dougthonus wrote:DuckIII wrote:Signing Javonte does not help this team now because all there is now is the postseason, and his impact whatever it is will fall dramatically short of elevating this team to being able to win a series against any one.
I think it's quite possible that Javonte could be a difference maker in the play-in tournament or helping them get home court for the play-in tournament.
You can argue whether that matters or not, but I think it's value is not absolutely zero.
And we differ there. It is zero. The play in tournament is created out of nothing purely for financial purposes. They are make believe postseason games tacked onto a real postseason that was already inviting 16 out of 30 teams to the party. Now it’s 20!
But it worked. Look how many people attribute value to it. It’s the pet rock of professional sports.
We're not giving up anything here.
We’re probably not giving up anything here. There are less than 500 players in the NBA. The talent pool is every other eligible man on Earth. And many of them are capable of playing interior defense with height at an NBA level. They exist. Given the upside to signing Javonte is at most between zero and very little, these are the types of things our FO should do if competent.
It even help us with matchups, which is one of our biggest weaknesses for postseason play, if we are trying to win. Javonte may well add depth in a redundant way, which on some minor level is helpful, but he actually makes our matchup problem even worse.
