UPDATE: BI Likely to be Traded[Pel's Media expect a big push to move in Ingram in Early August]

donato said
$45m sounds a lot better than a max. Four years at $180m vs. four years at $208m. A difference of $7m per year. If they could get it down to say, $42m I'd say jump on it. With the projected money/cap increase coming in, it will seem like a good contract towards the end.

No, Ingram isn't coming off the bench. Murray as a distributor will provide 3-point looks for Ingram just fine. CJ is a declining 33-year-old in September and can't play defense. He isn't a long-term piece and will possibly/probably be moved next offseason when he is an expiring and we don't have to attach a pick to get rid of him. CJ's cap # off the books will be a big boost when Ingram's extension comes in (if that is what happens).

The problem with Ingram isn't that he doesn't get 3pt looks....the problem is that he kept passing up open 3pt shots last season to dribble into the mid-range which resulted in contested 2pt shots. Check the stats....in his first 2 seasons he shot over 6 attempts a game. In the past 2 seasons he is shooting less than 4 per game and last season he only made 35.5% (compared to CJ who attempted 8.4 a game and made 43%).

Plus I have yet to see anybody who wants BI in the starting lineup address the fit and spacing issues. You can't just focus on BI....you have to look at the entire offense. What do you think the starting lineup should be? Who is/are your offball specialists from long range? Plus who are your ball handlers off the bench?

I love having BI here.....I hope he comes into training camp shooting like he did in year two with us but you can't just assume the outlier season will happen. The facts are that the last 3 seasons as a whole he has been pedestrian at 3 pt attempts and percentage and I saw him pass up open 3s fairly frequently last year.