None of our bigs are currently expendable.
It looks like Fizz wants to play Lance and Knox at power forward more than small forward. Mario seems to be full time small forward. Frank, Lee, and Dotson can cover small forwards. Of those Dotson and Frank can probably cover bigger ones better and provide more rebounding. Frank still needs to find his offense.
Hardaway is the starting SG. Trier is behind him. Frank, Lee, and Dotson do as well here, if not better, as they do at SF. Knox and Mario can see stretches possibly as well. I’d actually rather have Hardaway on the rest of his deal than Beal on the rest of his. This looks like a good draft to get a defensive freak with offensive potential at SF in the mid lottery, if Knox or Mario aren’t making strides in that direction by the spring. Pairing Tim with defensive SFs and Mudiay, Trier, or Frank gives solid enough perimeter D and tougher D with Dotson.
Hardaway plus Dotson at next year’s salaries is a pretty hard tandem to beat in next year’s market. I guess I thank Phil for that.