I looked it up on NBA.com - the Pacers have six 5-man lineups with at least 1 hour of playing time together: Their best lineup actually doesn't feature Turner, only Sabonis. But it's only 66 minutes. Whereas the lineup with the largest sample size features both Sabonis and Turner for a really good +8.3 rating.
Imagine getting your hopes up for somebody like Ibaka, Gasol or Turner in the Tilman era lol We're gonna be slapped with a William Howard signing, or Jonah Bolden/Richaun Holmes/Khem Birch trade
Aron Baynes makes the most sense to me. $5,453,280 salary fits right under the current luxury tax threshold. Can shoot the 3PT at a decent clip to stretch the floor and keep defenses honest. 33 years old and expiring contract which makes more sense for Rockets than the rebuilding Suns. Not a splash move but shores up the center position nicely.
Well, the Rockets have some sort of space right now, around 5/6M, i'm fairly confident Morey will use that space to improve the roster, over that though? I don't know cause that would mean Tilman would've to pay the tax, and i don't think he's going to do that unless it's for a big name, which is something we can't get anyway. My guess is we'll end up with a guy like Baynes or Kieff, that would be ok to add depth but certainly not game changers, imo at least. Guys like Allen and Bryant would be game changers but those are not coming.
Send House to NY along with 2nd round pick. Marcus Morris to Houston. Markieff into TPE. Tucker/Markieff/Harty B Covington/Marcus Morris/Bell Marcus Morris/Bmac/Thabo Harden/Gordon Westbrook/Rivers
Spoiler Some of these aren't even centers but when they say "Center", they could mean he's currently playing guard for another team but would be the Rockets future center. Blake Griffin(Pistons) $34.4M Kevin Love(Cavs) $28.9M Al Horford(Sixers) $28M Nikola Vucevic(Magic) $28M Joel Embiid(Sixers) $27.5 Andre Drummond(Pistons) $27M Marc Gasol(Raptors) $25.5M Serge Ibaka(Raptors) $23.2M Tristan Thompson(Cavs) $18.5M Julius Randle(Knicks) $18M Myles Turner(Pacers) $18M Bismack Biyombo(Hornets) $17M Ian Mahinmi(Wizards) $15.4M Bobby Portis(Knicks) $15M Marcus Morris(Knicks) $15M Cody Zeller(Hornets) $14.4M Thaddeus Young(Bulls) $12.9M Larry Nance Jr.(Cavs) $12.7M Kelly Olynyk(Heat) $12.6M Brook Lopez(Bucks) $12M Myers Leonard(Heat) $11.2M DeAndre Jordan(Nets) $9.8M John Henson(Cavs) $9.7M Al-Farouq Aminu(Magic) $9.2M Taj Gibson(Knicks) $9M Cristiano Felicio(Bulls) $8.1M Thomas Bryant(Wizards) $8M Ersan Ilyasova(Bucks) $7M Davis Bertans(Wizards) $7M Jabari Parker(Hawks) $6.5M Jonathan Isaac(Magic) $5.8M Mo Bamba(Magic) $5.6M Lauri Markkanen(Bulls) $5.3M Wendell Carter Jr.(Bulls) $5.2M Daniel Theis(Celtics) $5M Mike Scott(Sixers) $4.7M Robin Lopez(Bucks) $4.7M Enes Kanter(Celtics) $4.7M Alex Len(Hawks) $4.1M Domantas Sabonis(Pacers) $3.5M Thon Maker(Pistons) $3.5M Bam Adebayo(Heat) $3.4M Markieff Morris(Pistons) $3.2M Khem Birch(Magic) $3M DJ Wilson(Bucks) $2.9M Goga Bitadze(Pacers) $2.8M TJ Leaf(Pacers) $2.8M John Collins(Hawks) $2.6M Vincent Poirier(Celtics) $2.5M Grant Williams(Celtics) $2.3M Damian Jones(Hawks) $2.3M Jarrett Allen(Nets) $2.3M Pascal Siakam(Raptors) $2.3M Luke Kornet(Bulls) $2.2M Ante Žižić(Cavs) $2.2M Moritz Wagner(Wizards) $2M Robert Williams(Celtics) $1.9M Kyle O'Quinn(Sixers) $1.6M Jonah Bolden(Sixers) $1.6M Dragan Bender(Bucks)$1.6M Semi Ojeleye(Celtics) $1.6M Udonis Haslem(Heat) $1.6M Willy Hernangomez(Hornets) $1.6M Christian Wood(Pistons) $1.6M Mitchell Robinson(Knicks) $1.5M Amile Jefferson(Magic) $1.5M Chris Boucher(Raptors) $1.5M Bruno Fernando(Hawks) $1.4M Alize Johnson(Pacers) $1.4M Daniel Gafford (Bulls) $898K Nic Claxton(Nets) $898K Dewan Hernandez(Raptors) $898K
He probably knows people from within the organization, not the GMs perhaps, but scouts, financial people, that sit in on these conversations. These people hear the teams and players, and for fear of being discovered only relay the position or conference, or tell Iko to only relay that info. I'd imagine that only a small percentage of deals that are discussed ever come in fruition, maybe 1 or 2 out 10. Some get really close, most never really get off the ground. Another reason for most of you to chill on this boards insider's btw! Now, why these people would actually risk their positions to give this information to the public, I don't know. I certainly wouldn't, but I'm appreciative none the less.
I think kieff could be a game changer , but I have no idea about his defense . He’s almost a 40% 3 point shooter tho and at the very least is a pretty big body .
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