I have no idea what Brad does and where he goes with this roster.

I have no idea what Brad does and where he goes with this roster.

They need a second guard who can attack at the PG position as White is too slow at PG now. White is pretty much a SG who can't shoot right now.

They need a big man that can defend and still stretch the floor. Which is why Turner makes sense to me.

Solve those two problems without giving up too much and the roster is set.

Turner sucks, especially at his contract. The Bulls just got Claxton for literally nothing and he makes less than Turner. I will seriously start to question Brad?s judgment if he trades for Turner.

The Non-Taxpayer TPE is approx. $15.1m.

Assuming we don't waive anyone, the most we can spend before going over the luxury tax line is $13.3m, which would fit into the TPE.

If we are determined to use the full TPE, it would cause us to go over the luxury tax line this season and prevent us from resetting the repeater tax rates for next season. Alternatively we could decide not to give big extensions to PP, Queta, Baylor, Garza, Harper and Walsh next season and let some of them walk and try and get under the luxury tax then. Or we as fans with no skin in the game could take the position of "to hell with the luxury tax, Bill bought this franchise, he should spend whatever it takes, whenever it takes, to give us a championship product" 

Here is a list of free agents, in descending order of their previous AAV (Avg Annual Value).

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The full list, including the vet min guys, is at https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/available/_/year/2026

It is probably going to be Rob isn't it? Another guy made of glass.

The issue with Queta is he cannot defend the bigs in the East in the playoffs. He simply cannot stay on the floor. Sure he had a nice regular season but he is not a starting center when it comes down to it. Really good #2 center but not going to help you in the playoffs when you need him most.

Quote from: jambr380 on Today at 07:30:27 AM

Turner sucks, especially at his contract. The Bulls just got Claxton for literally nothing and he makes less than Turner. I will seriously start to question Brad?s judgment if he trades for Turner.

Turner has had good seasons and playoff runs. Fit and motivation are more likely the issue with him but that's the case for a lot of NBA players that been well paid. I feel here with the Js he could step up his game again.

Sucks is harsh, but he is really uninspiring. I'd take him as a FA for the MLE (which obviously isn't available), but have no desire to go into the tax for him. I'd honestly still want to start Queta if we did acquire Turner. There are other comparable options that will cost a lot less. Unless we are getting a clear upgrade on Queta, we shouldn't be spending big on the Center position.

Quote from: Csfan1984 on Today at 08:19:17 AM

Quote from: jambr380 on Today at 07:30:27 AM

Turner sucks, especially at his contract. The Bulls just got Claxton for literally nothing and he makes less than Turner. I will seriously start to question Brad?s judgment if he trades for Turner.

Turner has had good seasons and playoff runs. Fit and motivation are more likely the issue with him but that's the case for a lot of NBA players that been well paid. I feel here with the Js he could step up his game again.

Sucks is harsh, but he is really uninspiring. I'd take him as a FA for the MLE (which obviously isn't available), but have no desire to go into the tax for him. I'd honestly still want to start Queta if we did acquire Turner. There are other comparable options that will cost a lot less. Unless we are getting a clear upgrade on Queta, we shouldn't be spending big on the Center position.

I believe that is the hard part about upgrading from Queta. In 25 mpg last year he averaged 10/8/1.3 blocks. He is only on a 2.6 million team option next year.

If we find a noticeably better replacement, the cap hit will be disproportionately higher. If we commit, it has to be the right upgrade.