Terry established himself as a leader and played himself into a 20 million dollar contract. Bouknight can’t crack the rotation because he’s not that good. Why is their a “choice” between them? In fact it’s legitimate to ask if Bouknight belongs on an NBA roster. I’ve been unimpressed w his “upside” so far.
This is fair
I do wonder how high Bouknight + our picks could get us in the draft. I wonder if we could get a top 5 pick for that? Would that be worth it?
That said, we are winning the lottery, so the idea is moot.
Oh I agree there’s no comparison in current ability or the professionalism/leadership that’s been shown thus far. That wasn’t my point.
The choice is over salary and/or fit.
Maybe we are going to reset and shed salary? Then the choice would be Bouknight.
Maybe the assessment is that Terry isn’t a good fit between Ball & Miles and they don’t want to pay his contract for a 6th Man, which is my thinking FWIW. Then the choice would be Bouknight.
If the thinking is to go for it and make some noise in the playoffs then Terry clearly stays.
Make it so!
Move over Mitch!
That’ll do nicely.
Would not say no to any of the top 3 guys.
What i see is the top three as the top tier. 12 in the next tier. Then a drop as to what you prefer. It will turn out a better draft class than we think. With a few stars sprinkled In through both rounds.
There will for sure be a star where we draft, but no one knows who that will be. But maybe we will get it right.
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Thanks a lot it should be fun
Ncborn, my win now comment was in no way intended to say anything about what kind of player Mitch will draft. It’s more a comment on what kinds of players will probably get playing time for the next coach. We saw that this year with Bouk. A developing team would have played him even if it meant games lost. A team trying to win played IT instead. No judgement implied here, just what I think in terms of likely PT next year.
What I suspect will happen this year is that one of the first round picks, and maybe the 2nd round one will be traded away. I personally like the idea of drafting three guys, but it’s a numbers game. The team currently has 11 guys under contract, 4 free agents (Miles, Montrezel, Cody, & IT), and 3 draft picks. Something has to give. Maybe it will be letting go a contract that’s only partially guaranteed, like Jalen McDaniels or Nick Richards, but I’m not sure we can count on that. I find it more likely that the team tries to upgrade with an experienced player at SG or C using one of those draft picks & a player - also potentially opening up room for free agent signings too.
As for the Kaminsky comment - I don’t expect Mitch to draft like Cho used to regardless of whatever else is in play. Mitch doesn’t bat 100%, but his overall track record is much better than Cho’s ever was.
To guess picks now need to see who is next coach and how far moving away from some current schemes & styles…
Guard & wing centered high scoring offense, passing & motion offense > 2 bigs, P&R/post-elbow/ISO/etc & structured offense
Positionless combo multi skill types>Traditional lineups & specialists
Getting out fast to score points & fast break>>>staying home to play defense & defensive rebound
60% of playing time & 70% roster rookie contract players
Will start change from our rebuilding roster with a Miles extend & bring in new coach’s players