Email exchange- state of the roster

Here's the text of an email string between Mark and I. Mark's emails in blue:

Outlaw signed. 3 years, $12 million. No other details. Great price, especially if that 3rd year turns out to be a team option.

Sounds good to me. What is our perimeter looking like now?

1. Jack
2. Blake
3. Sergio
4. Roy
5. Martell
6. Jones
7. Outlaw
8. Green

Am I missing anyone?


The roster is full at 15 guaranteed contracts now. Unless we make another trade, we have:

PG: Jack / Blake / Rodriguez / Green
SG: Roy / Webster
SF: Jones / Outlaw / Miles
PF: Aldridge / Frye / McRoberts
C: Ode-stertag / Pryzbilla / Lafrentz

Freeland, Fernandez and Koponen are in Europe. Ime is gone.

I like that group. It’s a young group for sure but I think it’s a solid group of guys who are of high character and there are some skillsets that will mesh together with some time to grow.

The more I think about it, the more I’m okay with the Blake signing. I think Jon underestimates him slightly and I certainly don’t think he’s a superstar but he can play at this level. I think they envision Jack playing the 1 and the 2 and Roy playing all three. I think there will be times when you see Blake, Jack and Roy out there together because Martell and Travis still have the tendency to float out of it mentally.

I guess Jones is a wildcard because I believe he’s only 26 but my vision of him is some washed up old timer. I don’t know a thing about him only that he didn’t play much at all for Phoenix.

I'm okay with the Blake signing because the 3rd year is a team option. I still don't think we really needed him, but at least it didn't screw up our cap space. My only concern is that Jack is the kind of guy who plays better if he's not looking over his shoulder and worrying about his minutes getting stolen. That seems to be a huge problem for Ridnour in Seattle. Otherwise, I'm fine with the signing. Blake is a high character guy who will work hard and bring some leadership, and he's a better 3-point shooter than Jack. The depth will be nice, because I wouldn't want to give big minutes to Sergio if Jack got hurt. I could see us using Jack and Blake to close out games - both those guys probably have a little better mental toughness than Travis or James Jones.

Remember when Walt Williams played for Portland? That's what Jones reminds me of. Decent sized 3-point specialist, looks kind of awkward running the floor. Not terrible, but not really great either. Can play 20 or 30 minutes without really hurting your team. He'll occasionally block a shot. He's a reasonably priced stop-gap for two years until Travis or Martell develop or we sign a big free agent.

Our roster is now almost entirely devoid of idiots. Miles needs to retire.