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  • uvgotnodBtoDetroit Pistons@nba.spaceWhat can be done?
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    1 year ago

    Fellas—This is why Weaver should have handled free agency differently. I argued with a lot of you over the summer about the Joe Harris trade to “free up” more cap space next season. If Weaver doesn’t parlay that contract into something real, he needs to be shot into space.

    Humor me:

    What if he signed Kuzma and Seth Curry with the $30 mill in space? (Kuzma would look amazing in Stewart’s starting spot and be that 3rd scorer the team desperately needs. Did you see him destroy us last night?)

    What about Grant Williams AND Max Strus–Williams takes Stewart’s starting spot and Strus is the 6th man off the bench. (More wins)

    Or if he wanted cap flexibility but to win some games, he could have done one year deals like: Torrey Craig, Christian Wood AND Kelly Oubre to put some f’ing points on the board and allow guys like Stewart, Ausar and Duren to focus on defense.

    WEAVER F’D UP!!! Or he has a master plan none of us can see, which I have 5% hope for.






  • For me, it all comes down to free agency. We had $30 mill last summer and Weaver decided to fill 2/3 with the ghost of Joe Harris. Just humor me here:

    A couple alternate universe scenarios:

    -Troy signed Grant Williams and Dillon Brooks. (3 year contracts at reasonable prices.) Would have give. Is a stretch PF, who plays great D and a chip on his shoulder bad boy in Brooks. The kind of guy fans love and he can play.

    ~Max Strus for 3 years AND Kelly Oubre and Christian Wood on 1 year vet minimum deals. (Strus would solidify the 2-spot off the bench or spot starting for the next 3 years. Oubre and Wood are both instant offense and on “prove it” deals. (Both could start or come off the bench. Gives coach options. Wood could be that stretch 4 this season that this team desperately needs.)

    Obviously, these guys would have had to say yes. But my point is both of these scenarios would have helped tremendously and would not have been overpays or crippled the team financially. Instead Weaver looked at a 17-win team and said…nah, we good. And rolled the same group out there.