Udoka can't help who we lost, since Outlaw and Dante are both big players. I wouldn't mind grabbing someone on a 10 day contract to fill in while we are short staffed at 4/5. Or how about bringing Freeland here? Can we do it with his contract in Europe?
I don't necessarily think we need a trade. Not that I'm expecting Cunningham to come in and take over the world, but he may be serviceable in short spurts. This may be what he needs to prove himself worthy of a roster spot.
Is anyone else mildly suspicious of the Strength & Conditioning staff, what with all of these foot injuries? I know the foot takes a beating in the NBA but this seems to be a trend with this team in the past few seasons. Get these guys some extra milk stat!
You can't sign 10 day contracts until after January 5th. Also, all of our roster spots our full. Who would you drop to do so? This is why I hoped we would leave the 15th spot open. Well, this and trade flexibility. The medical staff has me pretty worried, as they seem to get everything wrong lately (Oden's knee, Martell's foot, Batum's shoulder, etc). However, they know way more than me, so I'll leave it at that.
It'd be really nice to have Channing Frye right now. I do think we have to cut Mills. We need one more big man. What if LMA and Howard get into foul trouble? Oh yea, we play Outlaw at PF. Oh wait, we can't. What's Donyell Marshall up to nowadays?
Miller Blake Roy Aldridge Oden Off the bench... Bayless, Rudy, Webster, Howard, Przybilla I think we are fine. I wouldn't mind seeing Cunningham split some time at backup PF with Howard.
I understand the argument for "consolidation" by a few fans, but my argument for not is the list you wrote above. It is a long season and every team goes through this. I would rather have un-happy players at 9, 10, 11, 12 then having our season take a hit because of lack of depth. You never know when and what position it will effect.
Well I've always heard Dante was a "tweener". Maybe we can plug him in at the 4 if we need spot minutes. I guess the other option would be Webster? It'll definitively be an interesting rotation if our bigs get in bad foul trouble or a minor injury.
