The fact he listed Celtics first is obviously (although probably unintentionally) flattering.
Now that we just signed Zeller, do we have any way to sign Sanders? Is there any other exception available?
Do you think we would have signed Zeller if we had any interest in Sanders?
Yes, keeping Zeller has intrinsic value regardless of finding players in his position. The question here is about whether we would've found better use for the $6.5M in cap space he was holding. Apparently, there wasn't.
If Larry Sanders would join us, it would be for the Room Exception or for the league minimum. Roster space will get tricky, so a trade would've to be made or let players go. But I'd hesitate to let go of a player in a multi-year contract for a one year deal (which I assume is what Sanders would be getting at this stage).
It just doesn't seem like good roster management to keep seven bigs and let go of depth in other positions.
Well, depends how much you count on Hunter, Young, Holland, Jackson as depth worthy players.
But certainly, a valid point. I just don't think it's more important than increasing our trading asset potential.
But it's manageable. We're 3 deep at the very least in all 1-3 positions, that's enough depth to let you tinkle with.
PG - Thomas, Smart, Rozier,
SG - Bradley, Smart, Green, Rozier
SF - Crowder, Brown, Jerebko, Green
And the bigs. Depth is not an issue all told.
The depth chart looks nifty when you put the same body in multiple positions until you realize this also means that one injury can cut your depth in multiple positions, too.
The depth chart is quite longer, just not NBA players you're counting on. Those are the players you're protecting with your call for depth. Now if it's another target you want to replace them with, have at it.
In 3 positions I used 8 roster spots. There are 7 more available.
Olynyk
Horford
Johnson
Mickey
Zeller
Those are 5 more players, so you're left with 2 more available roster spots.
If we do nothing, those two roster spots are going to be split between Hunter, Young, Jackson, Holland. The only player of those 4 that has any real relevance for our depth situation is Jackson, since PG has the least bodies we could use.
So in all, adding Sanders to this group has very little impact in our overall depth situation and adding Sanders doesn't prevent the Celtics from filling that last roster spot with a PG.
In a 15 player roster spot, and if you want to maintain equal balance depth wise, 3-deep depth is about as much as you can hope for per position.
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