You be the GM. What moves would you make this off season? What direction would you take this team in? Who would you trade or sign?
<div align="center">What trades would you make, if any?Steve Blake and Juan DixonFor 1st Round pick, Bostjan Nachbar.Portland is filled with point gaurds and this duo has been together it's entire basketball career. Would be great comming off the bench together where we struggled the most. These guys can control the clock well and score when needed. We do not loose much, but we do give up one of our first round picks.Who would you push for in Free Agency?The free agency is not a big deal for us. We get our big men from the draft because he will be cheaper and we already have decent big men on our squad. Our main downfall was size. We had Krstic who was our only real center so I'm thinking sign Michael Olowokandi. Though not really gifted, he adds size to our small bench which is much needed.Who would you pursue in the NBA Draft?Kevin Pittsnogle Pittsnogle is a tremendous shooting bigman. He has proven time and again that he can not only knock down shots from outside with consistency, but also big shots in big game stuations. Adds the size we need but also scoring from our bench. Though just an average defender, we will have to be careful of his foul touble.Justin Williams Long, athletic post player with great leaping ability. Tremendous shot blocker. Also can run the floor and that is one of the keys to Nets scoring. Will have to battle hard to earn playing time but his defense is gonna be hard to turn down to the second unit.Starting LineupStarting FiveC- Nenad KrsticPF- Jason CollinsSF- Richard JeffersonSG- Vince CarterPG- Jason KiddBench RotationC- Kevin PittsnoglePF- Cliff RobinsonSF- Zoran Planinic SG- Juan DixonPG- Steve BlakeOthersJacque Vaughn Antoine Wright Justin WilliamsFinal ThoughtsWith this, Nets add size and defense but also add bench scoring. With a team like this, you could go far.</div>
Portland would never do that trade. Juan Dixon is one of their prized posessions. They wouldn't give him up for trash and a pick, let alone with Steve Blake.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (nba dogmatist @ Apr 27 2006, 08:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Portland would never do that trade. Juan Dixon is one of their prized posessions. They wouldn't give him up for trash and a pick, let alone with Steve Blake.</div>Yup Juan Dixon is their prized possesion, thats why they have 3 other PGs on their roster in Blake, Telfair and Jarret Jack..
Hes 6'2 and hes a combo guard meaning he plays both backcourt positions. He isnt a pure PG, but how many players in the league these days are?..
