Our 2013 Free Agency

[HornetGuru]

Who would u like to see us sign along with who u would like to draft for our team next year?

PG:
Cp3
Brandon Jennings
Tyreke Evans
Kyle Lowry
Rodney stuckey
Jeff Teague
Darren Collison
Devin Harris
DJ Augustine
Rodrigue Beaubois
Will Bynum
Patty Mills
Scott Machado

SG:
Iggy
Monta Ellis
JR Smith
Ronnie Brewer
JJ Redrick
Brandon Rush
Nick Young
Manu
OJ Mayo
Ray Allen
Kevin Martin
Randy Foye
Shannon Brown
Gerald Henderson

SF:
Dorrell Wright
Chandler Parson
Chase Budinger
CJ Miles
Paul Pierce
Kierilinko

PF:
Josh Smith
David West
Paul Millsap
Carl Landry
Odom
JJ Hickson
Marese Speights
Andray Blatche

C:
Dwight
Bynum
Al Jefferson
Nikola Pekovic
Dalembert
Mozgov
Thabeet
Ekpe Udoh
Greg Steisma
Joel Pryzbilla

My idea of the 2 best scenarios:
Sign Bynum, draft shabazz muhamad or otto porter
also sign foye

Vasques/Rivers
Gordon/foye
Shabazz/Miller
Unibrow/Ryno
Bynum/Robin

Idea 2:
Sign Budinger and trade our 2013 pick and cash for Cousins
sign foye

Vasques/Rivers
Gordon/Foye
Budinger/Miller
Unibrow/Ryno
Cousins/Lopez

[Pantazis76]

Why would you want to sign Bynum.. his almost as bad as ej
......
I just Say sign Josh Smith at SF to replace aminu and build role players around that.

[AD23]

Iggy, Parsons, Jennings, Lowry, or Pekovic would be nice

[bojangles837]

iggy and draft a center

[AD23forMVP]

CP3, Jennings, Teague

Smith, Redick, Rush, Foye

Smith, Parsons, Budinger

Pekovic, Udoh

[Eman5805]

Doesn't Iggy have a player option to get paid like $16 mil?

[Tinman]

Rodney Stuckey is muddled behind Singler for some reason in Detroit ! Oh, btw>> he is a #2, not a point guard ! Perfect fit behind Gordon ! Trade Vazquez, Realease Aminu, Mason & Henry sign CP3, rotate Roberts and Rivers at PG & SG ! Roberts can actually be a suitable 2 ! Great shooter and can create off the ball open shots ! Sign Milsap (Good mid-range shooter & GREAT rebounder) !
CP3/Roberts/Rivers
Gordon/Stuckey/Roberts/Rivers
Lopez/Smith
AD/Anderson/Thomas
Milsap/Anderson/Miller

CP3-Gordon-AD-Milsap-Lopez--------Anderson--Stuckey--Smith--Roberts/Rivers is a NICE 9 man rotation !

[Tinman]

Rodney Stuckey is muddled behind Singler for some reason in Detroit ! Oh, btw>> he is a #2, not a point guard ! Perfect fit behind Gordon ! Trade Vazquez, Realease Aminu, Mason & Henry sign CP3, rotate Roberts and Rivers at PG & SG ! Roberts can actually be a suitable 2 ! Great shooter and can create off the ball open shots ! Sign Milsap (Good mid-range shooter & GREAT rebounder) !
CP3/Roberts/Rivers
Gordon/Stuckey/Roberts/Rivers
Lopez/Smith
AD/Anderson/Thomas
Milsap/Anderson/Miller

CP3-Gordon-AD-Milsap-Lopez--------Anderson--Stuckey--Smith--Roberts/Rivers is a NICE 9 man rotation !

If CP3 likes LOB CITY with BLAKE, I will venture to say that AD would suit CP just fine ! Would be IRONY to Have EGO & CP on same team after being traded for each other ! I know its far fetched(CP coming back), But he would be the perfect Floor General for this young team !

[iNolaNightmare]

iggy and draft a center

Yup. And let Mason walk and get Tony Allen.

[BP225]

Doesn't Iggy have a player option to get paid like $16 mil?

Yeah, but he's a max level FA, so he'll opt out, and get more than $16 million per year for 4 years.

[MichaelMcNamara]

Sign and trade for Brandon Jennings (give up Vasquez and future 1st), trade Lopez for a mid to late 1st rounder, let Aminu walk and sign Corey Brewer or Chase Budinger, draft Alex Len with our pick and CJ Wilcox with the pick in the 20's

Jennings/Rivers/Roberts
Gordon/Wilcox
Brewer/Miller
Anderson/Smith/Thomas
Davis/Len

[Eman5805]

Sign and trade for Brandon Jennings (give up Vasquez and future 1st), trade Lopez for a mid to late 1st rounder, let Aminu walk and sign Corey Brewer or Chase Budinger, draft Alex Len with our pick and CJ Wilcox with the pick in the 20's

Jennings/Rivers/Roberts
Gordon/Wilcox
Brewer/Miller
Anderson/Smith/Thomas
Davis/Len

Dear God, yes please.

We can trade for Jennings now, in fact.

[BP225]

Gordon/Wilcox

You do believe. It's a Christmas Miracle!

[Tinman]

Wheres the BIG ? Are you penciling AD as our starting 5 ? He will get clobbered against legit 5's ! Corey Brewer ?????? WHY !? Hes 6'9", 190 ! Averages 2.5 rpg, shoots below 70% ft's ! If Monty wants ANY defense>> He a'int it ! Yo have a 220lb center (AD), a high post #4 (ryno) and a 190 lb. #3 !!! Who in the world are we gonna stop UNDER THE BASKET !?

