Those are the big ones.. but
Willy 4 years $6mm
Kuz 2 years $6mm
Lance 4 years
Jennings 1 year $5mm

Those 4 guys show great value. Impressed with his ability to fill out the bench with quality and diversity after spending on Lee/Noah.

We are setup for some continuity. We have some young guys who can be up and coming. We have some young pros with something to prove. We have some vets with something to prove. We don't have anyone older than 31. I feel like in year 3 Phil built us a team. We didn't have to sacrifice a decade's worth of first rounders to get it. We are square there, so god forbid there is a disaster season there is that saving grace as well.

Should be a very fun season. I feel like we have a real team with complimentary parts and enough fire power to hang with the big boys. Health will determine much, but unlike last year this team can lose a Melo/Rose/Noah for a month and tread water or still win. Last year we were 20-20 but when Melo goes down, Lance gets hurt and KP hits the wall we are no better than the 17 win roster. This should be different. Time will tell but on paper it looks great. Plenty to be excited about.

dk7th wrote:between (c) and (d):

1)the rose acquisition is very iffy because of several factors: injury history, questions of character, style of play (poor d and ball-dominant on o) he has a lot to prove and it will be hard to win me over.
2)on the other hand, acquiring noah is a great idea for a couple of factors: style of play (great d and an elite passer on o)

N.B. i will be closely watching how well rose shares the ball with melo and kp6, as well as how much he sets up those two.

3)acquiring lee was GREAT: a good defender, unselfish, willing to get scraps on o-----> i'd like to see him develop as a playmaker if it's not too late
4)i am excited about the two other spanish leaguers joining the team in hernangomez and mindauskas-- spanish league is now a better source for solid bench players and the occasional starting-calibre player if not all-star (kp6!)
5)i am not expecting much from jennings. (see rose) he has a lot to prove but anything outright positive we get will be a big plus. i had a similar attitude towards d williams and was very pleasantly surprised...

N.B. and lets not forget that jackson has shifted his arc of building the team to a shorter timetable, putatively to accommodate melo's career arc... and away from kp6's. from this point of view i would give the summer so far (d)

Rose addition dragged it way down and though I love Noah, I think they took a big chance on him. At least if he is hurt he is still a great great leader even in a suit.

Jennings was a steal.

Lee was a decent move.

Like the foreign and d-league additions since they are unknowns and I would hope that we try many of these unknowns in hopes that we will hit on one. Saying that any of them are first round or second round talents means nothing to me.

Love that phil nixed the rambis disaster regardless of why he had to or wanted to do it.

Hornacek was a really nice surprise.

Mills IMHO should get more credit than he does but no way to confirm that.

It all starts and ends at PG. We need a huge turn around from Rose and though every expects it as if it happened already, its a huge question mark and he has not proven that he can turn it around from being one of the worst players in the league.

mreinman wrote:C+ overall.

Rose addition dragged it way down and though I love Noah, I think they took a big chance on him. At least if he is hurt he is still a great great leader even in a suit.

Jennings was a steal.

Lee was a decent move.

Like the foreign and d-league additions since they are unknowns and I would hope that we try many of these unknowns in hopes that we will hit on one. Saying that any of them are first round or second round talents means nothing to me.

Love that phil nixed the rambis disaster regardless of why he had to or wanted to do it.

Hornacek was a really nice surprise.

Mills IMHO should get more credit than he does but no way to confirm that.

It all starts and ends at PG. We need a huge turn around from Rose and though every expects it as if it happened already, its a huge question mark and he has not proven that he can turn it around from being one of the worst players in the league.

I suspect that those in support of the Rose move are looking at the fact that he will be massively aided by playing next to Melo and KP. Their presence is going to open up the paint as they are used in Hornacek's style of ball. Teams will be put in really bad positions due to his still excellent ability to drive. There will be less help than he saw in Chicago. There will be more space as defenses struggle trying to decide whether to help off of Melo and KP. Hornacek specializes in forcing those tough decisions. He's not like Fisher or Rambis. He's going to push and push the other team until they break. It's a totally different approach even using some of the same basic formations.

Some are too caught up in the numbers and not paying enough attention to how the actual players will impact each other. Distracted defenders are gonna get beat by our scorers. That's why they wanted Rose and Jennings. They will put pressure on the defense and that will create open shots for our shooters. Melo, KP and Lee don't need a lot of space or time to get off great shots but they will get much more of both.

mreinman wrote:C+ overall.

Rose addition dragged it way down and though I love Noah, I think they took a big chance on him. At least if he is hurt he is still a great great leader even in a suit.

Jennings was a steal.

Lee was a decent move.

Like the foreign and d-league additions since they are unknowns and I would hope that we try many of these unknowns in hopes that we will hit on one. Saying that any of them are first round or second round talents means nothing to me.

Love that phil nixed the rambis disaster regardless of why he had to or wanted to do it.

Hornacek was a really nice surprise.

Mills IMHO should get more credit than he does but no way to confirm that.

It all starts and ends at PG. We need a huge turn around from Rose and though every expects it as if it happened already, its a huge question mark and he has not proven that he can turn it around from being one of the worst players in the league.

B-

Biggest need coming in was PG - Rose was a one year plug in at PG coming off of two very mediocre seasons and we gave up a valuable contact and rotation player to get him.
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Then we had give up more than half our remaining cap to fill the gap that first move created and we took a big risk on Noah. I love Noah as a player but hard to get excited about a 4 year contract.

I liked both Lees Courtney and Plum. Courtney is a reasonable contract and should fit nicely. The young players/ euros are all good pickups and I hope some of them will pan out to be rotation players.

Very happy with Hornaeck as opposed to the possibility of Rambis.
Happy that we retained Thomas

Not happy with "win now" or as someone here said, it may easily become "now" because of lack of synergy or because the players can't magically regain their pre-injury form.

positives: hornacek + lee
negatives: rose + noah + jennings
tbd: young players signed that may or may not be nba players