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golden wrote: View PostThis whole discussion becomes moot if Patterson steps up as a starting PF and hits his open shots consistently, like we all know he is capable of. That's the perfect fit right there.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostThat's the thing. Patterson on paper is the absolute perfect fit. But last year especially in the playoffs he just didn't show an ability to hit OPEN shots on a consistent basis and it was very frustrating. I don't know what happened to his shot. He makes it really hard on the team when he doesn't hit open shots. Thank God he does other things well but damn. If he could get his shot back together next year like it was in his first season with the raptors he will be a good starter for us.
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ogi wrote: View PostI'll just chalk it up to a slump.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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GLF wrote: View PostThat's the thing. Patterson on paper is the absolute perfect fit. But last year especially in the playoffs he just didn't show an ability to hit OPEN shots on a consistent basis and it was very frustrating. I don't know what happened to his shot. He makes it really hard on the team when he doesn't hit open shots. Thank God he does other things well but damn. If he could get his shot back together next year like it was in his first season with the raptors he will be a good starter for us.
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DanH wrote: View PostPatterson struggled, but it's not like he disappeared. He shot 30% from three on 3.5 shots a game. If he hits 40% that's 1 more point per game. He's shot 36%+ from three in 4 consecutive full seasons. He got a little cold in the playoffs at the wrong time. That's bad luck, not a reason to move on from the guy.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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DanH wrote: View PostPatterson struggled, but it's not like he disappeared. He shot 30% from three on 3.5 shots a game. If he hits 40% that's 1 more point per game. He's shot 36%+ from three in 4 consecutive full seasons. He got a little cold in the playoffs at the wrong time. That's bad luck, not a reason to move on from the guy.
But yeah, there's no reason to think his shot won't tick back up. You add his truly impact-solid defense, built for the modern game, and his heady floor-game, and you've got a guy that will do just fine in a starting role. And command a hefty salary in free agency.
Do people think that he won't get open shots with the starters? Because he will.
Do people think we won't have the depth to compensate with off the bench? Because we will.
We'll also platoon at the 4-spot again. Which might help depress the contracts of our impact roleplayers like Patterson.
Finally, I think people forget that we project to have a host of interesting options for Casey to back up Patterson at the 4. Poeltl and Bruno at least, maybe JJ, probably a free agent or trade target, and possibly DeAndre Daniels to boot. It's going to be a much different, deeper rotation than last year, and potentially much better, even without pulling a big name.
Hell, maybe we give Bennett another look.Last edited by SkywalkerAC; Tue Jul 5, 2016, 08:47 PM.
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Poeltl is more like KAT than Porzingis(even though I think he will evetually be a center). Centers that can guard on the perimeter. I really hope Raps don't try to turn him into something he's not. His college coach(who played in the NBA) thinks his center. He said he's quite similar to JV but faster.@Chr1st1anL
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Chr1s1anL wrote: View PostPoeltl is more like KAT than Porzingis(even though I think he will evetually be a center). Centers that can guard on the perimeter. I really hope Raps don't try to turn him into something he's not. His college coach(who played in the NBA) thinks his center. He said he's quite similar to JV but faster.
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Here is Kevin Pelton on the rockets signing Nene.
I've bolded a couple of areas that have implications for the Raptors.
At first, taking a one-year deal for $2.9 million looks like the kind of move a veteran such as Nenê would make to join a contender. In this case, though, on paper, the 2016-17 Rockets don't look that promising.
However, when you look around, there aren't that many teams that both need a veterancenter and could have offered Nenê more money. The San Antonio Spurs were a reasonable fit, but their room exception might be earmarked for re-signing restricted free agent Boban Marjanovic to back up Pau Gasol. The Miami Heat might have qualified, given the potential loss of Dwyane Wade.
Otherwise, this probably was Nenê's best option, which shows the merit of waiting out an overheated market for centers.
A prime Nenê would have been an amazing fit in Mike D'Antoni's system. The current, slower version isn't as much of a pick-and-roll threat. According to Synergy Sports tracking, Nenê scored just 88 points as a roll man in 57 games last season. Still, he remains a good finisher of dump-offs around the basket. His history of injury trouble shouldn't be a huge problem for the Rockets, who have Montrezl Harrell and possibly second-round pick Chinanu Onuaku as additional options behind presumptive starter Clint Capela.
Houston can sign Nenê to this contract using its room exception, which gives the Rockets about $9 million in cap space to work with, an amount they can increase to almost $15 million by renouncing the rights to restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas. It's unclear whether the addition of Nenê makes Motiejunas -- probably a center and not a power forward in D'Antoni's system -- expendable.
The second bold is less clearcut. Jared Sullinger is still out there with a potential salary in the Rockets range IF they renounce DMo. So the Sullinger market may affect us. Maybe with Houston freeing up DMo. Maybe with Boston resigning him, but letting Jerebko and/or Amir walk. Or some other location for Sullinger that will cause another team to let someone walk, sort of how MU picked up Cory Joseph last year.If we knew half as much about coaching an NBA team as we think, we"d know twice as much as we do.
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