I like Austin Reaves but not at 20M lol wtf. He is basically like prime Patrick Beverly and as much I love Bev he aint worth 20M a year. Maybe 8-10 but at that price I dunno why he'd leave LAL
Jarett Allen is like one of the few exceptions. Dejounte Murray Chandler Parsons Montrezl Harrell Caris Levert Davis Bertans Ryan Anderson The list goes on.
He's going for 15+ mil. Pretty sure. From what I seen to me he seems like a more efficient kpj who can draw fouls. So it's not too outlandish to go that high.
He seems injury prone to me, I mean most white hustle dudes are like Carusso, Parsons, Deladova etc I'd def be nervous committing 15M a year to him and he starts missing games.
Sengun, Jabari, Tari, Green, Reaves is a nice little group with a lot of toughness guys. If we had a 6th man of the year candidate like KPJ and a vet like Horford or Dwight Powell I'm not sure we can't make the playins. Sengun/Horford/Garuba Jabari/KJ Tari/Tate Green/Christopher Reaves/KPJ Maybe Horford can be our CP3. Great mentor for our PF/C's and can even coach them how to run the offense. IIRC he really likes Houston as a city. I believe next season Green will give us 28+ ppg on better efficiency than his sophomore season. I believe Sengun if handed the keys to the offense can put up 20/10/7/1.5 with passable defense. With Reaves you have someone who can catch and shoot, bring consistency on playmaking and defense. How much does Jabari develop in his sophomore season? I love the dynamic of Jabari/Tari/Reaves hounding scorers on the court, I believe you need these players junkyard dog type players to create the team/family dynamic. It's probably not enough to make the playoffs but it's fun to think about. Realistically speaking we would be better off acquiring a legitimate defensive anchor at C in trade to pair with a Reaves signing. If we could pry Myles Turner from Indiana that would be extremely ideal, but I don't know if they want to move him now that he's on a great contract. Defense gives you easy wins and stability, raises the floor tremendously giving you breathing room with mistakes. We have an odd core (in a good way), for players this age it's weird we have 3-4 people who are serious about defense (Jabari/Tari/Garuba/Christopher). Tate is decent too. I think our future will be as much about elite defense as it is about offense but they do need someone to be a defensive anchor at C. The kids are not going to be ready for that next season, unless of course we land Wemby then we wing it lol. I think our kids are going to shock us next season due to the suffocating conditions of the 2022-2023 season which should go down in NBA history as one of the most brutal tanking seasons ever. I know these 3 years have been a drain, but a little more hope is a good idea.
I would take drafting Scoot Henderson and signing Reaves/Al Horford/ and trading for Mike Conley over James Harden. Henderson/Conley Green/Christopher Martin/Reaves Jabari/Eason/Garuba Sengun/Horford/Lively
Courtney Lee with a better handle and will bite your ear off for a loose ball? Easily worth $18m+ in this era.
People on this forum really think we're too good to offer Reaves money lmao he's doing this without calls btw