1 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:20,879 What is up? What is crack Alacket? What it do? Hardware not 2 00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:26,239 listeners? I am Damp Valley coming at you with another one question episode. 3 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,760 Before we get to the question, just that very quick reminder to please subscribe 4 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,880 to us. Wherever you're consuming this is on YouTube, please hit the light 5 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,320 button, subscribe, comment, help the algorithm, love us back. The 6 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,560 subscriptions meet a ton so YouTube. Hit the subscription. If this is your 7 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,240 first time check us out via podcast form, please consider throwing us that permanent 8 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,399 subscription. We cover the entire league, get large. I do a thorough 9 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:50,039 job of it, at least try to, and I will forever take this 10 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:54,280 podcast un seriously unless it really calls for it. But we have good times 11 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,159 around here. Join our discord. The link is in the podcast description as 12 00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:02,159 well as the YouTube description. All of our socials also win the podcast and 13 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:06,239 YouTube description descriptions as well, So please check us out there. And now 14 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:10,760 we can dive into this question, the one I'm really sorting hanging on lately. 15 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,040 What is Colin Sexton worth? Is he underrated? How much is he 16 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:18,400 worth to the Cavaliers. What is going to be the end result of restricted 17 00:01:18,439 --> 00:01:23,640 free agency for him? I feel like we Look, he's coming back from 18 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,840 a torn meniscus in his left knee, had surgery on that. If you're 19 00:01:26,879 --> 00:01:30,719 the Calves, I get being concerned about where he fits into your team. 20 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:34,159 You have Karis Lavert. You also saw that you really did miss the type 21 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:38,120 of offense that he brings during the playoffs. And so I'm puzzled by that 22 00:01:38,159 --> 00:01:42,319 report from Chris Pador. They've essentially offered a three year, forty million dollars 23 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,760 deal. I don't know if that is more indicative of how they view his 24 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,480 fit, how they view him, just value his value as a player overall. 25 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,560 Is it hedging against the injury. If he's going to sign for that 26 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,799 little, he shoul apply, try and get it to be shorter one plus 27 00:01:57,799 --> 00:02:01,799 one or two plus one, hit free agency again after rebooting his value. 28 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,200 We're talking about someone who just missed most of his age twenty three season. 29 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,960 He's not old by any stretch. Maybe even just sign your qualifying offer at 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,919 this point and bet on yourself. There's still time. There's the Pacers, 31 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:16,639 the Spurs, they have cap space. They could throw him an offer sheet. 32 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:21,319 You could also work out sign and trades base. Your compensation makes it 33 00:02:21,319 --> 00:02:25,919 difficult. It's not impossible. But the central focus here is should is Sexton 34 00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:29,960 getting a raw deal? Yeah? I know you can say that the market 35 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,680 is whatever your market value is, whatever the actual markets willing to pay for 36 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:37,599 you. Okay, fine, and cap space dried up relatively quickly because they 37 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:42,400 didn't even really exist around free free agency. This summer business is being held 38 00:02:42,439 --> 00:02:45,599 up by the Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell stuff. If the Spurs or Pacers 39 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:47,159 were going to get in on the Sexton sweep stakes, you have to imagine 40 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:51,680 that they would do so now. But it also probably speaks to how valuable 41 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:54,639 Colin Sexton is to the Cavaliers that we haven't heard a bunch of sign and 42 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:00,840 trade talks like the Calves not being open to that. Maybe they are more 43 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:04,159 open to it, but they're probably not because Karris Lavert, he's a free 44 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:07,039 agent after next year extension knowledgeable right now, and Sexton is important to the 45 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,080 team. And so you look at the criticisms of him, and I've listened 46 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,719 to some read some people are quick to say that he just can't be a 47 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,240 league guard. Okay, fucking fine. The Calves need him to be a 48 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:22,240 league guard. They never have really, but they certainly don't need him to 49 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:24,680 be one. Now, Darius Farland's there. They brought Ricky Rubio back, 50 00:03:24,719 --> 00:03:29,000 and you also have the on ball skills of Evan Mobley to plumb as well. 51 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,599 You can look at Sexton's defense and say, okay, fine, like 52 00:03:31,759 --> 00:03:35,879 it could be better. He's made places away from the ball, and I 53 00:03:35,879 --> 00:03:38,400 think he could still probably be a pretty good on defender on ball defender, 54 00:03:38,439 --> 00:03:43,560 even though he is on the smaller side. I'm looking at his offense and 55 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:49,840 Zeklo has phrased it thus Lee he might be the most undervalued or disrespected twenty 56 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,439 four points per game score in NBA history. I don't think that's hyperbole. 