Now what?

[tap2390]

Originally Posted by BPo001

Warrens injury history is worrisome, but sometimes you gotta take a swing. Still a bit worried about the lack of depth at Center.

Me too... two other options are to waive Ntlikina and bring in two vet mins (or a third is to split the TPMLE up, but I don't think that is worth the downgrade in players):

EXAMPLE:

-Dragic w/ vet min
-Free agent center w/ vet min (Dwight, Whiteside, Ibaka, Biyombo)
-Free agent wing w/ TPMLE (Bruce Brown, Oladipo, Payton, Porter, Warren, Ingles, Lamb, etc.)

OR

-Dragic w/ vet min
-Free agent center w/ TPMLE (Hartenstein)
-Free agent wing w/ vet min (Bryn Forbes, Tony Snell, Wes Matthews)


It's a tough call to make but personally I think I prefer the latter -- it's about time we go a little bigger. Bring in Hartenstein if you can get him for the TPMLE. Pray one of the good wings (Oladipo, Warren) takes a vet min 1-year prove it deal, otherwise bring back Wes Matthews.

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Me too... two other option are to waive Ntlikina and bring in two vet mins (or a third is to split the TPMLE up, but I don't think that is worth the downgrade in players):

EXAMPLE:

-Dragic w/ vet min
-Free agent center w/ vet min (Dwight, Whiteside, Ibaka, Biyombo)
-Free agent wing w/ TPMLE (Bruce Brown, Oladipo, Payton, Porter, Warren, Ingles, Lamb, etc.)

OR

-Dragic w/ vet min
-Free agent center w/ TPMLE (Hartenstein)
-Free agent wing w/ vet min (Bryn Forbes, Tony Snell, Wes Matthews)


It's a tough call to make but personally I think I prefer the latter -- it's about time we go a little bigger. Bring in Hartenstein if you can get him for the TPMLE. Pray one of the good wings (Oladipo, Warren) takes a vet min 1-year prove it deal, otherwise bring back Wes Matthews.

Absolutely love your second plan!
That team will set us up well for the POs and then we can make some moves before the TDL to address any areas of need.

Powell, Wood, THJ and Green could all be decent trade assets at that time.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by tap2390

Me too... two other option are to waive Ntlikina and bring in two vet mins (or a third is to split the TPMLE up, but I don't think that is worth the downgrade in players):

1) 2mill is the vet minimum for Frank and that money is spent no matter what (fully guaranteed). If you waive Frank, you get a roster spot, but you don't save payments and you don't save tax/cap. There is no reason to waive Frank unless you have better guys and you need the spot.

2) TPMLE is also only 6.4mill. The exception is there to give teams the ability to offer a bigger contract and if you split it once, you're barely above the min for each contract. If you split it three ways, it's less than the min for a lot of vets. We're already allowed to have as many vet minimum deals as we want (1-2.8 mill depending on experience) per the CBA.