[2018-2019] Jeremy Lin as an Atlanta Hawk

Again there are no other better options since the Rox are capped out. Do the math.

 

I guess I'm not understanding...if the Rockets are capped out, how can they afford to add Bazemore at $19M?

 

Don’t ask Lin fans to do math.
They don’t understand why teams keep subtracting Jeremy from their team, but they keep wanting great teams to add him.

Remember Lin fans equals zero rockets fans

 

I thought we were talking about Bazemore?

 

Who is we ?

 

Trade. We got BK's contract worth 15M a year. Obviously you can't a superstar with BK's contract so you target overpaid but decent players from teams whi are looking to shed salary. Atlanta wants to tank Bazemore doesn't really do anything for them.

 

You, me and roslolian? You brought up Bazemore first.

 

I just mentioned him as my preference not trying to make it a fantasy basketball question

I would prefer him over the other options on the Hawks.

there were rumors



not fake rumors made by another player's fanbase

 

Bazemore has 2 years left on his contract (including this year), so do you really want the Rockets to take on $19M/year for this year and next for him? I like him as a player, but $19M/year puts him in the top 10 highest at SG or SF. And what else do you give up for him including BK (you need at least another $2M in contracts to match).

 

Lin Fans can't see the whole picture about why the Rockets want Bazemore, they want a player to help them win games and get far in the playoffs

they are not interested in players who can't help them advance

 

Yes, you mentioned him...and all I asked is if you thought he was worth the $19M/year he earns with 2 years left on his contract. Is that a difficult question for you to answer?

I'm assuming you are inferring here that someone made a fake rumor about Lin being traded. Can you show me where that was done anywhere here in this thread?

 

There's rumors going around and I like him out of all the players on the Hawks

He's a good fit and the rumors are real

The Rockets have overpaid for players before, it's not about that, it's about advancing in the playoffs

that's what team fans want

 

Does Bazemore have a track record of helping teams get far in the playoffs?

 

Are you really that dense or just trolling?

Bazemore and BK have the same contract length, you are paying 15M for BK anyway so the cost of Bazemore isn't 19M it is 4M. But you are right you need 2M more to match so add Marquess Chris and the salary cost of Bazemore is actually 1-2M because if you didn't do the trade you would still be paying the salary of BK and whoever.

Paying 1-2M to upgrade from BK and Chriss to Bazemore is a no brainer.

 

I agree he's a good player. I like him too. Not sure I think he's worth $19M...would have to do more research around who else is available. Who else are you looking at?

 

I agree he's a good player. I like him too. Not sure I think he's worth $19M...would have to do more research around who else is available. Who else are you looking at?

 

Yes

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Season      Age  Tm  Lg Pos  G GS  MP FG FGA  FG% 3P 3PA  3P% 2P 2PA  2P% eFG% FT FTA  FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
2012-13      23 GSW NBA  SG  9  0  16  1   8 .125  0   1 .000  1   7 .143 .125  0   4 .000   1   4   5   2   1   0   2  3   2
2014-15      25 ATL NBA  SG 16  2 303 30  71 .423  6  28 .214 24  43 .558 .465 21  31 .677   3  50  53  13  11   9  11 25  87
2015-16      26 ATL NBA  SF 10 10 325 44 121 .364 16  61 .262 28  60 .467 .430 15  22 .682   8  58  66  19  15   6  10 14 119
2016-17      27 ATL NBA  SF  6  0 150 21  53 .396  7  24 .292 14  29 .483 .462 10  14 .714   4  19  23  20   4   5  16 15  59
Career                  NBA 41 12 794 96 253 .379 29 114 .254 67 139 .482 .437 46  71 .648  16 131 147  54  31  20  39 57 267
                                                                                                                             
3 seasons       ATL     NBA 32 12 778 95 245 .388 29 113 .257 66 132 .500 .447 46  67 .687  15 127 142  52  30  20  37 54 265
1 season        GSW     NBA  9  0  16  1   8 .125  0   1 .000  1   7 .143 .125  0   4 .000   1   4   5   2   1   0   2  3   2

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/1/2019.

 

you completely miss the point
the Rockets have overpaid for many players. It's about fit .

I'm not the GM of the Rockets.

 

Nope, not dense...and not trolling. Just wanted to understand if you really thought Bazemore was worth $19M/year for 2 years. Also didn't realize that BK was inactive for most of the year since I haven't really followed the Rockets much this season. Now that I know this, I'm wondering why you think the Hawks would agree to a trade like this?

 

I totally get the point...you are not the GM of the Rockets.