Craig Smith?

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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    Trey Thompkins shouldn't be bad off the bench.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Mo Williams and Eric Bledsoe are great bench players. Ryan Gomes is solid, I'd rather have him then Craig Smith.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Yahoo! confused me. It says "7th pick" (but 2nd round :)
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Gomes sucks. He used to be decent but his production has fallen three seasons in a row and fell off a cliff last year look at the huge dip in PER, PT/36 and REB/36). Besides, he's a 3, not a 4. In giving up Kaman and Smith, they are REALLY thin off the bench at 4 and 5. Jordan will now be their starting center. Like I said, they improved their starting 5, but weakened their bench. I suspect they'll try to move Mo Williams for a back-up big, but I'm not sure how successful that will be. I wouldn't call Bledsoe a great bench player. He had a solid rookie season, but his advanced stats were pretty meh (PER - 10.8, WS/48 = 0.008).

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  6. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    He's a rookie second rounder. How good can he be? And, he may be their best back-up big at this point.

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    Millsap and Blair were backup 2nd rounders a couple years ago. He fell big time in the draft, he was projected for a long time as a 1st rounder. I don't think he'll be an absolute scrub.
     

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