With Ariza injured, the only "real" small forward we have on this team is Luke Walton. And even Walton is playing with an injury, and has been terrible the entire season. Radmanovic has been out for god knows how long, and Odom looked terrible earlier on in the season as a small forward. Who do you think are some replacements we should look towards? I don't want Walton being the only small forward activated A guy we can look at is maybe Ruben Patterson, aka Kobe stopper. He looked pretty good for the Clippers this season before they released him for money considerations Sean Banks could be an option. I don't know very much about him except for the fact that he's tearing up the D-League. We have a D-League team, might as well use it, right? pg: Fisher, Farmar, Crittenton sg: Bryant, Vujacic*, Karl sf: Walton* pf: Odom, Turiaf c: Brown * - not 100% We need help, and we need help NOW. Especially considering how close the records in the western conference is, and considering how our schedule will look like in the coming weeks. We really need to make a move and we need to make one now. Whatever happened to DJ or Webber? Are we going to sign anyone or are we just going to stay pat? Come on Mitch, do something!
Devin Greene? The guy is a bum. He got cut from the freaking Miami Heat. Hell no to him. We need someone to play valuable minutes because Luke Walton alone will not cut it, especially since even he is somewhat injured. We need a Ruben Patterson, please...
My first thought was bringing Ruben Patterson in. If they can't get him I wouldn't mind bringing Jumaine Jones back. I don't think he's currently on anyone's roster. Ruben would bring some toughness to this team and he was solid with the Clippers.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Jan 20 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>My first thought was bringing Ruben Patterson in. If they can't get him I wouldn't mind bringing Jumaine Jones back. I don't think he's currently on anyone's roster. Ruben would bring some toughness to this team and he was solid with the Clippers.</div> Jumaine Jones! I completely forgot about that guy. Whatever happened to him? He was pretty good for us, but then we traded him to Charolette for a 2nd rounder. Hopefully we can sign either Jones, or Patterson.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bynumite @ Jan 20 2008, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Can't Sasha possibly play SF? The Lakers should sign Patterson and Webber!</div>Maybe if he weighed a little more than 180lbs he could. But, at this point, he's not nearly big enough or strong enough to consistently play the 3. As for replacements, I would definitely look at Ruben Patterson. He can give us solid minutes at the 2 or the 3 and brings a toughness to this team that we, for the most part, lack. And just one thing I do have to say here. As horrible as it is to be injury riddled, at least we're suffering them now and not later, so that way our injured have an opportunity to heal during the regular season and be ready for the playoffs. Now, hopefully the healthy part of our team is capable of keeping this team afloat for the foreseeable future while half our roster sits in street clothes.
You also forgot to mention that Kwame isn't 100%, he's still healing from knee/ankle/shoulder injuries. I'd love to sign Jumaine Jones. I think it's OBVIOUS that we need to sign some people. I'm hoping by Wednesday we've got two more bodies that we can throw out there.
And I also neglected to realize that Mihm is currently sitting in street clothes as well. Ugh, it's disgusting to think of our injuries right now.... Chris Mihm Andrew Bynum Trevor Ariza Vlad Radmanovic Luke Walton Kwame Brown Did I miss any? So with my count, we currently have....11 players on our active roster. Ouch.