57 00:03:53,719 --> 00:03:57,039 And so when you go back too, and you could throw a lot of 58 00:03:57,039 --> 00:03:59,599 what happened in twenty one twenty two out of the equation. But when you 59 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:02,759 go back look at his twenty twenty twenty one season, in which he played 60 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:05,719 sixty games, a good amount of seventy two. Yeah, that's fine. 61 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,479 He averaged over twenty four points, averaged just over four assist per game, 62 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:15,960 and then shot fifty plus percent on twos and thirty seven plus percent on threes. 63 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:19,959 Here is the list of every single player to meet those benchmarks for an 64 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:27,120 entire season before they turned twenty five, Jason Tatum in twenty twenty two and 65 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,000 twenty one. Also, ironically, Trey did it this past year. Kevin 66 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:34,199 Durant did it in twenty twelve, twenty thirteen, Kyrie Irving did it in 67 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:40,040 twenty sixteen, seventeen. That is it. That is the entire fucking list, 68 00:04:40,399 --> 00:04:43,439 and Sexon and Tatum were the two youngest players in league history to do 69 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,240 it. I know the era is different when you look at the pace or 70 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,199 when you look at the three ball. The names I've just rattled off, 71 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:53,160 though they've all been since two thy twelve, two thousand and thirteen, We're 72 00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:57,199 not like defying eras here. I'm not saying he's on the level as any 73 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,319 of those players. Every single one of the players I just listen is a 74 00:05:00,319 --> 00:05:03,639 better passer than Colin Sexton. Ironically, Joe Johnson did it in his age 75 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,319 twenty five season, so he just missed the cut. He's not a better 76 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:11,199 passer than Colin Sexton. I do think, and I want to start with 77 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:16,240 the passing. I do think like the passing qualms are overblown. There's tunnel 78 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,879 vision on drives. I get it. He's not gonna throw these super complicated 79 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:26,319 passes. But I think he's gotten a lot better at the kickouts on drives, 80 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:30,160 and yeah, they're the frequency of those isn't necessarily up, but the 81 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,879 quality of those passes when he's finding three point shooters and you look at some 82 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,560 of the Cavaliers is most common three point shooters in twenty twenty one, Kevin 83 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:43,279 Durant, Darius Garland, Torian Prince that season, Like these are all guys 84 00:05:43,319 --> 00:05:47,000 that shot better than forty percent from three off passes from Colin Sexton. Dean 85 00:05:47,079 --> 00:05:51,759 Wade actually led the team in three point attempts off of Sexton passes that year, 86 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:56,360 shot thirty seven point five percent on them. And yes, some of 87 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,240 the average I think has been when you look at that was dragged down just 88 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,399 by like Jetty has been having a ship show of a shooting season then, 89 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:05,360 and the Nacho Coro still sort of figuring it out. This is someone who 90 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:13,279 causes defenses to react on drives and passing. It's not the central part of 91 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,920 his game. I need to re embasize that it doesn't need to be. 92 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,199 He can be a secondary creator who is throwing the more than occasional kickout or 93 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,959 even just drop off, and I think, you know he has. We 94 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,319 haven't seen a ton of it just yet, but I feel like he can 95 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,920 have really good two man chemistry with Jared Allen, and we've even sort of 96 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,839 seen like the shuffle passes with him and Rubio on the court together. I 97 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:39,920 look at his scoring, though, that is an actual, like really important 98 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,399 commodity, and he's not the front scratch scorer who's gonna fire up these off 99 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:47,920 the dribble jumpers and be super efficient. You can look at his pull up 100 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:51,959 percentages over the course of his career, they have not been great. In 101 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,519 his rookie season, he hit thirty seven point four percent of his off the 102 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,959 dribble threes, very little volume there though. He has never had an effective 103 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:05,959 field goal percentage on pull up jumpers higher than forty five. His career highs 104 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:11,800 forty four point eight twenty nineteen twenty came close to matching that in twenty twenty 105 00:07:11,839 --> 00:07:15,319 twenty one. That's like he's had moments where he's hitting those in between twos 106 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,399 on those off the dribble jumpers, but you're not counting on him to do 107 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:23,839 the you know, the James Harden step back the Jayson Tatum escape dribble three. 