Everyone’s coming down on Weaver because he didn’t sign a free agent this summer. I understand the hate relative to their record, but really—who should he have signed? To me, this is much more of a Monty issue that I don’t think signing Cam Johnson for $30+ million a year would have solved.
The biggest (realistic) miss in free agency wasn’t from not signing a specific player. It was from not trading for John Collins. John Collins was traded for Rudy Gay (salary dump) and a 2nd. We could’ve traded Killian and a 2nd and got him. This season, he’s shooting 41.8% from 3 and could’ve been a solid PF for us for the next 3 seasons.
Another big (realistic) miss was Cedi Osman. The Spurs acquired him and a 2nd for nothing in a salary dump. He’s shooting 41.3% from 3 this season and would’ve provided valuable forward depth.
We could’ve done both of these deals and still had room left over to trade a 2nd for Monte Morris. He is one of the best backup PGs in the league, a career 39% 3pt shooter and one of the league leaders in assist to turnover ratio.