Comments on: Summer League Thoughts: Game 1

By: chibi

chibi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:16:00 +0000

turkoglu works for phoenix because he can spread the floor in the halfcourt, hit transition 3s in early offense, and run a fastbreak.

defensively, they’re going to really have to help him out. but we know that their team defense has improved.

something caught my eye as i was scanning salaries the other day. dejuan blair, a 2nd round pick, was signed using the MLE. this gave him a 4 yr/$3.8M deal, starting out at $850K. This was a smart move, as blair will have bird rights afterward, and his potential is immense.

with roughly 1.7M(850K x 2) left of our MLE, and given how promising our 2nd picks are, i predict kupchak will sign ebanks and caracter to similar deals.

as a consequence, kupchak can only use the vet minimum for other roster additions.

By: Shaky

Shaky — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:36:41 +0000

Maybe Nash really wanted to be setting the screens in a new pick and roll attack?

…I got nothing.

By: Zephid

Zephid — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:43:51 +0000

72, their money would be better spent on dirt than $43 million to Hedo over the next 4 years. Childress is a great pickup at that price, but Hedo is just spending for the sake of stupidity. And we’ve seen how well this strategy worked with the Knicks over the past decade.

By: lesha

lesha — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:37:46 +0000

nice to see the suns spending a little for once… i honestly thought that they would just let amare leave and do nothing.

By: chibi

chibi — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:29:15 +0000

i don’t know about the turkoglu move, but the suns hit the jackpot with josh childress. imho the guy is worth more than mid-level money.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:06:25 +0000

63. Les Trois Douches is my not very imaginative entry. Simmons already tweeted “The Three DBigos”

67, 68, 69. I think the Warriors believe they will get slightly worse three-point shooting out of Wright when compared to Morrow, but Wright does everything else way better.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:48:30 +0000

it said 3 year worth 12 million thats 4 million a year..

but i agree even at that price the warriors would be dumb not to match

By: thisisweaksauce

thisisweaksauce — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:32:35 +0000

Snoopy (67),

I hear you. I really, really want a lights-out shooter. Anyone we can get at 1.8 mil?

By: Snoopy2006

Snoopy2006 — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:05:34 +0000

Wow. I just heard (from Kurt at PBT) that the Warriors are likely not going to match the offer for Anthony Morrow.

Wow.

That’s incredible. An average of $3/year? For a shooter like that? I know Darius in particular coveted Morrow for our team in the future. I realize we couldn’t have done anything, with only 1.8 of the midlevel left…but if it comes down to Blake vs Morrow, I’m torn. Blake’s more likely to succeed as the smart organizer of the offense that we need. But a lights-out shooter like that spacing the floor for ours bigs…? Makes me weak in the knees.

By: sT

sT — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:28:52 +0000

Isn’t it so interesting how we were throwing Fisher under the bus all year, and now he is a valuable starting Point Guard for us, and we have to re-sign him at any cost (almost).