Life is Good...

[Fireworks_Boom!]

• STEP 1 (Free Agency): Sign Gordon Hayward to max. Sign a vet big at MLE (Taj Gibson).
• STEP 2 (Draft): Markelle Fultz at the #1 spot with a little luck with the ping pong balls.

Next years rotation:

PG: Thomas/Fultz
SG: Bradley/Smart/Rozier
SF: Hayward/Brown/Nader
PF: Crowder/Yabusele
C: Horford/Gibson/Zizic

Lets win a series against the Wizards and set up a battle with Cleveland.

[Granath]

[BitterJim]

If we use our cap space, we won't have the MLE available. The most wed have is the Room Exception, which would not be enough to sign someone like Gibson

[Fireworks_Boom!]

Plenty of options once you compete at a high level and add 2 big pieces in Fultz and Hayward. We will be in the position to attract vets at minimum salaries like GSW and others.

[wdleehi]

Good except the start PF.   I hate starting SF at PF all season long.


There would have to be a trade.  The over depth at G (and possible SF) needs to be changed to a starting level PF/C

[JohnBoy65]

Good except the start PF.   I hate starting SF at PF all season long.


There would have to be a trade.  The over depth at G (and possible SF) needs to be changed to a starting level PF/C

I think if this is the plan as OP states, we could definitely trade Rozier and try to get a serviceable PF. I think Terry's value is going up with his play in the postseason, the issue is his contract isn't all that valuable in a trade because it'd be hard to match with someone who probably has sizable contract. Is James Johnson a FA this year? He's on a 4 million dollar deal right now. Could we get him for cheap?

[kozlodoev]

Going into a full season with Jae Crowder as the primary PF = "very bad idea(tm)". And that's before we consider the fact that he's going to be backed up by someone who is likely a career D-Leaguer.

[boscel33]

I agree, except I don't think Yabu will be a career D-leaguer, I think more as deep bench depth PF.

What about Milsap as the starting PF, but not on a max deal or deal for the Magic's Vučević and swing Al to PF.

[Rosco917]

If you sign Hayward to a Max deal, and sign a mid level big, this team will have to be taken apart to afford both. In other words... trades.

A few name players have to go...

[HomerSapien]

An alternative might be that Rozier's improved play in the playoffs makes it that much easier to part with AB for a pick/lower cost player so that we could keep Kelly Olynyk's bird rights along with signing the max FA.