Free Agents of Interest

[KG4Ever]

Would make sense to look at Point guards, rim protecting bigs, and 3 and D types that might be within our affordability range, especially if NAZ and/or NAW sign elsewhere.

PG
Tre Jones
Tyus Jones
Chris Paul
Ben Simmons
Malcolm Brogdon
Russell Westbrook
Dennis Schroder
Dante Exum
Spencer Dinwiddie

SG/Combo Guard
D'Anthony Melton
Luke Kennard
Gary Trent
Malik Beasley

Wings
Matisse Thybulle
Dorian Finney-Smith
Khris Middleton
Bruce Brown
Taurean Prince

Bigs
Clint Capela
Luke Kornet
John Collins
Kevon Looney
Steven Adams
Precious Achiuwa
Guerschon Yabusele
Al Horford
Paul Reed
Marvin Bagley
Andre Drummond
Mason Plumlee

[KG4Ever]

My interest:

1. Tre Jones-I like both Jones but I think he's a bit peskier defender and is a bit more versatile with his floaters, plus he's younger. Low turnovers and high IQ and local boy. He might be my favorite target.

2a. Matisse Thybulle-I love his defense and his offense seems to be coming around a bit. You can't have too many defensive disrupters.

2b. D'Anthony Melton-tenacious defender and would be an alternative to Thybulle.

3. Luke Kennard-I love the combo of his passing and his outside shooting.

If Naz leaves we need another big. Probably outside our price range and there likely will be high demand: Clint Capela, John Collins, Luke Kornet. The next tier would include Steven Adams, Achiuwa, Looney and Yabusele.

Wild Card: Ben Simmons. Guy has enormous potential but he has battled confidence issues and back issues. His stock is at an all time low. Maybe the daily positivity of Ant, could bring out more of the positive. Flyer pick

[Q-is-here]

I think these names become more relevant once the big stuff gets figured out and where we might need to backfill outgoing talent becomes more apparent. But Kevon Looney is someone I'd take a look at no matter what happens.

[60WinTim]

I think these names become more relevant once the big stuff gets figured out and where we might need to backfill outgoing talent becomes more apparent. But Kevon Looney is someone I'd take a look at no matter what happens.

Yeah, so called "big stuff" will determine how much we would even have to spend in FA, which could range from quite a bit, to almost none at all. Heck, depending how it shakes out, we could easily have 15 guaranteed contracts before free agency even begins!

[WildWolf2813]

the only FA who really piques my interest is Yabusele depending on what happens with the bigs.


If we have to sign another PG to give Finch another reason not to play Dillingham, then Connelly deserves to get ripped for dealing a future first and a swap for what looks like a long project that he coulda got away with drafting later.

By that logic, it woulda been easier for him to trade up and draft Topic or just not trade up at all.

[Monster]

the only FA who really piques my interest is Yabusele depending on what happens with the bigs.


If we have to sign another PG to give Finch another reason not to play Dillingham, then Connelly deserves to get ripped for dealing a future first and a swap for what looks like a long project that he coulda got away with drafting later.

By that logic, it woulda been easier for him to trade up and draft Topic or just not trade up at all.

If NAW leaves like we expect, to me it makes plenty of sense to sign some sort of player that can potentially help at the PG spot. Conley will be 38, Dillingham is a 20 year old 2nd year player Donte is sort of a combo guard. They have that 2 way guy too I suppose if they keep him around. Personally I think Clark has a chance down the road to be a guy that helps a little as a combo guard like NAW did but that's quite a bit to ask or expect of him in year 2.

If NAW leaves and with Conley showing some more age players who can help at PG MIGHT see this as a little better spot than they did last season to get minutes. The Wolves won't be seen as a supper awesome landing spot though in terms of opportunity espcilaly since I don't they are going to be offering anything other than the vet min for that spot. Of course the Wolves could add another guard in the draft too.

Ultimately I'm not gonna try not spend too much time thinking about all this stuff because Connelly has made so many unpredictable moves and the Wolves do have a fair amount of players and assets they could move around to make deals.

[WildWolf2813]

the only FA who really piques my interest is Yabusele depending on what happens with the bigs.


If we have to sign another PG to give Finch another reason not to play Dillingham, then Connelly deserves to get ripped for dealing a future first and a swap for what looks like a long project that he coulda got away with drafting later.

