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I'm not. Look, he's not bad. Role player oughtn't be an insult. You need some of those, as LeBron James can attest to. But you need space for stars as well. I don't think you need to get our stars first and then build a team -- I think if anything recent offseasons have shown us stars aren't interested in that model. But a championship team really needs two of them. Scheming can take away one in the playoffs, but it's hard to scheme away two. And stars both cost money and take up roster space, and our current roster just needs stars. Anyone else we add ought to be on one-year deals, like Johnson and Jerebko. We're overloaded with value - we need marginal utility now. Morris is fine, but he doesn't elevate this team at this point even if he's a good locker room guy, and that part of him is certainly up for debate.
We project right now to have $52 million in cap room next season, with a solid guard rotation, but need for some real star power in the front court. Max salary guys will command $25-30 million. Morris gets in the way of that flexibility, and doesn't add enough to warrant such a loss. If Crowder had walked away on a large offer, it might be different. But he stayed, and that's all the long-term non-star salary we should be adding this summer.
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Couldn't he be viewed as another 'asset?' Proven role players in the NBA are worth more then low draft picks or guys like KO.
I kind of see him as a similar piece as IT, favorable contract but plays a position where we have a crowd... At the very least he is a serviceable player with a favorable contract, wouldn't that combination help us if we wanted to use him for a potential trade this year or next?
I think the quality of player we could land would be far superior with a combo of Morris and a 1st rounder then JJ or KO + a first rounder.