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Making sense of our roster
« on: July 01, 2015, 08:04:23 PM »

Offline Forza Juventus

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Ok so I'm trying to look at this more optimistic.

We should put Isaiah in the starting lineup because he is our best player. In order to do this Smart has to start next to him. Bradley can come off the bench as a high energy 3 and D player. We also would need to start another wing that is strong defensively so it can be Crowder. We can play Amir at center with Sully. Theoretically we could have 5 starting players that can shoot 3s or at the very least 4. Isaiah can create his own shot and attack the basket, Sully can play inside and shoot some 3s but much less, Amir can protect the rim and shoot 3s and his athleticism will be great. Off the bench we would have lots of three point shooting. The spacing will be great. So we will be entertaining, hopefully make the playoffs, and if we are lucky we can win 1 playoff round. And hopefully Brooklyn and Dallas can accidentally give us lottery picks. My main problem with this strategy is a lot of young players will barely play unless we trade some guards or bigs for wings. This could be our roster at the moment:

PG Isaiah | Turner | Rozier
SG Smart | Bradley | Hunter
SF Crowder | Young | Wallace
PF Sully | Olynyk | Jerebko
C Amir | Zeller | Mickey
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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2015, 08:09:06 PM »

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Gonna re-post what I put in a similar thread earlier:

Ball-handlers:
Thomas
Turner
Smart
Rozier
Pressey

Wings:
Crowder (?)
Young
Hunter

Swings:
Jerebko
Wallace

Bigs:
Amir
Zeller
Sully
Olynyk
Mickey

As it stands, at least one of those bigs is going to be buried.  Same for a couple of the ball-handlers.  Turner would probably continue to get extended time as a combination wing / ball-handler.

Really hoping for a trade along the lines of Bradley + Sullinger + Turner for Gallinari and W. Chandler, or the same package for Parsons.

The team needs proven size and shooting on the wing.  Maybe they'll go after Corey Brewer.  Meh. 
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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2015, 08:09:57 PM »

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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2015, 08:12:32 PM »

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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2015, 08:12:42 PM »

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Gonna re-post what I put in a similar thread earlier:

Ball-handlers:
Thomas
Turner
Smart
Rozier
Pressey

Wings:
Crowder (?)
Young
Hunter

Swings:
Jerebko
Wallace

Bigs:
Amir
Zeller
Sully
Olynyk
Mickey

As it stands, at least one of those bigs is going to be buried.  Same for a couple of the ball-handlers.  Turner would probably continue to get extended time as a combination wing / ball-handler.

Really hoping for a trade along the lines of Bradley + Sullinger + Turner for Gallinari and W. Chandler, or the same package for Parsons.

The team needs proven size and shooting on the wing.  Maybe they'll go after Corey Brewer.  Meh.

I like those trades ideas you posted but I like Sully and Bradley more than Rozier, Hunter, Jerebko, etc. I just would have done the draft very differently. But I guess you have to give something up to get something.
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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2015, 08:13:14 PM »

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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2015, 08:17:56 PM »

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Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 08:22:11 PM »

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Landing Harris would make me very happy indeed. We would look like a more complete squad, and crowder would be redundant.

Sign and Trade
Bradley + Wallace and a 1st for Harris

IT/Rozier
Smart/Turner
Harris/Young/Hunter
Amir/Olynk/Jerekbo
Zeller/Sully/Mickey

Much better balance, space to add an MLE and someone from the summer league.



Re: Making sense of our roster
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2015, 08:28:06 PM »

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Landing Harris would make me very happy indeed. We would look like a more complete squad, and crowder would be redundant.

Sign and Trade
Bradley + Wallace and a 1st for Harris

IT/Rozier
Smart/Turner
Harris/Young/Hunter
Amir/Olynk/Jerekbo
Zeller/Sully/Mickey

Much better balance, space to add an MLE and someone from the summer league.

Exactly, he may even be able to become an all star caliber player.  Or a nice trade piece when the salary cap explodes.