Not interested in any of these mediocre level guys taking up any cap room.
Would never give up a first round pick either.
There is just no need to have a guy like this on our roster.
He's a massive defensive liability and takes shots away from Smart and our other young guys.
Nice back up PG but not what we need.
We've already signed Bradley to a long term deal and we just don't these guys on our roster and we look to clear as much cap room as possible.
Dragic and Thomas are both way over rated in my opinion and they don't do anything 'elite'.
They are both good, solid NBA players and Dragic is a legitimate starter in the NBA. Thomas is a bench PG and great role player, but we are trying to remove these contracts from our roster to gain future flex.
I am sorry Chambers, but back up PG's simply do not have 19.7 PER's. He was about as good as a starter with the Kings last year as well. This is NOT a one year anomaly!! I.T. is 15th among PG's in real plus minus this year. We need scoring. Did you watch the uploaded videos analyzing his game? If not, take 15 minutes and watch BOTH of them!! We have to have some players to attract players to want to even come to Boston so we can take advantage of that future flexibility that you refer to. Players simply are NOT beating the doors down to want to come and join this team are presently constructed.
You seriously would not try to pick up I.T. for Bass and a late first rounder? He will only cost us 6.9 million next year, 6.6 million in 2016/2017, and 6.3 million in 2017/2018. With the new TV deal, that will be a STEAL for a guy that can be a GREAT spark off the bench!!!
Smitty77
Smitty! Hope I didn't come off as rude in my earlier post. I re-read it and thought..ouch. lol.
I understand why you like Thomas, I also understand that he could be a valuable trade asset because of his win shares (Danny's favorite statistic for college players).
My problem isn't necessarily with Thomas, but more with our current team situation.
For Thomas to come into a rebuilding situation, and come off the bench for Marcus Smart and Avery Bradley (and James Young?) is just throwing another Evan Turner type player into the mix who we are consistently trying to 'showcase' for potential trades.
We also don't have superstars, and as much as Thomas is a great player- to me he's the kind of player that's more of a 6th man of the year candidate rather than a building block, and I have always opposed the idea of signing mid-level talent to medium sized contracts before you have your stars.
We already have this situational/trade asset player on our team (Evan Turner)- no one really knows why we signed him other than he was going REALLY cheap. The problem is that he's never going to be part of the long term future and he's grinding minutes away with all those horrid jumpshots and floaters.
On a young team that's emphasising the use of ball movement and spacing, having a point guard that averages only 3.7 assists in 25 minutes a game and relies on a high usage % is not the best move for what we are trying to build here.
I also think we simply don't need another guard, certainly not one that takes a large number of point guard minutes from Smart and shots away from our younger 'developing' players.
I'll also add that Thomas is a WAY better player than Evan Turner- I just don't think he makes sense for us right now.
If we had signed 2 max free agents to come and play and Smart was playing full time SG for us, then I'd look to grab an elite role player like Thomas.
I just think that right now he's just another Bradley/Turner/Bass type contract that would be hogging cap space- even if he is good value at $6-7 million.
He basically takes minutes away from Smart (or Bradley) and takes all the shots that we want Sully, Olynyk, Smart, Young, Bradley taking-just as Evan Turner, Bass and Thornton are doing now.
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