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Busting your butt on defense and being a poor defender are not mutually exclusive. As a coach, you want your players to be the best defenders they can be (effort) but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are going to be a good or even okay defender when it’s all said and done. Some players don’t...

Yeah I also have a hard time seeing a starting unit with LaVine, DeRozan, and Sabonis picking up 94 feet out of the gate. Swapping DeRozan with Ellis gives Doug 3 guys that can do that and set the tone of the game.

Perhaps I’ll be in the minority but I like a starting lineup of… Schroder Ellis LaVine Murray Sabonis …the best. - Ellis and Murray gives us two great defenders and Schroder is pretty good as well. Allows them to set the tone for how Doug wants to play and pickup 94 feet. - Spacing would be...

Assuming no other moves are made this offseason, who would you pick to start on opening day if you were Doug Christie?

Honestly, I feel like the Kings and Warriors need to find another suitor for Monk so that… 1.) The Warriors don’t create a log jam at the guard spot (Ste. Curry, Podz, Melton, Payton, Se. Curry, Hield) 2.) The Warriors can take in less money which allows them to keep both Hield and Moody...

----------------------- DEN Gets: Malik Monk DEN Gives: Zeke Nnaji, Peyton Watson, DaRon Holmes, & Hunter Tyson PG - Murray / Monk / Pickett SG - Braun / Hardaway SF - Johnson / Strawther PF - Gordon / Brown C - Jokic / Valanciunas ----------------------- GSW Gets: Kyle Kuzma & 2030 SAC 1st...

I have a hard time understanding how signing Westbrook makes any sense unless we’re sending out at least two of the following players: Monk, Carter, & DeRozan. The minutes just aren’t there. For instance, let’s say the Monk for Kuminga trade ends up happening, I could see the minutes...

I’d do it as well. They all expire in 2 years at the least (same as DeRozan) and you could also save the same amount of money the following offseason if you were to release DeRozan. The only difference is we wouldn’t have $10 mil in dead salary from DeRozan. That $10 mil would be tied to...

That proposal also wouldn’t hamstring our ability to offer up future 1sts either via the Stepien rule so that’s an interesting/smart way to construct the offer. I’m fine with that price considering Carter is not being included. As for taking back Hield or Moody, I don’t think that is necessary...

I think you completely missed the point of my post but that seems to be a recurring theme unfortunately… Me echoing the rumored trade proposal (Monk/Carter/+ for Kuminga) is not me advocating for that trade. It’s me simply stating what is rumored and how that ties in with the Westbrook rumor...

The only way it makes sense is if Monk & Carter are moved in that rumored Kuminga deal. If DeRozan is also shipped out, the minutes could be distributed like this… PG - Schroder (28) / Westbrook (20) SG - LaVine (22) / Ellis (26) SF - Murray (16) / LaVine (12) / Clifford (20) PF - Kuminga (34)...

Assuming Monk & Carter are moved for Kuminga, it seems like DeRozan would have to be moved as a follow-up move. For starters, DeRozan has always been resistant to coming off the bench, but if we trade for Kuminga are we really going to bring Murray or Kuminga off the bench? Absolutely not IMO...

------------------------------ MIL Gets: DeMar DeRozan MIL Gives: Kyle Kuzma & Tyler Smith Why for MIL? With Lillard hurt/gone, the Bucks don't have a powerful scorer behind Giannis. DeRozan gives them just that and can help keep the team afloat while Giannis is resting. PG - Anthony / Porter...

Well…he doesn’t…unless there is another move made. Have you seen people on this forum claim that he’ll get minutes if our roster remains as is? I haven’t but perhaps I’m wrong. Look, it’s the middle of July. Training camp starts at the beginning of October. 2.5 months is A LOT of time. Let’s...

Actually, I think Saric/Carter/2nds would still be doable when thinking about it some more. Saric can’t be aggregated for 2 months so it would just mean that this trade wouldn’t be able to formally go through until mid-September. That’s still plenty of time before the season starts and perhaps...