108 00:07:23,839 --> 00:07:26,519 Even what Trey Young is able to do off the dribble, that's also 109 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:30,480 fine. He scores by himself in other ways, which says nothing of how 110 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,920 valuable he is as someone who just fits in to the larger context of your 111 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:38,560 offense. And again, I'm willing to throw a lot of what we saw 112 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,839 in twenty twenty twenty two out of the equation new teammates around him, and 113 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,639 it was an eleven game sample size, So I don't know how much to 114 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,800 read into that, or excuse me, I do know, and it's just 115 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,759 I'm not going to read much into it. But when he gets going downhill, 116 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:57,480 he has like a bunch of just different moves he can use to counter 117 00:07:57,639 --> 00:08:00,959 what the defenses are giving him. He's gotten really good at like going right 118 00:08:01,079 --> 00:08:05,040 and then going back to his left. He is getting really good at passing 119 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,079 guys by off of screens and finishing around the basket. We have seen his 120 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,480 rim frequency go up over the past three years. He's been in the eighty 121 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:16,879 third percent tile or better in each of the past three seasons, including this 122 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,639 last one. The caveat there when it comes to the volume of his field 123 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:22,720 goal attempts that are coming at the Rim, and then in each of the 124 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:26,079 past two years there was that major jump he shot sixty plus percent at the 125 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,000 Rim. In twenty twenty one he had another jump. He was shooting thirty 126 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,360 eight fifty three at the Rim this year, which is seventy two percent before 127 00:08:33,399 --> 00:08:37,600 he was injured. They're real finishing there. Some of them are tough finishes, 128 00:08:37,639 --> 00:08:39,120 but I think he has more speed than people give him credit for in 129 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:43,919 general, And mind you, a lot of this was coming with sub optimal 130 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,519 spacing for the Calves just in general. Like, yeah, there were certain 131 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:50,120 lineups where it really worked, but I also like that he did and this 132 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:54,799 speaks to I think why he can be so valuable. There's more plugin playness 133 00:08:54,879 --> 00:08:58,320 to his offense, and there's the shooting, which I mean, I'll get 134 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:03,519 to in a midt, but I saw a little bit more in the minutes 135 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:05,919 that he logged with Ricky Rubio, where the Calves are having him set screens 136 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,519 away from the ball for him to come up and then have a ball screen 137 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,120 set for him, and he's able to go into these quicker actions and attack 138 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:18,080 and Colin Sexton going downhill matters. His drives have been supremely high volume since 139 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,440 his rookie season. Really, you look at his efficiency on them, they 140 00:09:20,919 --> 00:09:24,919 were not super high to start off. But this is what he's shooting on 141 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:28,039 drives the past three seasons, including last year, forty seven point six percent, 142 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:33,840 forty seven point three percent, and fifty percent. That's like, yeah, 143 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,600 his past percentage has peaked around the thirty four to thirty five percent area. 144 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,840 That's actually not bad passing on one third of year drives. His assist 145 00:09:41,879 --> 00:09:45,919 percentage was always on the lower end. I think that probably speaks more. 146 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,200 Yes, there's tunnel vision, but we also need to look at the quality 147 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,879 of talent around him. Last year he turned the ball over a bunch of 148 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:54,600 those situations. Again in eleven game sample size. Colin Sesson going downhill is 149 00:09:54,600 --> 00:10:00,279 absolutely a threat, and he even has like sort of this little floatoresque game 150 00:10:00,519 --> 00:10:03,879 too, And that's more where he can get it off, you know, 151 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:07,639 whether he's coming from the side angle or he's going dead on at the basket. 