There are still some guys who could be a 3rd big out there, like Thomas Bryant and Javale McGee.
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What is higher
The number of millions on this contract
Or the number of games he will play during its duration
I tend to think Carter is an ok starting center, and Goga isā¦not. But you donāt sign Goga and Mo to deals if you intend to keep Carter.
Really no idea how to figure out what kind of deal to give the guy unless there are some serious clauses around games played. Consider:
Jon Isaac
- 7 seasons since heās been drafted
- 5 seasons with min 1 game played
- 4,550 minutes played in his career
Franz
- 3 seasons played
- 7,375 minutes played
EDIT: oh right just to bug @telekinetic
EDIT 2: Regretting I didnāt put, like, Pooh Richardson and John Salley.
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That makes sense tho Iām still skeptical itās such a screaming deal even w the cap going way up. Seems like fair-ish value for a guy who has never played 2,000 minutes in a single season.
Heās a very useful player when heās healthy though. I was really hoping theyād give up on him and the Pistons could go after him.
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The issue obviously isnāt āhow effective is heā though, so all these per minute models sort of ignore the elephant in the room
Also does Garrett Temple have a Udonis Haslem style understanding but with the NBA generally and not a specific team
Given how is career started I am shocked moe is still in the league and makes 10mil+ a year. Kind of figured he was getting good deals as a favor to franz but then I looked them up and heās actually put up really good number the past few season for a backup big.
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Heās the best offensive reserve center in the league
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Does DARKO factor in swag levels?
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Bryant and Stewart are close too. Maybe could get some traction there.
Iāve always liked Trent, sign me up for that for Detroit.
Bryant re-upped with the Heat
Review the Darko scenario for me. IIRC, the Piston fan community was about evenly split between picking Darko or the next obvious choice (again, IIRC) Carmelo Anthony. Also, IIRC, Darko was supposed to be the next Dirk Nowitzki.
But arenāt isnāt there the claim out there that if the Pistons would have picked Carmelo they would not have traded for Sheed and hence would not have won it all in 2004?
I donāt remember Melo as the obvious alternative to Darko for the Pistons. I think Bosh and Wade were both in the conversation. They both looked like better fits to me.
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Bosh was the alternate option for big man, but it was most definitely between Darko and Melo. Any other talk is revisionist history. Darko was regarded as an elite prospect that would be #1 overall most years and Melo just dominated CBB on the way to a national championship and played the position that was weakest in the Pistons starting lineup.
I also love how this conversation developed 
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I would agree Bosh would have been a better fit. They didnāt have bird rights to keep Okur and he left after the title. It was Corliss Ben Elden Okur in 04. Of course they drafted Milicic because they hadnāt acquired Rasheed yet.
I would think drafting Melo wouldnāt behoove Joe to trade for Sheed. Would Melo destroy the core with his attitude and would Larry Brown allow Melo to have significant PT? Tayshaun Prince wouldāve started over Melo and is a perfect 3 and D wing player for the core.