We're looking for guards with our MLE

Freeman reports.

Wonder whom we pursue....

Looking back at this thread I started two months ago, I still like Livingston, but if we intend to use full MLE, we're probably looking at someone better. I also like JJ Redick and Ray Ray if they're available. And I'm also guessing that we're trading Rudy.

And fwiw:

 

JJ Reddick would be sweet. What about the Stash? holla!

 

Ray Ray would want more money no? Maybe he'd like to play with Nate-dawg again (as coach)?

 

Ya, Allen could possibly get more than the MLE from teams that have struck out with the second tier stars like Rudy Gay or David Lee. But after his weak finals performance (all crap except for one game), I don't know if many teams would take a chance on him for too much money.

Also, would he really fit on this roster?

The article also says PG. I'm betting that's Blakey. ugh.

 

would he accept a role as a backup?

He'd be a good spark off the bench and provide some vet leadership. too bad he choked but that might help us get him?

 

More guards huh. That would leave us with Andre, Roy, Bayless, Rudy, Elliot Williams and Armon Johnson ... and then Mills, if you want to count him. That's seven guys. Oh well.. we'll see I guess.

 

Is Mills expected to be on the team next year? I kinda thought Johnson would replace him as the emergency PG.

 

Not sure, but he was essentially PA's pick for the 15th player so he must like him for some reason.

 

I'm having a vision. Nate becomes GM, and we hire Don Nelson as coach to run a 5 guard line-up!

Or maybe it is just the head injury.....

 

We need a better solution at PG than this. There are some decent PG's for the taking that could be here for 5 or 6 years and we're looking at fluff. I'm disappointed. Now that KP has been kicked to the curb by Vulcan our chances of improving at that position seem to have disappeared.

 

Who are the decent PG available for the MLE? I doubt Raymond Felton could even be had for that. It has to be done via trade most likely.

As for KP, he's had a ton of chances to get us a young PG in the draft and struck out miserably. Last summer we could have moved up for Lawson or Collison, both who came in for workouts, and KP sat on his hands.

 

That's not much of an endorsement of two out of the three draft picks they just chose.

 

Or of Andre Miller. The PG spot has been a huge question mark and only got worse when Miller's lack of effectiveness got exposed by Grant Hill in the playoffs.

To me, this job priority #1 for the next GM.

 

He turned down about a deal that paid him $7 million per year last summer. While he's not worth more than that, I have a feeling that some of the teams with cap room that miss out on the big free agent names will pony up $8-9 million for him.

 

So we need a better solution at PG than what KP brought in, but now that KP is gone our chances of doing that have disappeared? And we wonder why there was some animosity towards KP.

I am sure there are othere that can evaluate PG's.

 

Point guard or shooting guard at mid-level money? Lowry, Felton, Ridnour, Raja Bell, JJ Reddick ... I'm having a hard time thinking of any other guys that fit that rough salary range and that might be interesting to the team.

Maybe it's just me, but I just don't see any of those guys being game changers and it sure would muddy the rotation for a coach who has already demonstrated that he might not be the most adept guy at juggling too much talent.

The only way I'd feel happy about adding yet another guard is if I knew some consolidation trade was already in the works that was going to net the team a really high quality point guard.

 

If they let Ray-Ray walk, maybe a S&T possibility exists...

Rudy/Bayless/Pryz for Allen (2 years 6-7 mill each, team option on third?)

Miller/Johnson/Mills
Roy/Allen/Williams
Batum/Babbit
Aldridge/Cunningham
Camby/Oden/Pendergraph

Obviously Allen would get some burn at the 1 too, and we'd have some hybrid lineups, but that's a lot of talent and vet experience to bring in nonetheless. Weak in depth at backup 3/4, but I think we could make due, Cunningham's very scrappy.