I would never give up a 1st rounder that could land in the lottery for an expiring contract who as you say, isn't that good. Gallo is poor defensively at both forward spots, isn't a creator offensively, has recurring knee problems that prevented him from playing back-to-back games last year, and is a 3-point shooter who doesn't shoot 3-pointers especially well with it being his meal ticket. This is a player whose reputation far exceeds his actual ability.BigSoxFan said:
What's wrong with him defensively? I'm mostly going off reputation and RPM, both of which largely agree that he's a solid defender. I've got no particularly strong thoughts on him, so I'm curious what the concern is?HomeRunBaker said:
With Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka under contract there was zero way for them to avoid the repeater tax with Harden. He has been with Houston for three years now, they would be facing a fourth year over the cap in 2016 before getting any relief.jscola85 said:
Gallinari lost a lot of lateral quickness last season the times I saw him. I'm not sure he can defend the 3 full-time and certainly not against teams whose 1st option is a 3. I like him better at the 4 but then you really need a strong rebounding and physical 5 which we don't have. His reputation is as a lights out 3-point shooter however he's a career 36% guy which is nice for a stretch 4 that brings other strengths. He's a limited player on an expiring deal who apparently has a badly messed up knee......what's not to love? /snarkybowiac said:
Yeah I remember hearing he was having trouble recovering but didn't realize this was different than your run of the mill ACL repair. The real red flag was a 26-year old being held out of B2B games but even if he does recover......he simply isn't that good of a player. He's ok as a 4th option or top reserve but that certainly isn't a special or impact player.radsoxfan said:
If they amnestied Perk I believe they would've avoided the luxury tax the first year and with the cap rising would have been able to avoid the repeater tax.nighthob said:
I am all for prudence when not having a great roster/to keep you from going out and overpaying for mediocre talent but isn't this the exact scenario where you want your owner to nut up, take a deep breath and just realize he is going to have to pay the tax for a little bit?nighthob said:
True story. There was a lot of skepticism of Harden, here and elsewhere. While people didn't like the Thunder giving him away, the people who thought he was a superstar were in the minority.bosox79 said:
There were questions for sure however the big reason they preferred Ibaka over Harden was the roster balance. Much of what Harden does on the floor for OKC can and was easily replaced by more Durant and more Westbrook. When you lose Ibaka there is a more than significant dropoff to Nick Collison and another when you had to replace Collison on the second unit back then.bosox79 said:
OKC is only large in area. It's a tiny market. They were never going to be a luxury tax payer with the economics as they existed at that time. They decided that summer that of their two pending free agents that Ibaka was the more valuable of the two, so they signed him to his 80% max deal that fit in well with what they were paying two of the best offensive players in the game.tbb345 said:
Yeah, but (iirc) there were reports suggesting they were making quite healthy profits in OKC at the time.nighthob said:
Yeah, it's not bad, although once again they then did poorly at maximizing the value of an asset when they gave him and a pick away for the right to overpay Enes Kanter.BigSoxFan said:
It's true that they were never going to pay the repeater tax, but that just makes their FO look even worse, since it's not as if Harden's contract situation was unpredictable in June.nighthob said:
Which means the Celtics are a Johnson trade away from getting the number 1 pick potentially.bowiac said:
I don't know how it would be possible to tweak anything that would have avoided the DeAndre Debacle. The league needs time to audit their books following the end of their fiscal year on June 30th to determine important numbers such as salary cap and luxury tax which affects many of the contract terms being offered to FA. If you don't have a moratorium you are still going to have behind the scene discussions/agreements as we used to prior to recent CBA's. It's not like you can go into a 7-day time machine where the world stops.....although having a Marvin Barnes rule would be a wicked cool thing.PedroKsBambino said:
There are ways around this, although all of them require union signoff. The easiest idea is simply to start the audit a week earlier, and have the income from the last week of the season apply to the subsequent season. Alternatively, you could start the audit a week earlier and estimate the last week. Because of the way the BRI split works, any errors made as result of this would ultimately be pretty minimal.HomeRunBaker said:
I can't see how the league would/could close their fiscal years with estimates or a 51-week period, neither of which appear reasonable alternatives. How would this avoid agents shopping their guy and making side deals prior to the official date like they used to do? This is what was a regular occurrence in past years with the difference being one of the big names didn't bolt at the last moment in the Twitter age.bowiac said:
I think this is really an overreaction. I'd rather have Parsons injured than not as a Celtics fan. They're closer to the playoffs presently (but probably out) than they are to keeping that pick. That said, I'm giving them credit on doing their due diligence with Wes Mathews. There is some real catastrophic risk with both those guys.nattysez said:
The idea I'm seeing people kicking around is Smith at the 5 when Jordan is out, which actually I'm kind of on board with. Smith was very effective while playing with Terrance Jones and Motiejunas, while very ineffective playing with Dwight Howard. Some of that is timing, and most of that is made confusing due to the sample size issues, but got the strength to stand up to all but 7-8 centers, and while he doesn't have the idea rim protecting length, he's got enough other skills there that are useful.Tony C said:
Playoff contention?ElUno20 said:
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Didn't we already know it was microfracture back in April (May?) when Parsons response to the question as to whether it was microfracture or not was, "I'm not sure the Mavericks want me to say what type of surgery it was." or something to that effect?nattysez said:
Oh yeah. Though I think Randive/Vlade will lance that boil quickly by sending Karl back into retirement if he feuds with those guys. I think Boogie and Rondo will get along fine. They are buds.The Social Chair said:
Doc (and Pierce) handled a more dysfunctional team in Boston those last few years of their era. Doc thrives on managing these types of players. Jermaine, Big Baby, KG's insanity, the Allen/Rondo thing, Nate Robinson's craziness, Delonte West's craziness, Terrence Williams and Jordan Crawford......Doc has never shied away from taking on high maintenance players.DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:
