Without a good defender at 4 of the 5 starting positions it's going to be hard building anything. The pg's available and our cap situation I don't see a great defensive pg who can be had. Monta is a negative defender. We are locked in with CP who is average to above average. Dirk is a negative defender at this point in his career. So if we retain TC and Monta we have 1 plus defender in the starting 5, again. So offensively we need a pg who can shoot and play off ball to play alongside Monta. Defensively we need a pg who can defend to play alongside Monta.
If Monta opts in at 8.7 I'm fine with that. Since worst case scenario it's an asset. If Monta opts out and wants anything near CP's money(like the rumors) then no thanks. It's easier to get a defensive shooting player at the 2 spot than the 1. TC can cover some of Dirk's bad D. TC cannot cover Dirk, Monta, and pg's like Harris, JJ, and Felton.
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