the heat agree....my team is dying to have a solid backcourt player...now dalembert fills
one spot of the backcourt...hopefully my team would do a solid job throughout the season...
hmm....i would have a raptors pick back in 2017...thus it wont be 2 consecutives right?
you are in deep trouble if you think Samy is the answer of your BACKCOURT problems ...
But on a sidenote, while Dalembert may not be the player he once was I see him as a slight improvement over Gasol (who, lets repeat that, cost the Heat the series last playoffs). Samy will provide even less offense but he should get lots of boards on those 5-26 nights from Vince and provide good defense.
Darko had his moments too for the Nets but his inconsistency still keeps him from meaningful minutes.
Not sure why the Nets have done this, an additional pick around #25 can hardly be the reason and Gasol is pretty washed-up at age 34.
I did this for a couple of reasons, and the way the draft went, it backfired a wee bit....but I'm still OK with it.
First, its cap neutral for me and I get to shake a roster spot free which is handy with FA pending and the large volume of +1 year contracts I had.
I need to shake some PT for younger players - I couldn't do this in good conscience with these two (Daly and Darko) on my roster. Now Marion and Perry can play alittle bit more.
But along with that, I dont think that replacing Daly and Milicic with Gasol and Perry will mean much of a dropoff in production at that position at all, save for Daly's blocks - but even there, who knows, Mason Perry PI might excel there - he's pretty long and lean....though, I'll have to wait and see on that one. Kaman can see some time there too, so I think I'll get the right "gang contribution" to feel the pinch.
Plus, I upgrade a first next year - 5-10 slots, which means something - while picking up another first the year after - and I like to have plenty of desirable assets around to keep things moving in the direction I want, or if anything comes up. Picks, young players, expirings I consider to be those things.
FWIW, I figured my pick at 13 would end up being a big - I had Friedman/Bailey ranked right behind Macy (I never thought that Macy would end up sliding to me at 13, and he was too much value for me to not have at the top of my list.)
