Who is available as 6th-7th pick
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Monetary value, yes. But there'll come a time when he's overpaid, underpaid, or just about right. Value of a player doesn't always correspond to what they're paid - in fact, it rarely does. Teams may or may not take into account everything when making him an offer. Anyway, that's not really relevant.
ESPN regularly publishes poor articles. It's fine as a general entity which reports news and gives a general overview of the league, but it's not specialised and the fans of individual teams can tell you more about their teams than ESPN, which is especially true for smaller market teams. I don't really know how you can dispute this. I fail to see how pointing this out makes me biased.
As for Durant, maybe I am confused, but I'm sure he was under a lot of criticism in his first few years for having a very low PER. Can't seem to find the article but maybe I'm confusing it for something else. Was definitely Durant though.
ESPN regularly publishes poor articles. It's fine as a general entity which reports news and gives a general overview of the league, but it's not specialised and the fans of individual teams can tell you more about their teams than ESPN, which is especially true for smaller market teams. I don't really know how you can dispute this. I fail to see how pointing this out makes me biased.
As for Durant, maybe I am confused, but I'm sure he was under a lot of criticism in his first few years for having a very low PER. Can't seem to find the article but maybe I'm confusing it for something else. Was definitely Durant though.
LOL. You sound like you went to the Kahn Academy of GMing.
"Our guys are amazing. He's gonna get max, I just know it! We'll offer him 1 million below max right now so we can get a good deal. Also, let's try Darko out. He was a 2nd overall pick, after all. Gotta have talent in this league."
In a properly built team, pay is commensurate with playing time and impact during that time. MT is overpaid for a bench chucker with no conscience. Crawford and Jack are getting ~5M. JR Smith may get more due to his role as the 2nd scorer and the fact that NY can afford to (and have little option of getting any other talent). But even then, you're looking at a Manu type 6th man (fake 6th) for that sort of money. Tyreke, per his production, is an 8-9M level player. Average starting guard that isn't a lockdown defender or knockdown shooter. Inconsistent scoring. Now before someone calls out "bad coaching bad environment," let me say that I'm just basing this hypothetical pay on his performance. If you want to account for potential or the fact that we are in a smaller market and must overpay for young talent now so we can build a base, then 10M/year is not an atrocious sum. But you throw in MT behind him and now you're paying 18M for non-elite production at the SG spot? That's bad value for production per minutes played.
What teams will offer Tyreke in free agency is his current value. Yes, it will likely change as time goes on, but I don't see how you can argue that it doesn't quantify his current value.
Thinking ESPN publishes mostly poor articles is your opinion. I don't think it's fair to hold a prejudice against their research/statistic articles... unless you were referring to an opinion-based player ranking.
Durant had a PER of 15.8 (average) his rookie year, 20.9 (very good) his sophomore year, and 26.2 (MVP-caliber) his third year. Must be a different stat you were thinking about.
Thinking ESPN publishes mostly poor articles is your opinion. I don't think it's fair to hold a prejudice against their research/statistic articles... unless you were referring to an opinion-based player ranking.
Durant had a PER of 15.8 (average) his rookie year, 20.9 (very good) his sophomore year, and 26.2 (MVP-caliber) his third year. Must be a different stat you were thinking about.
People seem to think CJ McCollum is a bad fit for us. Not the case at all. The problem with Isaiah, Brooks, and Jimmer isn't that they are all scorers, which is fine, or that they're not good enough passers, which is also fine. The problem with them is that they'll all dominate a possession to get a stat. McCollum will score quickly and efficiently, unlike the aforementioned. And scoring wise, he can do it all- shooting, slashing, driving, finishing. He'd put up far better assist numbers in most cases, but really, name one other player at Lehigh. I think he'll do fine as a a PG in the NBA.
Full time PG.. Should have put that in there like I had in other posts.
If you do read my other posts rather than trying to amuse yourself at my expense you would see that I have been saying that I don't want him as a full time PG but if he was to fill in part time when someone is on the bench then I wouldn't care. I do NOT think he's a PG in the sense that PGs are thought of, but I do not mind Evans filling in as a part timer. Was that enough explanation for you or do you need me to spell it out for you again?
Again, you are bolding stuff just to make me look bad and it's making you look like an idiot because if you did read the other posts you would have known what I meant. Shame on you little guy.
If you do read my other posts rather than trying to amuse yourself at my expense you would see that I have been saying that I don't want him as a full time PG but if he was to fill in part time when someone is on the bench then I wouldn't care. I do NOT think he's a PG in the sense that PGs are thought of, but I do not mind Evans filling in as a part timer. Was that enough explanation for you or do you need me to spell it out for you again?
Again, you are bolding stuff just to make me look bad and it's making you look like an idiot because if you did read the other posts you would have known what I meant. Shame on you little guy.
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Don't get mad at me because you're a hypocrite. I'm not the one who said he's not a PG, doesn't have PG instincts and no matter how much you want he won't be a good PG, then follow it up by saying he can play PG part time.
Really not my fault you have zero idea what a PG is or isn't in the modern NBA, and calling myself or others names in an attempt to shift your incompetence really isn't a good look, buddy. Lol.
Really not my fault you have zero idea what a PG is or isn't in the modern NBA, and calling myself or others names in an attempt to shift your incompetence really isn't a good look, buddy. Lol.
I'm going to second your motion about a european player, but I'm going to change players and go with Kasasev. The main reason being, number one, I've seen him play and I haven't seen Saric play, and number two, he's a better shooter and the Kings need good perimeter shooting from their SF. Both players have similar traits. Both are very good passers, and both have excellent court vision. Both have the same question mark, and thats whether they can play defense in the NBA. All I have to go on is that I saw Kasasev keep Wiggins in front of him on one occasion, and I saw him keep Julius Randle in front of him. Not much, but its something to go on.
After Porter, there's no one at the SF position I'm interested in until you get to Kasasev. I only saw him in one game, but he really impressed me with his court presence, his passing, and his ability to hit the open shot. His BBIQ looks excellent.
After Porter, there's no one at the SF position I'm interested in until you get to Kasasev. I only saw him in one game, but he really impressed me with his court presence, his passing, and his ability to hit the open shot. His BBIQ looks excellent.
