Link <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>With Baron Davis in Los Angeles, the Warriors are in need of a point guard and could place forward Al Harrington on the trading block, according to a report in The Sporting News. Harrington has two years left on his current contract, worth roughly $20 million in total. It has also been rumored in recent weeks that Harrington would like to be dealt, adding to the speculation.</div>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kensaku @ Jul 7 2008, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yay. I like Harrington...always positive and plays hard...just can't rebound.</div> Yeah, I feel the same way. Seems like a good guy, I also appreciate his effort, I just don't think he's what the Warriors need most right now. Hinrich would be much more valuable at this point. I also understand how he'd feel frustrated with the erratic minutes and constant shifting of positions in Nelson's system. I wish him luck with another team if it comes to that. The other question that I have not heard anyone answer, is does Chicago want Harrington?
As a Chicago fan, I'm not overly fond of Harrington. I never really have been, actually. Ever since he developed a three point shot, he's become more and more of a chucker. Just look at his stats over the last three years. His attempts have gone from 3.3 to 4.2 to 5 per game, while his percentage has gone down from 45.8% to 41.7% to 37.5%. In fact, last year, nearly half of his attempts were from the arc. He also doesn't really fill a need. He's not a great post scorer nor is he a very good rebounder. While I'm not a huge fan of Hinrich at this point, I'm not really a fan of Harrington's game either. I'm hoping that, if they do trade Hinrich, they manage to get a better deal than this.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HiRez @ Jul 7 2008, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The other question that I have not heard anyone answer, is does Chicago want Harrington?</div> I read somewhere that they would like to have him but I cannot imagine why. It seems like they already have too many 3/4 tweeners. Hopefully they want one more
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Jul 7 2008, 01:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>As a Chicago fan, I'm not overly fond of Harrington. I never really have been, actually. Ever since he developed a three point shot, he's become more and more of a chucker. Just look at his stats over the last three years. His attempts have gone from 3.3 to 4.2 to 5 per game, while his percentage has gone down from 45.8% to 41.7% to 37.5%. In fact, last year, nearly half of his attempts were from the arc. He also doesn't really fill a need. He's not a great post scorer nor is he a very good rebounder. While I'm not a huge fan of Hinrich at this point, I'm not really a fan of Harrington's game either. I'm hoping that, if they do trade Hinrich, they manage to get a better deal than this.</div> I thought the later bump was due to the system, even Harrington commented on that himself? Or am I thinking of someone else? -Petey
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Moo2K4 @ Jul 7 2008, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>As a Chicago fan, I'm not overly fond of Harrington. I never really have been, actually. Ever since he developed a three point shot, he's become more and more of a chucker. Just look at his stats over the last three years. His attempts have gone from 3.3 to 4.2 to 5 per game, while his percentage has gone down from 45.8% to 41.7% to 37.5%. In fact, last year, nearly half of his attempts were from the arc. He also doesn't really fill a need. He's not a great post scorer nor is he a very good rebounder. While I'm not a huge fan of Hinrich at this point, I'm not really a fan of Harrington's game either. I'm hoping that, if they do trade Hinrich, they manage to get a better deal than this.</div> Thanks for your input. I think Harrington's 3-PT shot attempts are due mainly to the Warriors style of play. He has voiced many times that he would like to be utilized differently (i.e. more of a prototypical PF). I think in the right system, he could be more of that kind of player. From what we've seen, Harrington is a very skilled player inside and out but simply cannot rebound. He can defend some of the biggest and toughest centers in the league, but for whatever reason, he has never averaged a high rebounding total. With the emergence of Brandon Wright, the Warriors have no where to play him. Al Harrington deserves a better situation.
Harrington has small hands and no hops. That's it, to me. Both are kind of an NBA curse. He is a big person but nevertheless is not an NBA big man. He's gets swatted by much smaller opponents, and just has no power moves inside. He'll occasionally flash an impressive spin move or off-balance layup, but that's the only way he can score inside -- kind of "gimmicky" or tricky, if you will. He needs to catch the defender off guard to score. He can't just go up strong and finish over the defender. He doesn't have good hands inside and has a tough time really controlling the ball with power. He has a very big midsection to get in place but lacks the athleticism to go up and get the board. In fact, his big midsection is kind of a fault because he has no explosion on the glass or in the paint and is usally caught flat-footed while thinner more agile players snatch the rebound over him. The dude plays hard, though, and he can stroke it from 3 when he's hot. But he'll never be a "big man," IMO. He just has NO power-game inside. I don't mind trading him at all, as long as we don't get back another tweener F who isn't a star player. I'd rather trade Harrington for a PG so we can develop Wright, Hendrix and Randolph. Heinrich!!!
Supposedly the Warriors are looking at Hinrich. I remember that the Warriors wanted Hinrich very much the year he was drafted. But I think he was picked a couple of spots a head of the Warriors and the Warriors selected Pietrus in that draft. But perhaps the Bulls do not want to see Hinrich leave, so it seems that the Bulls are looking to do a sign and trade with Ben Gordon instead. • It is widely presumed that Chicago will soon trade guard Kirk Hinrich now that the Bulls have drafted Derrick Rose with the No. 1 overall pick, with Golden State likewise assumed to be atop the list of Hinrich suitors given the void created in the Warriors' backcourt by Davis' departure. But NBA front-office sources insist that there is some sentiment in the Bulls' organization to keep Hinrich -- a favorite of Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf -- and play him at shooting guard alongside Rose while trying to move restricted free agent Ben Gordon in a sign-and-trade to fill another Chicago need.
The Bulls moving Gordon would make more sense. Heinrich is pretty valuable considering a lot of guards forget the defense aspect of the game, not to mention some quick guards never learn how to shoot.
