I love watching guys who love to pass
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Spare thought I had: in the Ausar-Ivey lineups, Iâd really like to see them guarding the 1 and the 2 and really heating up the ball and fighting thru screens. Think they could be really disruptive and get out on the break off turnovers. Those two plus a real rim protecting 5 to cover for when they get too aggressive + shooters could be a real nice lineup.
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4 years 64 mil for Stewart
I donât know if i can do it anymore guys.
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I just love that kid. Iâm very happy.
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I can like the player but not the number
By the end of the deal, $16M wonât feel like that much.
(NBA salaries are wild lol.)
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$16M AAV is pretty much right on fringe starter money at this point. Getting that number for a guyâs age 23-26 seasons considering what he has been makes perfect sense.
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Yeah thatâs going to be the full MLE by the end of his contract
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Yeah I guess they clearly see him as part of the future, but there will only be one guaranteed year after each of Cade, Ivey, and Durenâs deals kick in, right? Still keeps some flexibility.
Fourth year team option makes it even better.
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I think itâs not crazy if you take the average opinion of Stewartâs ability, but also Iâm way down on Stewart as a player relative to most people (doesnât have the offensive ability to play either frontcourt position) so I donât like it.
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I think itâs a good deal for Beef Stew. Itâs a fringe starter money plus itâs a team option on year 4. That definitely means that Bagley or Wiseman is on the way out at some point, and I think itâs Bagley.
The number doesnât look all that great when Grant Williams just set the benchmark at 52.
Iâll be honest, Iâve watched close to jack shit of the pistons over the last couple years because i donât have bally⌠for all i know heâs jason maxiell in disguise.
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Kind of like Maxiell with way less athleticism/length and way more defensive awareness / lateral agility
I dk if thatâs a fair description. The RFA process ensures that it happens after actual free agency is done and teams have spent a ton of their $$. The Câs clearly didnât want to pay him much of anything. Which, given how expensive their team is going to be over the next few years, makes at least some sense. If Williams had been a UFA itâs pretty clear his market wouldâve been considerably higher.
So it really comes down to âshould the Pistons have let the RFA process play out and made Stewart go find an offer sheetâ. Tactically it comes down to what his cap hold wouldâve been and if that difference is going to matter in free agency next year? Strategically, maybe the Pistons pay a little more to get some certainty rather than ending up w some weird poison pill deal? Just doesnât seem like enough money to me to be that big a problem.
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I think it signals to the young core that Weaver will do them right if they deserves to be on the team which is important for future extension talks.
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