Top 5 Center Possibilities?

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  1. Furball

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    1. Marcus Camby
    2. Sam Dalembert
    3. Brendan Haywoode
    4. Nazr Mohammed
    5. Brad Miller

    All would be difficult to get with salary cap issues.
     
    Furball, Dec 22, 2009
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    Meh, at this point, you might as well just sign a D-Leaguer. None of those guys would be worth the price of acquisition.

    I wonder what Loren Woods is up to?
     
    oldmangrouch, Dec 23, 2009
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    Steven Hill when hes done with his injury!!
     
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    um any one of those guys is better then howard. you simply cannot start howard in todays nba and win. i mean... howard as a starter? are you fucking kidding me? might as well start pendergraph
     
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    Of that list, Dalembert is probably the only one easily available. I think, if we actually were to make a move for a C, the easiest way would be to find a guy not with an expiring contract, which Miller, Haywood, and Camby all have. We don't have a lot to offer, so the key would be getting a team cap relief.
     
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    Stephen Hill. Or, Howard. I wont cry about him starting Center. I have a pair.
     
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    Brad Miller is #1 out of all of those. Not #5.
     
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    The real question we need to ask is, "Who would we want to see suffer a painful and devastating injury?" The answer to that question is who we should trade for.
     
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    Were trading for Kobe?:devilwink:
     
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    Um, I think we are forgetting a center we are all familiar with. He's got great size at 7'3" and is coordinated like an acrobat.

    Center of the Future
     
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    On that list I'd try for Haywood or Camby. Don't really know how available both are, though.

    It's going to be pretty hard to pull off a trade for a C with not a lot of pieces. Any trade would have to include a 1st round pick.
     
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    Anybody know how big Freelands buyout would be?
     
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    It is time for the return of HA!!!

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    OK not really. There are not any real centers in the D leagues are there? You'd be better off looking for a tough rebounding PF... but even those are in short supply.
     
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    If we're doing that, might as well just play Jeff Pendergraph at backup C, Tolliver at backup PF, and Cunningham at backup SF and let them work it out for a few weeks first.
     
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    Why is anyone suggesting Steven Hill?? He is worthless. There is a reason he isn't playing in the NBA. Pendy would be a far better option. Then at least we would be developing someone that is going to be apart of our franchise for a while.
     
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    If I'm Freeland, I'm thinking one thing:

    "Should I answer the call of the team desperately needing a big body, sign a 30th-pick rookie-level contract with 4 years of team control; OR wait until July and sign for the MLE?"
     
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    Yea plus he has to figure in buyout costs. Rookie contract may or may not cover that, I have no idea how big his buyout is. That is one reason I was pissed they didn't bring him over this year, because when he signed that multi year deal, it viced us into a bad situation.
     
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    He's not a Center but what about Tyrus Thomas?

    His rebounding and shotblocking would be extremely valuable now.
     
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