There are multiple ways to be lethal.
Teams like Miami and OKC don't have a Dwight Howard and seem to do just fine. What's with the obsession with traditional roles? The NBA is evolving and its about time we jump aboard.
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Let's not forget that AD and Igloo had a good friendship in the Olympics. They had a connection from the start since they were both natives of Chicago. I think this could help in recruiting him to come here.
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Yes please bring iggy in. Thatd be amazing
Iggy is the guy we really want. Could dump Aminu like a hot potato. Let him guard and eliminate all comers.
I disagree. I dont think we need him to shoot well. Davis, Ryno, Gordon and GV should be enough.The big thing is he can play 3 positions. As I mentioned before on this site, think of the rotations with Lopez, Davis, Anderson, and the two Smiths. Looking at this team, we dont have a guy who can mix it up on the inside for RB's. Josh brings that. Too many times we are losing the inside battle for boards to average rebounders. Plus josh is a good defender. He can gaurd 3's 4's and 5's.
Give me Iggy or Jennings and i'll be thrilled. Draft Zeller or Gorbert. I don't get the fascination with Len honestly, I like Gorbert much more as a prospect.
Isn't Iguodala too old to be part of a core in a rebuilding team? I think when Davis reaches the level where he can make us contenders, Iguodala will be already in decline. Besides, what type of contract will he command?
We need help on pg and sf position. Sign collision and c. parsons to a four year deal each and the team is set to contend for a long while. We need young players with low salaries that can produce now.
http://youtu.be/FXSgw_epvDc
He is a very raw player, but to say he's not a basketball player is wrong. If nothing else he can block shots and rebound all day. For a guy with his size and length he can move up and down the court. He just needs to put on a good bit of muscle and work on his post game, which basically doesn't exist yet. But he has more potential than probably anyone in this draft. The idea of him and AD playing next to each other is incredible. If they both did reach their full potential your looking at maybe the best frontcourt ever, not just in the league today.
Well I've watched him a few times this year and I wasn't impressed, but he does obviously have a ton of potential. I just don't want a new Hilton Armstrong =)
Give me Pek next to Davis and im goood
Not true. Look at Hasheem Thabeet. That guy is halfway out of the league, and he was the #2 overall pick a few years ago.
Gorbert is going to get bullied left and right in the post. The NBA post game is a man's game. This dude needs to put on 40-50 lbs to compete down there.
Jennings should be our #1 FA target, followed by Iggy, and then (if we don't get Iggy) a Brewer, Budinger, or Parsons.
Ben McLemore is a name I've seen rising in the last few weeks. What do you guys think about possibly drafting him? He can gives us an explosive 6th man off the bench and has the size/skill to play the 3 if need be.
What kind of contract would Jennings get? Also pekovic too
I think Gobert could be the second coming of Shawn Bradley who had a good number of productive seasons in the NBA.
I haven't seen much of McLemore but from what I read he doesn't really impress me. Chad Ford says he is a Brandon Rush clone, who I like, but I don't want to be picking a role player in the top 10 (where I expect to be picking this year). Perhaps my mind changes of him when I see something besides some high school highlights, but for now, he's just a role player.
Considering the lack of quality PG prospects this year, I think SF has to absolutely be our target. There are 3 guys that I think can be starting SF's in the NBA - Muhammad, Poythress, and Porter. Muhammad is my top prospect in the country, but Poythress is not too far behind and is catching up.
I haven't watched Muhammad play yet, but his stats are mediocre right now, and his advanced metrics aren't much better. How does he look on the court?
Porter doesn't impress me. Shabazz will be long gone. I can get behind Poythress but I'm not too big on drafting tweeners with limited range. I think McLemore has a much higher ceiling than Rush, but the safer pick would be any one of the upper tier big man prospects, like Len.
Marcus Smart anyone? Not really a traditional point, but he's been incredible this year. Has the body and athleticism for the League and he does everything on the court.
Jennings is actually looking like poor-mans CP3 right about now. I'd make him the focus for sure.
Keep Davis at PF, keep Ryno as 6th man. Sure up the C pos with Pek if possible. Draft a SF or trade Vasquez and 2014 pick for one.
Jennings / Rivers
Gordon / Henry
whoever / Miller
AD / Ryno
Pekovic / Lopez
Sign me up.
Like him a lot, but he is a 6'4 combo guard. Where would he play here? I mean, if we could flip Vasquez, Lopez, + our 2014 1st round pick for a legit starting SF, then maybe we could rotate Gordon, Rivers, and Smart between the 1 and 2 positions... That's a little idea I've had for a while now. Get 3 talented combo guards, and rotate them throughout the game.
I still think gordon could be a pg. at least there's nobody currently on our roster i would rather have running the pick and roll. i like that idea, have two combo guards out there that can both run the pick and roll and both catch and shoot. can't ask one player to dribble the ball whole time, the whole regular season, that's extremely tiring. That's why we used to see cp seem so unaggressive at times during the regular season (he'd have to save it to carry us at the end of games and whole games during the playoffs).
