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Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/how-the...043710075.html
Until it's reported he will sign for peanuts I will assume they have to do something like this to get the salary room to afford him. And losing that many players presents plenty of downsides, like defense, rebounding, and depth. To think otherwise is pretty outrageous. Nobody said they shouldn't do it if they have the chance, but to expect them to rebound the same just because KD rebounds better than Barnes totally ignores the impact the other players have. Curry doesn't even need to play 4th quarters right now. None of them are in the top 30 in minutes played. So yes, losing the depth and some of the versatility that allows them to do that is also a downside.
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They wouldn't be losing that much key depth. Losing Iggy and Bogut hurts, sure. But the others don't contribute much anyway. And a team with KD, Steph, Klay, and Green is going to bring in quality guys for the min. even more than Miami did, IMO. You can argue the depth being hurt, but you can't argue the rebounding being hurt. And the gains of adding a KD outweigh any small ping to the depth. Steph will still be resting the 4th because that team will be blowing people out 9 nights out of 10.