If Baker's given about $3 mil, how would you spend the remaining $1.9 mil of the MLE?
I dont use it at all... why do we HAVE to use it?
Save it and then you have a little extra to offer some guy that guys dumped in midseason. Eddie Griffen, Vin Baker.. these kinds of guys.
I'm happy if we just sign Baker and move from there. Hopefully Sweetney has a MONSTER October and can win the starting job.
I'm not even opposed to starting KT at center and Sweetney at PF. Yes its short on height but you have Nazr 6'10 and Baker 6'11 off the bench and both are quality bench players. My biggest beef w/ KT playing center was that he wore down late in games because he just wasnt big enough and strong enough to play center for 35 minutes.. but if you remember that season of starting Eisley, Houston, Spree, Harrington and KT I believe we won 37 games.. we just couldnt close. My point is with the depth of Baker and Nazr it shouldnt be as much as a problem.
Simple fact is we ned a center and KT isnt it, but this seems like the best moving forward. It will inflate KT's #s and value as a guy that can play both spots and Sweetney will get valuable minutes.
This is all about forward thinking, not how to win an extra 2-3 games this season.
Same with Swfit
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