I want a PG that can push the break and defend, that would be amazing.
I wonder if they'd have interest in Lopez.
I thought the same thing (posted this about 50 min ago):
http://www.pelicansreport.com/showth...=1#post1011230
Bledsoe would be perfect. Great on-ball defender, can run the break, and he is almost as athletic as Westbrook is. The problem is that he can't run the offense much (which is okay with me because I'd rather have Gordon and Rivers running the offense), and his 3-point shooting is average. He has had injury issues in the past with his meniscus also, but he is a perfect match with Monty the way he play defense.
Honestly looking at that, I'm sure it wouldn't work within the cap, but I'd give up Vasquez, Lopez, and Aminu/Henry just to get Bledsoe.
Like Bledsoe as well. No to Iggy. Nice player but we should focus on younger, value free agents or trades. What's going on with Wilson Chandler? Seems like he's getting buried in Denver. Might be nice fit here at SF if Denver wants to deal. Pretty good contract as well, though Demps may not want any longterm deals heading into the offseason.
We already have great BIGS, why not address that Guard and SF positions??? We get all of our points from RyNo, Lopez, Smith and AD already.. our guards and SF are pretty much non factors, we need those
Jeff Teague is another guy I like.
The way our team is with Monty's offense, we NEED a great scorer from the SG and SF positions... Vasquez could remain the starter imo, we just need people around him in the SG and SF positions who can set up their own shot and score off the dribble, if we had that, we'll be winners, we need this as well as a dynamic scorer off the bench, somebody like Barbosa or something to pair with Rivers, Roberts has got to go, Miller is a shooter, RyNo is a shooter, and Smith is a high energy big
You dudes are doing too much
I'm really split on going after another guard. While the FA class has some pretty nice ones, I want to see a somewhat developed Rivers at PG before I make that decision if I'm Demps.
I guess I see what you're saying, I'm just a huge Rivers believer, optimists and I think Dell is as well. It's never bad thing to have too many good players, because in the long run, they can be moved; but that has hurt (not split) some lockerrooms. And it comes to a point where having so many good role players and starters just won't work salary-wise. I don't want a repeat of OKC. Like I said, good problem to have, but it could potentially hurt the fan base and lockerroom.
It's gonna take a good bit of cash to take Iggy from Denver. They just traded for the guy and they haven't been known to be cheap.
I'm actually really happy with Lopez starting at center for us. He's on an amazing contract and he's only 24. He has a PER of 19.8 and scores 1.05 PPP (good for 31st in all of the NBA) only allows 0.72 PPP (good for 37th in the NBA) Yeah, he'll never be a great rebounder, but I believe even right now he's good enough for his contract and that he's worth playing 20 minutes a night (which he would if Davis was healthy) and that his rebounding wouldn't really be that big of a problem next to Davis who I expect to average 10-11 in his prime. To me, our bigs are perfectly fine the way they are and I would put our bigs against any others in the NBA to be honest. And I mean that now and for the next 4 years as well.
I would like us to address SF through the draft. I think there's some good ones that will be available for when we're picking. If we strike out at SF though, then take the BPA and go from there. Perhaps entertain the idea of trading the pick for a young SF prospect somewhere, but SF should definitely be the target in the draft.
As for PG, I would love to be able to do something like Bledsoe/Odom/Green for Gordon if the Clips want to gamble a little. However I don't think we'll be getting Bledsoe so for free agents I think Jennings should be the definite number one target. I think he's better than his numbers suggest. Playing next to Monta Ellis is a horrible fit and I think he'd play better with our pieces. Jeff Teague would also be a very nice consolation prize. He's not a great starter, but I think he's an average starter and considering how good our bigs will be, that's okay.
All of that^
All this is great in theory. Of course we would love to keep our 4 bigs and just add pieces without giving anything up, but that is easier said than done. Nobody wants Gordon, Aminu and Henry have no trade value, and Davis and Anderson are untouchable. That leaves Lopez as the most valuable trade chip IMO. If he has to be a part of a package to get a PG or SF, I do it without hesitation. Dell went and got Gustavo out of nowhere, the team has developed Jason Smith and Lance Thomas into quality basketball players, so I have faith they can find another big to play the 12-15 minutes needed to suppliment our fantastic trio.
And the Clippers trade would have to be something like Lopez and Vasquez for Bledsoe and Odom's expiring, which I would do in a heartbeat
I would feel different about Lopez if we did not already have Davis, Anderson, and Smith. I think he's a solid big, I wouldn't be unhappy if he was still here. But do we really need him? Does he make us better? I see no reason why he couldn't be moved for something that is more valuable to us, then replaced by someone else. Same thing with Greivis, Monty may talk nicely about him but I'm positive he knows that Greivis isn't the future. He's a backup, and backups can be replaced if you look hard enough.