Cole: should be moved
Gary: decline the TO
CoJo: only keep if we whiff in FA/trades
KCP: won’t have any trade value, think we’re stuck
Caleb: fine, but could move on
Get at least two of the following in FA: Chris Paul, Tyus Jones, Malik Beasley, FVV, Davion, Schroder, TyJerome
Paolo Banchero Playoff Career (9 games)
28.6 PPG
55.9 TS%
41.5 3P%—5.9 3PA/g
8.9 RPG
4.3 APG
Imperfect, but very impressive start to a playoff career for a 6'10, 21-22 year old running an offense surrounded by the poorest shooting in the NBA. Ahead of schedule.
We extended him for five years because we had to bid against… nobody? The Cole, JI, and Wendell extensions were all unnecessary and flat out ridiculous. Going to kill us when the Franz and Suggs extensions kick in next season.
Simons is not the answer at PG but would be an unquestionable upgrade over Cole as the microwave bench scorer. Grade out Gary, Cole, and Jett for him. Sign a bench shooter in FA. Draft a pass-dribble-shoot guard and a center.
Pass-Shoot-Dribble
We added a guy who excels at all three in Bane! Without CoJo and Cole (theoretical P-S-D guys who didn’t excel), we need to probably add two more guys who can do these things. One in FA (CP3 or Tyus) and one at #25?