it's a word that's come up since last yr. and will for quite some time. I think we have a lot of 'em, from expiring contracts in the next couple yrs. to draft picks that aren't protected that could potentially be very high picks. a few young guys that aren't anything yet but in a couple yrs. they could be considered assets. or by that time they could be considered cornerstones.
and finally Rondo. the only player right now possibly worth anything on this roster and even that is minimal because of the injury. if he struggles this yr. he will be worthless and not even worth trading.
are all of these actually assets anymore? I think they should have been but no one else in the league did or doesn't apparently. they're only assets if someone else value's them. so what the H are we doing? I think it's time Danny just lowers the asking price(if there is one) for guys like green, bass & Wallace and just be done with them, they're nothing, they do nothing for this team's present or future.
Bass would probably be gone if Danny got offered anything of remote value in return, but there is no real point in giving him away for nothing because he is an expiring contact this year anyway...if nobody wants him, may as well let his contact expire and come off the books next offseason.
Wallace is useless. He only in his early 30's, but he looks and plays like he's 38. He's just coming off a major injury. He cannot score to save his life, and is a turnover beast. He has become an average rebounder. His defense is now is merely 'decent' - even that isn't good enough for him to earn a legit role on a team. The guy is owed $10M this year and next. We just need to accept, he's not going anywhere. No team is taking that contract unless we basically PAY them to take it by offering them so many assets that they can't say no - basically exactly what Brooklyn did to convince us to take him. We may as well keep him. Next year he one year from now he becomes a $10M expiring contact and should be pretty easy to move, so all we need to do is put up with him for one season.
Green is far from useless on this team, and I'm starting to get the feeling (more and more) that he is the most undervalued playeron this roster. True, he's on a $9M contract and we could use cap space. True, he's no superstar. True, he's not 19 years old. So what? Green is still the best offensive player on this team until somebody (Olynyk? Smart? Thornton? Bradley?) rises up and takes that position. He's still the only guy on this team who can legitimately defend guys like Lebron, Melo and Durant. He's still one of the only guys on the team who has not missed a single game in the 2-3 seasons. He's still the only starting calibre SF we have on this team. Considering all of the above, $9M is a relatively modest amout. It's not enough cap space to bring in a star, and anybody that we could sign for $9M (or get in return for Green) would likely be no better than Green. Even Lance Stephenson (It's arguable whether he is better than Green) wants over $10M. Avery Bradley just got $8M. Deng is likely to get $10M and is no better than Green. Basically he is the best player available at the SF position for his price tag, and he's a good locker room guy who can hit big shots...may as well keep him.