<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ May 10 2008, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ May 9 2008, 07:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ May 9 2008, 07:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jirohkanzaki @ May 7 2008, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>a 26-yr old 7-ft, 280-lb space-eater with a 7'7" wingspan and a 9'5" standing reach who rebounds and blocks shots and has a reputation of being a good guy with a good basketball IQ...yeah, we need to at least match whatever offer he gets...but maybe put a condition about maintaining a certain weight...</div> we have 3 other big men who do the same things </div> Who did you have in mind? </div> Boone, Swat, and Swift bring the same skills to the table as chop-diop. diop is the best rebounder of all of them tho so thats why i wouldnt mind seeing boone traded and keeping diop </div> right now the only bigs worth keeping are boone and diop - one is a space-eater down low and one a pick-and-roll type player and both can rebound and block shots...i'm hoping SWat can turn into a leon powe or brandon bass in terms of activity around the basket offensively...and that krstic returns to his old form who can hit the perimeter jumper and has effective post moves down low...then try and entice amare stoudamire to play for the nets (when he opts out in 2010 because he wants no part of the rebuilding suns) with the opportunity to play with the king, lbj! amare - starting pf; SWat - utility guy; pest down low who gets offensive rebs and putbacks (leon powe-type) boone - double-double guy (haslem-type) diop - space eater; shot blocker (mutombo-type, except for the space-eating part though players tend to stay away from his elbows) krstic - starting center; offense (ilgauskas-type)
I thought I was the only guy with dreams/delusions of an Amare/LBJ/DH34 team. Although I was thinking of throwing everything we could at PHX in a trade. RJ+Diop+Marcus+our next 4 1sts for Amare+Barbosa. I think we can trade our next 4 1sts, because we have the Dallas picks. then re-sign Boki, draft CDR, use the MLE on a point or trade Krstic for one. Harris/??? Barbosa/CDR Carter/Nachbar Amare/SWat Boone/Swift yummy. (it's too late to be posting, I'm too mixed with a dream state)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ May 10 2008, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And do remember, while he is a solid defender, his career high after seven years is NINE points.</div> Thank You! Perfect words to describe Diop! A solid defender...he is not great defensively like some here view him...but he's solid. He is also offensively challenged and <span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%">the single most overrated rebounder by a lot of members of this board</span>. His career best season rebounding was 2 seasons ago in Dallas when he averaged 5.4 rebounds for Dallas...this season with us he averaged only 4.5 rebounds...not that much. Honestly given how many people hated on Jason Collins I'm really astounded how much love there is for this guy...Collins is a better defender than Diop, a better rebounder and better offensively...don't get me wrong I hated Jason Collins and his contract but it seems like a lot of posters here seem to think Diop is worthy of another bad contract. Reality Check...he's not.
Diop is extremely young though, and as we've seen over the past few seasons, he's very capable of improvement...to the point where he could be better than Jason Collins. I still wish Jason Collins was here, though...defensively, Jason would be the perfect teacher to Diop and Boone. I'm also wondering if Krstic could somehow be a young mentor to the younger players, offensively. Maybe it's possible he could teach them some post moves? Eh, maybe we should pick up a vet offensive post player. Krstic has too much on the table as it is.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ May 11 2008, 12:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Diop is extremely young though, and as we've seen over the past few seasons, he's very capable of improvement...to the point where he could be better than Jason Collins. I still wish Jason Collins was here, though...defensively, Jason would be the perfect teacher to Diop and Boone. I'm also wondering if Krstic could somehow be a young mentor to the younger players, offensively. Maybe it's possible he could teach them some post moves? Eh, maybe we should pick up a vet offensive post player. Krstic has too much on the table as it is.</div> I wouldn't call 26 extremely young...if anything he is just entering his prime and really doesn't have much room for improvement.
