Why Boston Should Pass On Vucevic

[nickagneta]

I will agree to disagree with you gentlemen regarding Vucevic and what he can bring to this team. I don't think it's some out there idea to believe that Vucevic could give this team exactly what he was this year for the next 4 years. And if Vucevic does give us for the next four years, at the very least what he did this year for Orlando, he is probably a multiple time All-Star and therefore, is max level worthy.

I would still prefer Adams over Vucevic or Capela or DeAndre Jordan or Thomas Bryant or any of the other centers' names being bandied about. But would still feel pretty good if they got Nikola.

[vjcsmoke]

if adams is cheaper and we only need to give 2 year deal, oh yeah i'd take him over vucevic but who is out there right now that we can afford?  losing horford, baynes, and kyrie hurts.

i still believe keeping baynes as a stop gap 5 would have been the best/cheapest option but obviously ainge doesn't believe Baynes is a full time starter in this league.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

if adams is cheaper and we only need to give 2 year deal, oh yeah i'd take him over vucevic but who is out there right now that we can afford?  losing horford, baynes, and kyrie hurts.

i still believe keeping baynes as a stop gap 5 would have been the best/cheapest option but obviously ainge doesn't believe Baynes is a full time starter in this league.

Multiple people keep talking about what Ainge thought or wanted without ever considering that he could have let Baynes decide for himself! Maybe Ainge wanted Baynes as a stopgap but Baynes is at the end of his window of production, maybe he wants to be where he can make an impact on winning a title (we don't know if we are going to be contending) or maybe he wanted out for other reasons (like the Al rumor). Maybe it is all on Ainge, I'm simply saying that maybe it wasn't and he let Baynes choose.

[rondofan1255]

Orlando free agent All-Star Nikola Vucevic plans to commit to a four-year, $100 million deal to return to the Magic, league sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.

https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1145178732023484417?s=21

[shut_the_gate]

I've alway had the sentiment that if you can't play in 4th quarter crunch time of a playoff game, then you can't command the max and this is the case for Vucevic; against Lakers, Warriors, Toronto he would get slaughtered with small ball line ups.