152 00:10:07,879 --> 00:10:09,759 He can get it off over taller guys to fight his size, and 153 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,360 so that's been a big part of his scoring development too. And there's just 154 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,879 a shiftingness to him once he gets in the lane, I think the past, 155 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,559 even last year when he struggled, but looking back at twenty twenty one, 156 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,600 he's done a much better job of just not picking up his dribble or 157 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,399 bailing out too early. And that's open to other decisions a lot of times 158 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:31,360 for him as a score but also as a passer. If that's your second 159 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,559 or third best playmaker on the team, what is the problem. There is 160 00:10:35,639 --> 00:10:39,039 value there, and then I'm just gonna go like this shooting is it's monstrous 161 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:43,440 is the word to use for it. Here's what he's shooting on catch and 162 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:48,519 shoot threes for his career forty four point three percent as a rookie, forty 163 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,879 two point one percent as a sophomore, forty point three percent in twenty twenty 164 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:56,360 twenty one. Then he was down to twenty three point three percent last season 165 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,440 again eleven games. I am very much of the mind that you have that 166 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,200 number is going to come up, Like, twenty three point three percent can't 167 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:07,960 be the norm when you're basically at forty two percent or a little bit higher 168 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,919 on catch and shoot threes for your career before that last season again in lea 169 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:15,679 up the eleven games, when you look at his catch and shoot touch in 170 00:11:15,759 --> 00:11:20,120 general. The only time he in effective field goal percentage below sixty on those 171 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:24,639 looks. That is so valuable when you're one on a team that still isn't 172 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:28,360 chock full of great shooters or floor spacers in general. And then two, 173 00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:33,720 you want people who can play off of Caris Lavit now, Darius Garland, 174 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:35,799 Ricky Rubio. That's why it makes so much sense to have Sexton come off 175 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:41,039 the bench next to Rubyo is they can play in tandem. Since Sexton's offensive 176 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:46,480 game is more malleable, he might not have that same captaincy or oversight of 177 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,639 the offense as a Darius Garland, as a Ricky Rubio. You might even 178 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,600 prefer Carris Lavert as a passer. That's fine, but he does so many 179 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,159 other things well on the offensive end, even independent of him being just this 180 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,759 if he unspectacular pull up shooter, and again when you pick the floaters into 181 00:12:01,799 --> 00:12:05,679 that and some of his short mid rangers, like, there's something to plumb 182 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:09,960 there. He's just not the traditional escape dribble, complicated handle three point shooter. 183 00:12:11,399 --> 00:12:13,600 That's fine. We don't need all of these guys to be that. 184 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,799 So, you know, are you concerned about his decision making out of the 185 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:20,120 pick and roll, Like, that's fine if you need to slow down your 186 00:12:20,159 --> 00:12:24,519 offense and he's the one that's always going to be running it. He turned 187 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:26,159 the ball over on twenty three point four percent of his pick and rolls last 188 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:30,679 season. That was a career worst mark against sample size is just so small. 189 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,080 Do you need to care? He's never been super efficient scoring out of 190 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,600 the pick and roll. Career high effect the field goal percentage out of pick 191 00:12:37,639 --> 00:12:41,200 and rolls was three seven point six came last year in twenty twenty one. 192 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:46,159 That's like, like, yes, he's an average to below average pick and 193 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,759 role player, that's not the end of the world when he is again not 194 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,720 the one a for your offense. And this is someone who in the past 195 00:12:54,759 --> 00:12:58,000 two years, like he's done a great job upping his shooting foul percentage. 196 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:01,159 It's above twelve in each of the last two years twelve percent. And just 197 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,279 to contextualize that per creating the glass relative to his position, he's ranked in 198 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,039 the eighty six percent tile or better of shooting foul frequency. Last year, 199 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,200 we saw his free throw shooting really drop off. I think it was in 200 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:15,279 the low seventies. That was a little bit weird. There's value there too, 201 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,039 So this isn't someone who was just still bailing out too early, not 202 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,360 passing at all and not getting other opportunities at the foul line relative to the 203 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,840 role that he's playing. He's actually getting there quite frequently, and he's upped 204 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:30,519 his rim frequency progressively, sort of hovered