I was very strongly against trading for durant but getting him for free was fine, we'll see if someone is stupid enough to take brown, i wouldn't be surprised if you're right. Your hatred for efficiency is pretty funny though.
The third team will have to have some major salaries (58M) to send out. If Milwaukee is looking for younger assets they are probably screwed. They will have to take back a big salary like KD, one young player, and draft picks. We might get in on this, but I hope not. If the Rockets are involved it would probably look something like Sengun, Reed, and 4 frp’s (both 27 and two 29 picks). If they would do it for less frp’s then maybe it would be worth doing.
I wonder if we try to get in on that action or not. @carl_herrera pointed out that JB does not fit our front office's MO based on the kind of advanced statistics they appear to look at, and it is hard to argue against his logic. The other side of it, though, is that I think Ime liked Brown well enough when he was in Boston (not sure if the feeling is mutual) and could push for acquiring him? If Sengun were the one going out in the deal, we would also need a center. Adams/Capela isn't going to cut it. Who and how?
I am not in favor of it at all. I don’t think JB is a long-term 1a and he has a monstrous contract, and, as you stated how do we get a center. The third team has to have some big contracts and frp’s maybe for both teams. The only way Boston gives up the younger player that is similar is if Brown is making a fuss. Maybe they just do it straight up and the Bucks flip JB after a year for draft picks. I think this is probably just click bait.
If it were Tatum instead I would do it in a heartbeat. I don't think Boston is going there though. Too bad.
With this front office and this coach we just might need Stone to have that kind of luck to have a shot at winning anything.
Out on Brown. He's younger (than Giannis/Kawhi) sure, but not a true 1A. His salary and what it would take to get him just don't make it a good deal for me.
No to JB. Helluva player But.... He's 30. Instead of getting younger and stretching out our timeline, we'd be doing exactly the opposite. No Bueno. There's also the massive contract and history of knee problems. Not to mention, he'd cost an arm and a leg.
I have no hatred for it, I just think there's more to basketball than TS% Efficiency is great, it's not the be all and end all which is why the majority of the most "efficient" players have no rings, aren't superstars and aren't winning chips all over the place. Conversely the players who are efficient enough but actually do more than just shoot a basketball (or shoot a basketball and stand under the basket for rebounds and blocks - the other high efficiency group) win loads of rings. Crazy that. Almost like TS% isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. That's why your KD's, Hardens and Reggie Millers don't win anywhere close to the same as your LeBrons, Kobes and Jordans. There's more than just efficiency.
Lebron and Jordan were absolute efficiency monsters, those are horrible examples. Even Kobe had VERY solid efficiency (and he played with shaq, pretty sure reggie would have had zero trouble winning rings with prime shaq). Have you ever spoken to someone or heard of someone who thinks TS is all there is to basketball? I certainly haven’t.
JB isn’t the single move, answer to all the problems but there are matching salary trades for him that make the Rockets better in the short term and long term.
Nice spin. Let's scrutinise: Reggie Miller (same era as Jordan and a bit of Kobe) - 21st all time true shooting percentage (ABA and NBA) Michael Jordan - 152nd all time "efficiency monster?" BULLSHIT Kobe Bryant - Can't even find out, well outside the top 200. "VERY solid efficiency?" BULLSHIT Kevin Durant (LeBron era) 13th all time LeBron James 65th all time "monster?" BULLSHIT. And yeah you and others like you always say this player is good/bad and then reference the TS% as basically the only indicator. It's a trash perspective. TS% is great if you're looking at limited snipers or big men, mostly worthless for superstars. It's the moreyball approach, fixate on one tiny part of the game and make it everything, amazing for niche players with special skills, TRASH to find winners. See: Daryl Morey's entire basketball career.
Kobe’s entire prime he was 5-7% above league average, for a massive volume guard that’s AMAZING. Jordan’s peak was in the 12% range, which is why he’s so far above kobe. Looking at an all time leaderboard is completely asinine and pointless, and obviously completely disingenuous.