[AD23forMVP]

Not a fan of Brewer, rather go after Budinger.

[Emilio]

Find a team stupid enough to take Gordon without sending bad contracts back.

Sing Jefferson or Millsap because I would like to keep Anderson as a 6th man.

[Eman5805]

Wheres the BIG ? Are you penciling AD as our starting 5 ? He will get clobbered against legit 5's ! Corey Brewer ?????? WHY !? Hes 6'9", 190 ! Averages 2.5 rpg, shoots below 70% ft's ! If Monty wants ANY defense>> He a'int it ! Yo have a 220lb center (AD), a high post #4 (ryno) and a 190 lb. #3 !!! Who in the world are we gonna stop UNDER THE BASKET !?

I don't care about any of that. Give me Jennings and we'll figure the rest out.

[Pelicans_fan_504]

I like Jennings and Parsons. Get them two and draft Nerlens

[MichaelMcNamara]

Wheres the BIG ? Are you penciling AD as our starting 5 ? He will get clobbered against legit 5's ! Corey Brewer ?????? WHY !? Hes 6'9", 190 ! Averages 2.5 rpg, shoots below 70% ft's ! If Monty wants ANY defense>> He a'int it ! Yo have a 220lb center (AD), a high post #4 (ryno) and a 190 lb. #3 !!! Who in the world are we gonna stop UNDER THE BASKET !?

Appreciate all the question marks. Answers, as I see them are very simple.

This league is going more and more to what we saw in Lakers/Heat Finals. The Thunders best lineup and their end of game lineup is Durant at the 4 and Ibaka at the 5. Lebron at the 4, Bosh at the 5 for Heat. Celtics put KG at the 5, and on and on- that is the way NBA is heading.

Lopez is great in the regular season, but I only think big picture. Can this guy succeed in the playoffs when he is playing against an elite team that knows his tendencies and weaknesses every night? I say no to that question w/ Lopez. Alex Len is a 7 foot 1 center that has fantastic agility, will be able to play in the pick and roll on both ends. And while Davis is not a center now, he is bigger than Dwight Howard was at the same age and has broad shoulders. He will be at least as big as Howard is now, if not bigger, and nobody questions whether or not Howard is a true center.

As for Brewer over Aminu, I summed it up in this week's piece- feel free to read. Bottom line, he is a better defender and can swing over to the 2 if needed. Aminu can swing to the 4, a position we are already stacked at. Budinger would be choice 1B

http://www.hornets247.com/2012/12/01...ing-defensive/

[Tinman]

dat a boy ! Lets play D'antoniBall ! Jennings is a savior ! If this is a JOKE that you are telling ? If so >> it's funny ! If you are Serious, well, its still funny ! Just a bit scary that not having any Defense doesnt concern you .

[AD23forMVP]

Where's the big? Are you penciling in AD as our starting 5? He will get clobbered against legit 5's! Corey Brewer? Why? He's 6'9", 190! Averages 2.5 rpg, shoots below 70% ft's. If Monty wants any defense, he isn't it. You have a 220lb center (AD), a high post 4 (Ryno) and a 190 lb 3. Who in the world are we going to stop under the basket?

Well, lets start with the obvious. How many legit centers are in the NBA? You can count that on one hand and still have fingers left over.

Also, AD won't be 220 his entire career. Players get bigger, believe it or not. Look at Jason Smith:

[hornetstime247]

Pekovic/Jefferson
Parsons
Jennings

Sign 2 of those guys + lottery pick and we are set.

[Tinman]

I respect your opinion, But Howard was 1 1/2 inches taller than Davis ! He was also 6'10" as a soph in High School and was already playing the Center position . I wouldnt compare anyone to being better than Aminu . Aminu is not very good . If he is a benchmark as to who we are gunning for, we are in trouble . MW wants defense, Brewer will not rebound and will be pushed around . If Gordon stays, Brewer will never play the #2 . Len is a BIG TIME project . Wont be ready for years. & 7'1" 225 . hes 20 years old and has to put on at least 35 lbs at 7'1" . To have a College developmental project try to learn behind a 6'10" 220 lb. natural #4 doesnt seem fruitful . I am all for tall, lean and athletic POST and BASELINES, but not when there combined weight is 620lbs & your tallest player is 6'10" (and very YOUNG) . Its not the concept i disagree with. Its the player choice . Brewer is an average player at best and not a starter on a team that wants to be playoff caliber . Lopez is also young and still learning, but he is already 260lbs. He is finally healthy after two years of moderate knee injuries in phx. If you want to start AD at center, OK, but Lopez should be the back-up and Smith can move back to his natural stretch 4 position .

[Tinman]

Howard 6'11" (270)--Duncan 7'0(270)--Cousins6'11"1/2 (265)---Asik 7'1" (255)---Al Jefferson 6'10"1/2 (290)--Leonard 7'0(275)---Pekovic6"11" (290)---Koufos 6'11"(265)&Mcgee 7'0 (255) M.Gasol 7'1" (280)--Kaman 6'11" (268)---Jordan 6'11"(265) ---Dalembert 6'11" (250) Drummond 7'1" (285)& Monroe 6'11" (255)---Hibbert 7'2"(280)---Varejao 6'11" (258)---Bynum 7'1" (285)---Chandler 7'1" (265)--B. Lopez 7'0 (265) Sorry, I could only come up with 20 TRUE 5's

[Tinman]

Well, lets start with the obvious. How many legit centers are in the NBA? You can count that on one hand and still have fingers left over.

Also, AD won't be 220 his entire career. Players get bigger, believe it or not. Look at Jason Smith:

My hand has 20 fingers !