like, yeah, there might have 205 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,120 been a medium, but the finishing the past two years, including last season, 206 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:37,120 was a lot better. So why wouldn't you want him on your team? 207 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:43,360 And the injury it matters. But if you're the Calves or constant's worth 208 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:45,600 more to you. That's just my point, just the draft tacks of it. 209 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,600 You could say whatever you want at the market. Right now, I 210 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:50,399 really feel like they're overplaying hand and it could come back to bite them in 211 00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:52,840 the ass. If they don't budge they don't want to pay the luxury tax 212 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,879 this season, we'll get it. Like that's just stupid in itself. Dan 213 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,919 Gilbert is the second richest owner in the NBA. He's also the second richest 214 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,200 owner per Forbes in net worth just in professional sports, by the way, 215 00:14:03,279 --> 00:14:07,320 at over thirty billion dollars. So I'm not gonna cry for him and a 216 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:13,120 prospective luxury tax bill, especially when oh, you know they did use the 217 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:16,720 mini mL E I guess to bring back Ricky Rubio. They were within close 218 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,879 enough to the apron where you probably could have thought about using the entire mL 219 00:14:18,919 --> 00:14:22,200 E. And you want to Rubio back to get it. Could you've gotten 220 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,919 a better player? Digressing here very hard. You can make other moves to 221 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:30,120 get out of the tax and con Sexton, to me, is worth that 222 00:14:30,879 --> 00:14:33,519 you're not, Like, yes, Alan Love is even sort of entrenched salary 223 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:37,039 so high. I think Jetty Osman is important to your shooting, to your 224 00:14:37,039 --> 00:14:41,080 floor spacing. If you're that concerned about the tax, can you find someone 225 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:45,679 to take him and save let's say five million of a seven point four million 226 00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:50,440 dollars salary and then make up the difference with like in the Sexton salary, 227 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:54,120 like even you know, forty over three years, we're talking about an average 228 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:58,919 annual value of like thirteen and change, so like bringing that up past fifteen, 229 00:15:00,159 --> 00:15:03,240 I think he's worth that, even coming off the injury. If this 230 00:15:03,399 --> 00:15:07,360 is something they know more about his vitals then we do. Sure, I 231 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,639 guess you can play your hand this way. But Colin Sexton probably had twenty 232 00:15:11,799 --> 00:15:13,240 million. I can say with like a fair amount of certainty, probably had 233 00:15:13,279 --> 00:15:16,480 twenty million dollars or close to it per year on the table for him and 234 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:20,600 extend talks him. Turning it down proves to be a mistake. Like if 235 00:15:20,639 --> 00:15:22,720 you're the Calves, this is someone who even if it's like Dylan Windler, 236 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:26,480 can you find someone to take on his four million dollars salary? Like this 237 00:15:26,679 --> 00:15:28,840 is someone who's actually worth taking room for on your roster to pay more. 238 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,799 And you don't also know what's going to happen with Karros Lavert just sort of 239 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,879 roll dice here and either would have sect In Sciences qualifying offer or you signed 240 00:15:35,879 --> 00:15:39,559 a short term deal where he gets three agency and twenty three or twenty four 241 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,000 and then you risk losing him there. You might be compelled to extend Lavert 242 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:46,639 on a deal that you're not so comfortable with because you need another creator here. 243 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,279 We saw it with them later in the season in the playing games, 244 00:15:50,519 --> 00:15:54,759 like they need Colin Secton. He is not the traditional self creator. If 245 00:15:54,759 --> 00:15:58,000 you're looking for guys who are going to get into the lane, guys are 246 00:15:58,039 --> 00:16:00,799 going to hit those off the rible jumpers in the lane or from beyond the 247 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:06,120 arc, but he puts pressure, consistent, real pressure on defenses. He's 248 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:10,080 actually a quality finisher. And if he's an average passer, fine, he's 249 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:12,759 he doesn't need to be your player there. And so I really am I 250 00:16:12,799 --> 00:16:18,360 guess I'm not floored. It's it's it's the Calves with Dan Gilbert, and 251 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,279 they do have quite a bit through their credit, like wrapped up in Allen 252 00:16:21,919 --> 00:16:23,240 and look, I think Gilbert has paid players in the past, but we've 253 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:26,159 also seen like extensions really drag out when you go back, HARKing back to 254 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:30,039 Tristan Thompson with Lebron and so this isn't like Calve's gonna Calve situation here. 255 00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:34,679 I just feel like they're misplaying the hand. I would pay, like even 256 00:16:34,799 --> 00:16:38,039 upping your offer to sixteen, I would pay comfortably. Yes, if you 257 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:41,960 get in the twenty million dollars range now coming off the injury, I get 258 00:16:41,039 --> 00:16:44,799 it. And now you've paid Garland, you've paid Allan, You're gonna have 259 00:16:44,799 --> 00:16:47,480 to pay Mobile. You view them as your top three players. I get 260 00:16:47,519 --> 00:16:52,480 that too. Somewhere between sixteen and nineteen for Colin Sexton's seems eminently reasonable. 