And this is why Danny is reluctant to add bigs this season. While this current core is getting exposed in the playoffs big time, he would provide needs for this team next season. Adding guys like Ibaka or Noel would only steal his development minutes.
I think Danny was reluctant to add anyone during the season because he wants to have to option to offer a max contract this coming summer. I doubt he's worried about a 20 year old's minutes next season.
Yes, but who is there to acquire? I don't see any obvious good fits for our roster.
Durant (if he decided to opt out), Griffin, Hayward and Millsap (if anything else fails) will be a great fit for this team.
I wasn't even considering Durant because why would he come here a year later? Griffin seems injury-prone and is too much of a repeat of Horford to invest so much money in. Also, personally I just don't enjoy watching him play.
Hayward wouldn't be a bad addition at all and I think the Celtics are going to pursue him. The issue is he's not a superstar and we would be paying him like one. We already did that with Horford and it will create issues down the road to have two guys who aren't superstars making the max on your team. It may not matter since there's really no reason for him not to re-sign in Utah. I was hoping a couple years ago that Utah would continue to be bad but unfortunately for us they did a good job team-building.
The problem with Millsap is he's just too old. By October he will be 32.5 years old and I just don't want to give someone that age a big deal. Maybe if the team were closer to being a real contender?
I don't mind Ibaka but he doesn't actually help our rebounding much so he's not a great fit. Noel would be ideal, I think the Celtics will play the hometown card and try to get him but being a restricted FA you're definitely going to have to overpay.
Anyway, that's why I'm not very optimistic about this FA class. First off, there aren't any real superstars available that would actually come here. Second, the remaining ones aren't obvious fits for this team but would definitely be making the new max.
It stinks because this was their last year to get someone in under the cap before Isaiah and Bradley get raises. If they don't get someone in there before that, they will have wasted the opportunity. They could always trade, but obviously that would cost assets. Also, as we've seen already this year Eastern teams with potentially available guys are not keen on trading their stars within the Conference to a team on the rise like Boston. They're going to make Boston overpay.
Fortunately, Smart at this point doesn't look like he will demand a huge deal next year! So there's a positive for not drafting a star. *Whew*
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