Who knows. Maybe the Blazers have a wing defender in mind from the D-League or off the scrap heap and will angle to trade some warm bodies (ie. expiring contracts) for Marcin Gortat.
Knicks might give up a lot to get Curry off of their books for next year. Curry AND Jeffries? They might have a seizure. Can't quite get both here, but: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yjd6rtj works. POR Out: Blake, Outlaw, Przy. POR In: Brand, Jordan Hill NYK Out: Curry, Hill NYK In: Blake, outlaw PHI Out: Brand PHI In: Curry, Przy NYK Trades away Hill to get rid of Curry, and in the process rids themselves of about 14M in cap space next year. That's another almost-max contract. PHI gets a serviceable center in Joel, and takes Curry's contract. It's about the same dollar value for Przy and Curry as Brand (assuming both play next year on their current contracts, which is somewhat unlikely) and shave 2 years of Brand's contract off their books. We get Brand and Hill for Blake, Outlaw and Przy. G: Miller/Roy/Bayless (rudy when he's healthy) F: Webster/LMA/Hill/Cunningham C: Brand/LMA
except then philly has dalembert, curry and joel. who knows, they might just to get rid of his contract
Since we all seem to be in the mood to play armchair GM, here's a rundown of call-up candidates you might want to look at from the D-league blog at SB Nation. http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2009/12/16/1202724/whos-next-to-get-a-call-up-from EDIT: Hilarious. Apparently ridiculousupside.com has caught wind that the Blazers are possibly going to be in the hunt for a D-Leaguer. http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2009/12/16/1203909/portland-trailblazers-granted
I'd consider that guy, Mike Harris,looks like a small forward. It's based on only 7 games in the D-league but he is shooting .595 overall and .460 from three with 7 rebounds a game. Here's a writeup from draftexpress (from observations of a summer league game): "Harris earns mention here for having one of the most efficient performances we’ve seen this Summer League. He has great athleticism and strength, and while he did most of his damage inside, he stepped out a knocked down a couple a deep jumpers. Harris was dominant when he got the ball with room to operate, his leaping ability makes him a very good finisher, and he’s almost impossible to stop when he has a head of steam. He showed great touch at the rim, and isn’t afraid of contact. His aggressive nature earned him a ton of rebounds and he effectively compensated for the absence of Joey Dorsey. Harris is a great combo forward, and showed today that he can do a lot of things well. If he keeps this up he’s on his way to..." Just checked out some more stats; in a previous stint in D-league (48 games), he shot 61% and also in college he always shot 60% plus.
Dwayne Jones FTW! ...ok...maybe not the win...but maybe for the practice body and very occasional minutes... Also, he''s a bit older (26 I think), he's spent some significant time in the NBA so he knows the routine, and he's a big body, warm body...
the ~4 TO's per game gives me a bit of pause... who am I kidding? Is this guy better than Chris Mihm? How about Shav-Bo? If yes, why not sign a non-guaranteed contracT?
Yeah 4 TOs...but look how many minutes...it's like a TO every 16 minutes. I don't really know him, I just know one of our holes is C/PF which he fills and his rebounding stats are good.
I still think Stackhouse would be a nice option. Not the greatest player, but he could help on the SF situation now.
I don't think Stackhouse would sign a deal like that, however. He would know he's getting waived in 4 weeks. He's not going to show up and go through practices for a small amount of money in December. He'll hang around until March.
I saw a great list the other day about the top-10 d-league call up prospects...but can't find it. The list headed with a PG and I think Rod Benson was #4. Personally, we need to get a SG/SF in the mix here soon. How about Von Wafer? Heard his European team is mad they signed him. In any case, the only SF on the team is Webster, and Roy is playing the backup SF minutes (when Blake/Bayless/Miller are playing the PG/SG). Our depth chart looks like: Miller/Blake Roy/Bayless Webster/Roy LMA/Howard/Cunningham Pryzbilla/LMA It's pretty bad when the best two players on the team are the primary backup at positions other than their own....they can't rest almost at all. A three big-man rotation with Pryz/Howard/LMA is workable, but running Roy around like that isn't. We need a SG/SF to fill the void and give some time for Roy to rest. Clearly.
If Roy and Aldridge can handle 38+ minutes a game, it's actually not such a bad idea to have them on the floor as much as possible. I wanted a 9 man rotation, but not like this. I think having Roy, Fernandez and Bayless be the primary guards, Batum and Webster be the primary 3s, and Aldridge, Oden, Pryzbilla and Cunningham being the primary 4 and 5's is a good rotation. Yes I left out Blake, Miller and Outlaw. I did that for a reason. I really think they aren't suited for the tandem of Oden, Roy and Aldridge. And those three should always have 30+ minutes a game at all times. Hell if they can handle it, 35+ minutes. The more those three play together on the floor, even if it's with them playing other positions, the better. It will force them to get to know each other more. Figure out how they cut, eye signals, sweet spots, etc.
Real GM reports signing official: http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/63469/20091217/blazers_sign_anthony_tolliver/