By that logic, it woulda been easier for him to trade up and draft Topic or just not trade up at all.

If NAW leaves like we expect, to me it makes plenty of sense to sign some sort of player that can potentially help at the PG spot. Conley will be 38, Dillingham is a 20 year old 2nd year player Donte is sort of a combo guard. They have that 2 way guy too I suppose if they keep him around. Personally I think Clark has a chance down the road to be a guy that helps a little as a combo guard like NAW did but that's quite a bit to ask or expect of him in year 2.

If NAW leaves and with Conley showing some more age players who can help at PG MIGHT see this as a little better spot than they did last season to get minutes. The Wolves won't be seen as a supper awesome landing spot though in terms of opportunity espcilaly since I don't they are going to be offering anything other than the vet min for that spot. Of course the Wolves could add another guard in the draft too.

Ultimately I'm not gonna try not spend too much time thinking about all this stuff because Connelly has made so many unpredictable moves and the Wolves do have a fair amount of players and assets they could move around to make deals.

I won't go nuclear if they address PG via the draft.

The reason why I don't think PG is something they have to address via FA now is

1. Conley's not going anywhere yet, regardless of whether we as fans wanna see him again. He'll play less, but that's minutes that should be redirected to Rob.

2. Finch is gonna try to play DDV wherever he can, including at PG. It's not as if there's a ton of PT to be there.

3. Assuming they did draft a PG, Finch isn't playing him. If he signs a PG, it's another reason not to play Dillingham which is a major disconnect between Finch and Connelly.

[Lipoli390]

the only FA who really piques my interest is Yabusele depending on what happens with the bigs.


If we have to sign another PG to give Finch another reason not to play Dillingham, then Connelly deserves to get ripped for dealing a future first and a swap for what looks like a long project that he coulda got away with drafting later.

By that logic, it woulda been easier for him to trade up and draft Topic or just not trade up at all.

If NAW leaves like we expect, to me it makes plenty of sense to sign some sort of player that can potentially help at the PG spot. Conley will be 38, Dillingham is a 20 year old 2nd year player Donte is sort of a combo guard. They have that 2 way guy too I suppose if they keep him around. Personally I think Clark has a chance down the road to be a guy that helps a little as a combo guard like NAW did but that's quite a bit to ask or expect of him in year 2.

If NAW leaves and with Conley showing some more age players who can help at PG MIGHT see this as a little better spot than they did last season to get minutes. The Wolves won't be seen as a supper awesome landing spot though in terms of opportunity espcilaly since I don't they are going to be offering anything other than the vet min for that spot. Of course the Wolves could add another guard in the draft too.

Ultimately I'm not gonna try not spend too much time thinking about all this stuff because Connelly has made so many unpredictable moves and the Wolves do have a fair amount of players and assets they could move around to make deals.

I won't go nuclear if they address PG via the draft.

The reason why I don't think PG is something they have to address via FA now is

1. Conley's not going anywhere yet, regardless of whether we as fans wanna see him again. He'll play less, but that's minutes that should be redirected to Rob.

2. Finch is gonna try to play DDV wherever he can, including at PG. It's not as if there's a ton of PT to be there.

3. Assuming they did draft a PG, Finch isn't playing him. If he signs a PG, it's another reason not to play Dillingham which is a major disconnect between Finch and Connelly.

I agree with all your points, Wildwolf.

[Monster]

If NAW leaves like we expect, to me it makes plenty of sense to sign some sort of player that can potentially help at the PG spot. Conley will be 38, Dillingham is a 20 year old 2nd year player Donte is sort of a combo guard. They have that 2 way guy too I suppose if they keep him around. Personally I think Clark has a chance down the road to be a guy that helps a little as a combo guard like NAW did but that's quite a bit to ask or expect of him in year 2.

If NAW leaves and with Conley showing some more age players who can help at PG MIGHT see this as a little better spot than they did last season to get minutes. The Wolves won't be seen as a supper awesome landing spot though in terms of opportunity espcilaly since I don't they are going to be offering anything other than the vet min for that spot. Of course the Wolves could add another guard in the draft too.

Ultimately I'm not gonna try not spend too much time thinking about all this stuff because Connelly has made so many unpredictable moves and the Wolves do have a fair amount of players and assets they could move around to make deals.

I won't go nuclear if they address PG via the draft.

