And, as I say every day, he needs to go to the G-league and get 30 minutes/game.

You know, I was fully on the sign Durant bandwagon but it is painfully obvious that this team is not ready to do anything even with Durant. If it were up to me I would keep our powder dry this summer in terms of big free agents splashes. If we get the #1 pick naturally pick Zion, but I do really think that barring that unlikely event (even if we are the worst team in the league we would only have a 14% chance of the #1 pick!), I would go for Ja Morant or Darius Garland. We’ve waxed poetic here about how we think RJ Barrett sucks, and other than Zion, which players are obviously better than Morant or Garland? Bol is interesting but not exactly a can’t-miss project, and what are we going to do, trade both KP and Robinson? I dunno, maybe Jarrett Culver. I would go penetrating PG and both those guys are great with the ball in their hands and have good vision. If we are going to play a 5-out offense like we did last night, or even a 4-out with Mitch-Rob diving, having that guard who can stress the defense is so important.

Beyond the draft pick, I would really like to bring Vonleh back, and I mean on a 3 or 4 year contract at MLE-type $. The dude is just a good player. I keep waiting for his shooting to fall off but we’re basically 1/2way through the year and he’s still shooting 39% from 3 — even if we believe he will regress, he’s now shooting about 33% for his career from 3, which still makes him a viable threat from outside that would need to be respected. His defense is great, he’s a vacuum on the boards, and he’s young/still improving.

Then re-up Porzingis hopefully not for a max, but a max if necessary. Then rent cap-space for 1 year, let Lee fall off the books, then see what we have.