261 00:16:52,519 --> 00:16:55,960 And if that gets him to sign even a three year deal with no outs. 262 00:16:56,519 --> 00:17:00,480 It's totally worth it, and it doesn't break your bank when you're looking 263 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:03,920 at the salary cap that's rising. And so I think the Calvs should figure 264 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,200 out a way to offer him more and duck the acts. If that's what 265 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,279 they need to do, they should be offering him more. In my opinion, 266 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,480 I am I would also finally wrap up with this. I would just 267 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:15,920 advocate for a team trying to get in here and getting him pace. Your 268 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,039 compensation will be tough for anyone who's not the Pacers or the Spurs. I 269 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:22,880 wouldn't hate it if the Pacers went after context, and I know that they 270 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,000 have Chris Duarte and of course Tyr's Haliburton. You can play exit in Aliburton 271 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,039 together, and if you want to have Duarte at the three have Benedick Mathin 272 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:33,400 as well. Just I would try it, like, especially if it's gonna 273 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,960 cost lower than twenty or in the twenties, Like that's gonna be a movable 274 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,559 contract if you need to do it. And this is someone who is just 275 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,359 I won't say he's a universal fit on offense, but I'll use the word 276 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,720 everybody drink. It's scalable. What he does you put that within any offense 277 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:52,319 almost and he's going to be able to make an impact if you're expecting him 278 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:56,759 to be your primary floor generals, that's on you in the construct of your 279 00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:02,839 team. Efficient actually efficient scores twenty one season. Even if you view it 280 00:18:02,839 --> 00:18:07,079 as an anomaly that list, I would argue does not happen by accident when 281 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:11,759 you're dealing with the volume at which Sexton was playing and shooting. And look, 282 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:15,480 newsflash, he is shooting, including last year. He's now shot over 283 00:18:15,559 --> 00:18:19,359 fifty percent on twos in each of the past three seasons, and he is 284 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:23,759 a career thirty seven point percent three point shooter. Last year's average is dragging 285 00:18:23,839 --> 00:18:27,359 him down at twenty four point four percent. He has never averaged fewer than 286 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,960 sixteen points a game. Sometimes you need someone who can get buckets and be 287 00:18:32,039 --> 00:18:34,200 your tertiary creator. That is Colin Sexton. And this is not, you 288 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:38,039 know, an aging Jamal Crawford or Lou Williams situation. He is bringing more 289 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,200 value than those guys. You don't even need to equate him to a Jordan 290 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:45,480 Clarkson who's had sort of a career renaissance. Maybe he's a little bit friskier 291 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:48,200 off the dribble gives you less rim pressure, nowhere near as good of a 292 00:18:48,279 --> 00:18:52,319 passer. So I don't understand why the Calves are messing around. If I'm 293 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:53,640 the Pacers, I would look at it. If I'm the Mavericks, is 294 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:57,119 there a trade package I can offer that's gonna get Cleveland to bite a base. 295 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:02,599 Your compensation makes it tough, as does their unwillingness apparently to go into 296 00:19:02,599 --> 00:19:06,680 the tax I'm like, I wouldn't even hate Sexton in Toronto. Their salary 297 00:19:06,759 --> 00:19:11,279 matching is tough there. Now, you look at a team like the other 298 00:19:11,319 --> 00:19:14,720 one that's braying to mind for me would be Orlando, Like that's someone they 299 00:19:14,759 --> 00:19:18,119 could use with sugs and back Carrow there like, I don't know that Faults 300 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:22,480 or Hampton, like that's just it's just iffy. You're you don't need Sexton 301 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:25,680 to be your primary playmaker, but he's also probably a better playmaker than than 302 00:19:25,799 --> 00:19:27,319 Hampton at this point, and you have faults, Like I said, it's 303 00:19:27,319 --> 00:19:32,160 a very good pastor now even when Wilcarter Junior thanks Carroll's passing is gonna be 304 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,720 absurd. That's a team. Can you get involved with the sign and trade? 305 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,720 I believe Gary Harris can be immediately traded. And if I'm wrong, 306 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:41,240 you build stuff around Pence Ross. If not build stuff around the two of 307 00:19:41,319 --> 00:19:44,640 them, someone go out there and pay Colin Sexton, because I'm not saying 308 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,039 this is someone who needs to get a MAX. Just some team pay him 309 00:19:48,279 --> 00:19:52,200 what he's actually worth, which is a lot more to me than borderline mid level exception