The reason why I don't think PG is something they have to address via FA now is

1. Conley's not going anywhere yet, regardless of whether we as fans wanna see him again. He'll play less, but that's minutes that should be redirected to Rob.

2. Finch is gonna try to play DDV wherever he can, including at PG. It's not as if there's a ton of PT to be there.

3. Assuming they did draft a PG, Finch isn't playing him. If he signs a PG, it's another reason not to play Dillingham which is a major disconnect between Finch and Connelly.

I agree with all your points, Wildwolf.

These are all fair points.

Still I'd still like to have some PG depth especially since Donte has legit injury risk. With NAW expected to be gone and not replacing him that seems to be a problem to me. I would agree that adding some sort of center might be a higher priority especially if it's some that might grow into a bigger role but not adding a worthwhile player likely on a vet min just because we are worried about Finch not playing Dillingham doesn't seem like a wise plan. Keep in mind Finch has stuck with young guys in the past that he had ahead of other players in the rotation. See Nowell, Jaylen. Better not sign a center because that means Leonard Miller for sure won't play.

Also worth noting the Wolves often found a way to add a ball handling player in the off-season. They lost Kyle Anderson and McLaughlin last off-season but added Dillingham Ingles (to some extent Dozier) then Donte and Randle in a trade. I would not be surprised if they tried to add someone to the roster especially if they lose NAW.

I'll also mention that this team did give Clark some legit minutes as a 2-way guy coming off a serious injury who hadn't played meaningful basketball for over a year till summer league. Dillingham and TSJ would have played more but they did have some injuries that kept them from being available at times. I agree that Finch tends not to play younger guys but it's not like he absolutely won't. Also some of those minutes Dillingham could have had especially down the stretch likely went to those rookies. Again it's nice to have all these wings when we used to struggle to have more than 1...sometimes even above averaging starting wing.

[WildWolf2813]

I won't go nuclear if they address PG via the draft.

The reason why I don't think PG is something they have to address via FA now is

1. Conley's not going anywhere yet, regardless of whether we as fans wanna see him again. He'll play less, but that's minutes that should be redirected to Rob.

2. Finch is gonna try to play DDV wherever he can, including at PG. It's not as if there's a ton of PT to be there.

3. Assuming they did draft a PG, Finch isn't playing him. If he signs a PG, it's another reason not to play Dillingham which is a major disconnect between Finch and Connelly.

I agree with all your points, Wildwolf.

These are all fair points.

Still I'd still like to have some PG depth especially since Donte has legit injury risk. With NAW expected to be gone and not replacing him that seems to be a problem to me. I would agree that adding some sort of center might be a higher priority especially if it's some that might grow into a bigger role but not adding a worthwhile player likely on a vet min just because we are worried about Finch not playing Dillingham doesn't seem like a wise plan. Keep in mind Finch has stuck with young guys in the past that he had ahead of other players in the rotation. See Nowell, Jaylen. Better not sign a center because that means Leonard Miller for sure won't play.

Also worth noting the Wolves often found a way to add a ball handling player in the off-season. They lost Kyle Anderson and McLaughlin last off-season but added Dillingham Ingles (to some extent Dozier) then Donte and Randle in a trade. I would not be surprised if they tried to add someone to the roster especially if they lose NAW.

I'll also mention that this team did give Clark some legit minutes as a 2-way guy coming off a serious injury who hadn't played meaningful basketball for over a year till summer league. Dillingham and TSJ would have played more but they did have some injuries that kept them from being available at times. I agree that Finch tends not to play younger guys but it's not like he absolutely won't. Also some of those minutes Dillingham could have had especially down the stretch likely went to those rookies. Again it's nice to have all these wings when we used to struggle to have more than 1...sometimes even above averaging starting wing.

If we lose NAW, those replacements are already in-house in Shannon and Clark getting more of a role. If you wanna add another ballhandler, just boost Rob's role. The FA PG's aren't gonna wanna sign here if it means there being nights where they don't play at all and this situation isn't conducive to that when there's three bodies already here that will want those PG minutes in DDV, Dillingham and Conley.


I refuse to compare Rob's situation to Leonard Miller. If Rob was a 2nd round pick or even a late first, there wouldn't be as much of a demand to see him play. When you trade future assets to get into the top 10 to draft a PG, let alone one from Kentucky, you better use him. We can't go forward treating Rob like he's some 2nd round project. Once they go down that road, Tim has botched that move.