VDesai wrote:Yo honestly this is more complicated than Rocket science. I have worked with highly sophisticated financial products my whole life and I get twisted in knots by this salary cap.

But aside from the math - the question is would Hartenstein take 16mm in a market where Nic Claxton gets paid 25mm.
Thats a hard sell. I guess the question is who will be the bid.

Claxton isn't a $25m player though, Nets needed to keep SOMEONE young and the only way anyone is going to sign there is if they overpay.

I doubt someone actually offers Ihart $25m, but if they do and he wants to leave so be it, Mitch is not chopped liver, he was looking like ALL NBA D last season. we'll be fine with Mitch and resigning Precious.

nycdan wrote:

Knixkik wrote:
So this is obviously realistic but would essentially require them to roster 3 second round exception guys, so Jokubaitis, who they pick at 38 and who they pick at 51. Doesn’t seem to make sense since they will be really low on quality proven depth. They will need more.

I'm surprised by this statement. Seems to me they are overflowing with quality depth down to 8 or 9 players. Hart, DDV at 6-7 for starters and you know how many minutes they can give you when needed. Then we'll see about IHart/Mitch but even without them, you have to be okay with McBride, Achiuwa, maybe Sims, and even Burks coming off the bench as needed as your 8-11 guys. And as we all know, Thibs doesn't even really go anywhere near that deep anyway. Is our bench below league average?

The only places I think we could end up thin are PG and C if we lose one of our two guys. but I'm curious as to your thinking on this.

I think Knixkik is referring to meeting the apron requirements, not talent at end of bench.

VDesai wrote:Im not really worried about the back of the roster. If IHart returns the bench is Hart, Deuce, bridges or Donte, Robinson and Sims. They will fill out with the likes of J Toppin, Dadier, Rokas, Arcidiacano, 2nd round picks.

Arch needs to come back. Complete the roster. Not Lowrey and others. They were not in that class that won chips.

Jay Wright? Who knows if he wants to work again but if so let him bone up on his commentary and take Clydes place. Tell funny stories of his NovaKnicks, etc........Good dresser is Jay!!! Not like Clyde though. That "HuggyBear/pimpdaddy" attire don't work for anyone else.

Seriously, Mo cheeks is here,, Johnny Bryant is still win the house, and plenty of minutes for all. Question is not who starts, but who finishes. Josh and DDV bring starter quality.

I think we'll see the reality of Randles defense with this team. He can be platooned out in a close game and OG slides at the 4. My take is Randle is not a bad defender, its that not all players go hard on both ends. Been that way for decades. Star players **** off on defense to preserve energy. Turn it on when its needed.

VDesai wrote:Im not really worried about the back of the roster. If IHart returns the bench is Hart, Deuce, bridges or Donte, Robinson and Sims. They will fill out with the likes of J Toppin, Dadier, Rokas, Arcidiacano, 2nd round picks.

We could use a backup PF & upgrade over Sims at 3rd C.

OG right now is our backup PF and when he inevitably misses some time we currently don't have "legit" coverage. When Mitch inevitably misses his time we could use an upgrade over Sims there with some long term potential.

Don't know if we can get that out of this draft though. Tyler Smith as a G league development prospect can work though. Ulirich Chomoche is probably who they plan on using the #51 on as a stash.

Rookie wrote:Are we allowed to sign vet min guys?

Yes and you can also use 10 day contracts

jaydh wrote:Would you draft Bronny to see if Lebron comes for vet min or to leverage assets from the lakers?

No way Lebron takes vet min. Plus Silver will throw a fit if anyone but the lakers drafts Bronny