty much all of the season and poor rebounding. If we look at our losses to teams like the Kings and Mavs, that pretty much came down to not having Vando or Vincent to pick up on the Fox’s/Luka’s of the league which was a glaring issue when you have to stick Reaves/Prince onto those assignments and give up open 3’s to overcompensate that issue.

    If we want to get the most out of our contracts with Vando/Christie/Vincent making a combined $30 million, it would be best to continue to play them than look for a vet min to offshore those weaknesses we had this past season. And I think it’s fair to say that all 3 of those players didn’t really have a full season to properly evaluate them.

  3. LongTimesGoodTimes

    We don’t have a roster spot and none of these guys are worth opening one up. Nothing is happening for months. Go enjoy your summer.

  4. ForgotPWAgainSigh

    uhh fultz played with a fracture in his knee all last season. sounds like a pretty big risk given his numbers fell off from 2023… dude might get a contract and just rehab like nunn

  5. thesonicvision

    They’re not being patient. Rob is incompetent and just hiding his failures under the guises of “patience” and “financial prudence.”

  6. Digitalzombie90

    man some of you guys behave like a shopping addicted person would. As long as we spend money, there is some change m, dotted lone is signed, we are good.

    Sometimes best move is no move, you don’t just buy tractor tires just because on sale.

  7. Public-Product-1503

    I would’ve really liked if we found a way to sign melton . I can’t believe he went so cheap he’s a great player n would arguably be our third best player n best two way player part from the big two

  8. seedeegeecdg

    Tyus as a table-setter is a need especially if we anticipate moving Dlo. We could use a backup guard.

  9. nottherealstanlee

    Here’s what you’ve got to think about- 1) we have a full roster and 2) here’s guys that are guaranteed to get rotation minutes next year right now-

    Dlo, AR, Rui, Bron, AD, Gabe, Vando, Max, Knecht, and at least one of Wood or Hayes.

    Are any of those dudes better than these guys? And if so are they worth dumping salary to sign them? Keep in mind, simply waiving the min guys wouldn’t result in enough money to sign anyone so we’d have to trade them away likely with at least one 2nd round pick. So for example, to get Jones you likely need to trade Gabe/Cam to Detroit with at least 2 2nds? Maybe 3 or 4 2nds? One of our only two available 1sts? A swap? That’d get you enough cash to offer the TPMLE to Jones and then open a final roster spot. Is it worth it?

    Also keep in mind at least a few of these dudes will likely wait for opportunities for minutes/role (Hayward, Dinwiddie, Walker, Jones for sure) if not more cash which they’ll all want.

    Long story short- until/unless we make a move to consolidate some contracts we aren’t getting any of those players.

  10. Why are Jones, Fultz and Kennard still free agents?

  11. mikeemota

    I’m not sure why you think we need any of these players. Most of these players are washed lol. Also we basically just need two more bigs to help AD. Our team will be fine after that. Then we can do something at the trade deadline if anything

  12. Every other GM/FO can and has made moves. Pelinka and this FO are an absolute failure that have no idea what they’re doing. Also doesn’t help that other FO’s hate Pelinka.

  13. Odd-Direction9452

    Names I see as pickups:

    – Tyus Jones
    – Cedi Osman
    – Dennis Smith Jr.
    – Jae Crowder
    – Precious Achiuwa

  14. Are the solid pieces in the room with us right now?

  15. I’d take Lonnie back over Reddish any day of the week.

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