Behind Lopez we only have Freeland and Leonard, if he gets injured, we're screwed. But I don't think we want to spend big on a b/u right now (and who would we trade?) But it does seem like it would make sense, especially for playoff intensity with having some extra fouls be a nice luxury. It seems like ewe could either take a gamble on a young guy with size who is athletic and brings some beef, I'm thinking: Ekpe Udoh or Kevin Seraphin (both are talented but deal with injuries or mental lapses, maybe being around our disciplined team would bring out the best in them) OR, Going after a vet who can be foul insurance and a good influence: Chris Kaman (who we know Olshey loves), or Dalembert (he's a pretty lazy dude but might be great for 15-20 mpg) What do you guys think? Who would you be willing to give up to go after someone?
Adding front court depth with experience is a great idea. Someone should have thought of that earlier repped
Getting a center is a must to even make playoffs at this point. It's a BIG problem. Blazers should call about Asik asap
I actually really love Nate's idea of Hawes. Why? 1.) Philly will most likely lose him regardless. 2.) Philly is in tank mode, so giving them youth like Leonard, Barton and Claver would work. 3.) Hawes is a vet and has range; which fits perfectly in stotts system. He could basically bring Hawes in and feel comfortable letting Aldridge sit. 4.) we would hold Hawes's "Bird rights", which means we can resign him and still have MLE this summer for another key player.
So I went looking for all the Centers in the league, to just see if any names pop up. Ranking the Centers And wow, there really isn't a whole host to really choose from. Mahimi maybe? I thought maybe Gray would be a good choice, but he just got traded to Sac... I mean, the only choices that make sense are Kaman (who would be easy to get given his current situation at LAL), Dalembert... It's just really hard to get good solid back up centers. I trust Olshey though, that he'll finagle something.
I'd LOVE Hawes. Oh man. Though, not surprisingly, he is not that great at defense. And that still may hurt us on that 2nd unit. It's going back to that "We're still going to have to score more" mentality.
Freeland and T. Rob will benefit from a player like Hawes though. The main problem is neither freeland or T. Rob can make anything beyond 5 feet consistently. Our bench issues really have more offensive problems than defensive, IMO.
Fair point. I see where you're coming from with that. However, it doesn't solve anything down low. It spaces our floor on the offensive side, which is always great... but on the defensive side we'd be selling swiss cheese in bulk.
I have been pushing hard for Hawes for a long while now, he's my preference, but I'l take any reasonably capable and attainable big
Exactly! I think Stotts putting dame in is because our bench doesn't have the scoring punch we need. If you bring in a capable scorer (10-12 ppg) off the bench, will allow Stotts to gamble with Watson.
He's just so Jekyll and Hyde. It's really frustrating. I have no problem with someone calling him Mo Chuck.
Which Mo has proven he can do at times. I think if Mo played off the ball more he'd be better, IMO. Get him in a rhythm shot, perhaps. Let Earl make those decisions, let Mo shoot.
it would be nice to have a backup PG who doesn't so often bring to a sudden halt the excellent ball movement we generally have with the starters, yeah when MO is "on" it's not a big deal as he can score, but when he's not "on" (which happens frequently) our offense just dies
