I like Grimes, but would rather go after a front-court player who can suck down rebounds. That seems to be the greatest need even after Tatum is back.
exactly. frontcourt needs fixing more than the back court. we're already loaded in the backcourt and have our own version of Grimes we'll be unloading at the deadline in Simons.
Except Grimes can actually play defense. Feel like that?s a pretty important piece you are leaving out. If Simons was actually good defensively, maybe Brad would want to keep him. 
and if we need a defender in the backcourt we use White, Brown, Hugo. frontcourt is a far greater need or have you not seen how badly we're getting killed on the boards this year?
Seems like Boston not having their starting PF (Tatum) who averages 9 rebounds a game is a big reason why the C?s are getting killed on the boards. Also, Hugo isn?t a rotation player on a playoff team. He plays hard, but is very raw.
Tatum doesn't solve the problem. he helps alleviate the situation but we're still missing out on the rebounds from KP, Al and Kornet.
Hugo's raw but he can defend. and if you haven't noticed by now, we're not a playoff team. get him some playing time while we're not and when we are next season, he'll be better prepared to help the team.
no need for Grimes. need a big man
Tatum was the best rebounder on the team the year they won the Championship. He averaged 10rpg in the playoffs. Also, you do realize that KP barely played in the postseason, right? Kornet averaged 3rebs a game. Tatum and Queta will get plenty of rebounds. The problem is having Hauser and or Pritchard as starters. Grimes would push them both to the bench. He?d be a solid addition and would help fill the void left by Jrue.
Tatum helps the rebounding, scoring and defense. ignoring KP's contributions in the regular season -- you know, when most of the games are played -- doesn't address his missing contributions on scoring, rebounding and defense. Al's contributions in those areas also need to be addressed. Kornet didn't rebound much (which I had an issue with) but he had developed into a solid back up that could defend and be a presense on offense.
Grimes does not solve the team's issues. Sure, Grimes would contribute more than Walsh, Baylor or Hugo but that's not our biggest issue. Beat that dead horse all you want but this team needs to add quality bigs before it starts adding a bench guard. And to add to that, if they had Grimes added to this roster, he'd be coming off the bench behind PP and White, not starting. Also, why would this team pay him 20+ mill to come off the bench when that'd mess up the work they did in the offseason to cut payroll? too much money for someone to come off the bench that won't be a 6th man of the year level of player. Oh, that's right, we had the 6th man winner last year who got paid a lot less -- better money management.
Couldn?t care less about the regular season. Playoff rotation is all that matters. Who said anything about Grimes coming off the bench? Hauser and Pritchard should be the ones coming off the bench. That is where they are best. Pritchard is too much of a defensive liability. The Knicks hunted him in the postseason. Small guards get exposed in the playoffs.
The starters would be: White, Grimes, Brown, Tatum, Queta. That?s a good enough starting 5 to contend. Then you would have Pritchard, Hauser, Minott, and a FA C for the bench. That would be the playoff rotation.
