Potential Free agent/trade/sign tracker
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Yeh it could be, I guess I don’t love the idea of having only 2 good defenders in the starting unit and basically all high usage. Sure we can stagger but that could get interesting. Having Deebo man the second unit like a much more efficient Westbrook would be interesting to me if we could replace him with a stud wing defender. Don’t know if that would fly given the production. Probably just have to live with the results of this group
Yeah, I think we're thinking "in an ideal world" of where we'd like these guys roles to be, but this team is playing so far below that expectation right now. Keon is the guy you'd want as the cherry on top to compliment everyone else; if they were doing their job. Monk is someone who doesn't need others to make things happen. And as we're scrambling, it does make sense to get the guy who can just go be the spark plug by himself and carry the offense, if needed.
At this point if Carter can take the challenge then many minutes should be shared by Fox, Monk, and Carter regardless of who starts. In the end it might be transitioning from Monk being better off not starting and then finishing the game to better off starting and not finishing if you need defense. We'll see. So far the Kings have at the end of games more than not.
Ok so right now our rotation looks something like this:
Fox
Monk Ellis
Deebo Huerter
Keegan Crowder
Domas IJ
If that starting unit is what we are rolling with, we need to add at least 1 perimeter with size to that bench unit and they probably need to shoot. Do we revisit Thybulle since he is signed cheap and wouldn’t cost a first rounder?
Fox
Monk Ellis
Deebo Huerter
Keegan Crowder
Domas IJ
If that starting unit is what we are rolling with, we need to add at least 1 perimeter with size to that bench unit and they probably need to shoot. Do we revisit Thybulle since he is signed cheap and wouldn’t cost a first rounder?
Obviously Carter's availability is coloring our perception of this past draft. I too really wanted someone that could sit between Keegan and Domas as a "4" whatever that means today. I think equally frustrating was our inability to possibly grab a second pick to get one of those types of guys or even Ryan Dunn who is listed at 6'8.
If Carter actually is a stud who enters the top 5 of his class discussion then it was the right call. If it ends up like Davion whooo-boy. I believe in Carter but I also think this roster is horribly unbalanced.
All that said, Isaac Jones has been a breath of fresh air. Could he turn out better than a DFS type addition? Or are we basically looking at him the way we looked at Richaun on a discount contract vs. Richaun on an MLE deal?
I think that right now Jones is making Lyles expendable (save for the shooting?) and Carter will do the same for Kevin. Hopefully those two contracts could = one quality PF. Whatever that means. But obviously has to work with Domas and Keegan or DDR as our front court.
If Carter actually is a stud who enters the top 5 of his class discussion then it was the right call. If it ends up like Davion whooo-boy. I believe in Carter but I also think this roster is horribly unbalanced.
All that said, Isaac Jones has been a breath of fresh air. Could he turn out better than a DFS type addition? Or are we basically looking at him the way we looked at Richaun on a discount contract vs. Richaun on an MLE deal?
I think that right now Jones is making Lyles expendable (save for the shooting?) and Carter will do the same for Kevin. Hopefully those two contracts could = one quality PF. Whatever that means. But obviously has to work with Domas and Keegan or DDR as our front court.
Yeh hopefully by the deadline we can have a more confident assessment of IJ and his long term outlook.
I wonder if we are sorta floating around .500 if Monte tries to move Huerter for a guy that won’t cost first rounders. Like would return to Atlanta for Nance Jr make sense for both teams? Atlanta doesn’t need Nance really, could they use more shooting off the bench? Or would Huerter and 3 seconds be enough to get DFS? Not sure what his value is at the moment.
I wonder if we are sorta floating around .500 if Monte tries to move Huerter for a guy that won’t cost first rounders. Like would return to Atlanta for Nance Jr make sense for both teams? Atlanta doesn’t need Nance really, could they use more shooting off the bench? Or would Huerter and 3 seconds be enough to get DFS? Not sure what his value is at the moment.
If Carter ends up like Davion then that probably speaks more to the balance of the roster or usage more than anything. It's funny with Carter, people really seem to think he's a PG when while he can play some PG he's not. Or at least he's not stuck there. He's a playmaking SG that should be able to guard multiple positions. Had Davion been that, with the size and athletic ability of Devin he'd still be here. I've seen some of the vids of Devin working out, he looks to have put a little size on as well. He's probably comfortably in that 205-210 range weight wise. With his frame and strength, he's going to be a tough handle for anyone physically.
When it comes to the "4" spot thing, I don't get it either. Brown has played quite a bit of Keegan, Lyles, and Domas together. Lyles IS a 4. Now Jones is taking those minutes and has shared time with Keegan at the 3 as well. The problems continued to persist. We saw it last night, it's the defensive formations and lack of awareness of some of the Kings non defensive oriented players.
When it comes to the "4" spot thing, I don't get it either. Brown has played quite a bit of Keegan, Lyles, and Domas together. Lyles IS a 4. Now Jones is taking those minutes and has shared time with Keegan at the 3 as well. The problems continued to persist. We saw it last night, it's the defensive formations and lack of awareness of some of the Kings non defensive oriented players.
I'm saying that the position is a bit undefined how we traditionally think of it, and it also reflects the view some people have that Sabonis is not a true center.
I said in a later post who I think the ideal player would have been. JJJ. We wanted a big man instead of a Luka and we didn't even work him out. For shame.
I said in a later post who I think the ideal player would have been. JJJ. We wanted a big man instead of a Luka and we didn't even work him out. For shame.
Thing that often gets overlooked with Carter too is that he’s a Josh Hart-level rebounder out of the guard slot. As much as I love Davion and think Jamal should be seeing a few more minutes just to reduce strain on the rotation, any rebound you’re getting from those guys is just a pleasant surprise.