Sign Thomas Bryant as our Great Value starting 5 for this upcoming season.

[u/DirkaDirkaTeamUSA]

I was listening to Locked On Pelicans and heard Jake Madison make this suggestion. I thought it was an interesting suggestion. 🤔🧐

https://youtu.be/niLA9zYEjak?si=Si8_C6k_89O5iPHL

https://youtu.be/bozZ9YtIOos?si=0mAmpZUulw5nkTpS

[u/TrusttheProcess13]

I honestly don’t think the starting center needs to be anyone special. Just sign two guys that play hard and rebound at this point. If anyone can stretch the floor then great but the options are slim at this point and BI trade doesn’t yield you an awesome big guy rn

[u/rustyspoonman → u/TrusttheProcess13]

I just want a dude that can screen an switch a little. One of rim protection or 3 point shooting would obviously be nice too

[u/TrusttheProcess13 → u/rustyspoonman]

Same I would like that too. I do think Yves will crack the rotation at least a bit during the year but the options at this point are really not great lol

[u/Razor-Ramon-Sessions → u/rustyspoonman]

What you're describing is the actual center we would like lol

All jokes aside we are likely going to end up with a stop gap center until we trade BI

[u/David_Griffin_]

The problem there is that he’s not good

[u/BlackScienceJesus]

Starting Thomas Bryant would be an absolute disaster. He’s unplayable in any serious game.

[u/SquintGrisslefoot → u/BlackScienceJesus]

Why does it matter? We're not running the offense through him and his defense can be made up for by Missi. He's just a placeholder for 20 minutes a game. I think y'all are looking too deep into this. The center position doesn't matter anymore with the current roster

[u/BlackScienceJesus → u/SquintGrisslefoot]

His defense can be made up for by a rookie who went #21 in the worst draft in a decade? Y’all are actually insane. There’s a reason no one wants Thomas Bryant. It’s because he stinks. We would absolutely bleed points with him on the court.

[u/ekayent222]

I'm not against this signing 

[u/BananaPeelSlippers]

He or Theis would be fine.

[u/DirkaDirkaTeamUSA → u/BananaPeelSlippers]

I would take Theis as well. Preferably over T.Bryant. I didn’t even know Theis was a FA.

[u/NotOnHerb05]

Paul Reed. Might get dumped by PHI.

[u/DirkaDirkaTeamUSA → u/NotOnHerb05]

Also, would be a decent addition. 💯

[u/SquintGrisslefoot]

I don't think many ppl in this fanbase understand that the center doesn't matter at this point when the rest of the roster is this stacked. Bryant is a good move because he is an experienced player who can also rebound. That's it. Doesn't matter how good he is

[u/DirkaDirkaTeamUSA → u/SquintGrisslefoot]

Exactly, lol.

[u/jgman22]

Pass

[u/Danishes724]

Thomas Bryant is not a starting level center, or even close. He's like JV but an even worse rebounder, even worse defender, and a similarly inconsistent offensive game. Bryant will give you some good regular season games but is unplayable in the playoffs. At best he should be a 3rd center for depth. No thanks.

[u/ToothEducational7795]

Robert Williams should be the main target imo

[u/predw → u/ToothEducational7795]

What about the other 60 games a year?

[u/Eventide718 → u/predw]

More like 70

[u/ToothEducational7795 → u/predw]

Yeah he has the injury problem but as a player he would fit nice with this team. Injury is a big problem tho. I was thinking of him and Kessler.

[u/_Wado3000 → u/predw]

The pain of the truth of this statement 😭 I want a local boy to hoop down here so bad

[u/Fuzzy-Green-9636]

Nice joke. He's absolutely terrible defender.

[u/DirkaDirkaTeamUSA → u/Fuzzy-Green-9636]

It's not mine. Credit goes to Jake Madison of Locked On Pelicans.

[u/RUJONKING]

I’m sure Jose will love having Thomas Bryant around