Paul Millsap would pretty much be the perfect addition to this team, but unfortunately he's not a free agent. He might be available in a trade if they lose Horford, but I don't know what the Blazers have to trade beyond Lillard and McCollum and surrendering, say, McCollum-plus would still leave the Blazers at a talent deficit. I wish Utah hadn't matched Pritchard's "toxic offer."
That happened a lot in the last 2 Clipper games as well as the 1st quarter of Game 1. He starts off too far from the hoop where he isn't a threat, which is why he always finds himself open there.
Thought about that too, but said center would have to be able to space the floor. Horford comes to mind.
But it's not like you can find a stud defensive center who also spreads the floor on offense. Tonight I think offense would have helped a lot more.
Center targets: Whiteside, Howard, Horford, Biyombo, Pachulia, Motiejunas PF targets: Horford, Anderson...the options drop off a cliff This is going to be a brutal summer for trying to get an impact free agent
Greg Monroe is still probably available for next to nothing. Each day I inch closer to accepting the inevitable reality that there will be a Neil Olshey and Greg Monroe pairing.
True, and I think our team really needs to keep the ball moving more than anything else to be successful. A big part of that is spacing and having shooters the D won't leave.
The best move would be to blow the team up, trade Dame and CJ for picks and forfeit all 82 games by having no players... For four years while a Golden State has their dynasty. But since that's against the rules, a center sounds good. Maybe you make no improvements and see what next summer brings?
To be fair half the posts in the Proud of this team thread have nothing to do with being proud of the team...
While I agree with this statement, I think we can do even better. We get Aminu open looks - why the fuck doesn't Stotts tell him to take one or two dribbles to the hoop and PASS!?! Scotts' philosophy is that any open shot is a good shot, and that's why Aminu takes too many shots. It's a bullshit philosophy that will never work in the POs unless you have 5+ tremendous shooters.
Disagree, to an extent. We continually give the opposition's best players good looks. So it's possible to run plays that get good looks for your best players. But Stott's runs "plays" that get open shots for Aminu and Harkless...because he thinks any open shot is a good shot.
I think Dame's shot selection tonight was pretty decent at least until the fourth quarter when he couldn't hit the broad side of the barn. CJ just couldn't get it going most of the game. Until we find a third scoring option to offset the scoring percentages, we are going to suffer.
It's never happened before, but if Portland could somehow land a big time FA wing like Paul George or Derozen. Both teams have dared Harkless and Aminu to shoot, and sans losing Chris Paul and Blake Griffin it has worked perfectly. The other thing we obviously need to take that next step is DEFENSE. The series obviously isn't over, but.....ya know
Derozan is a poor fit. He cannot shoot. We need a big that can score the basketball and be a threat out of pick and roll/pop.The funny thing is Most of us hated giving the contract to Kanter, but Kanter would have been very effective bullying his way to basket and going up strong in this series. Plumlee is playing soft and passive. When he has his momentum going to basket, he has to finish over a 6ft 7 Draymond green. Also some of his turnovers, he is two feet from the basket and refuses to shoot the ball.
Paul George is locked up for the rest of the decade with Indy. DeRozen is solid 2-way player but he's not leaving Toronto for PDX over one the Cali teams. A realistic free agent haul could be Ryan Anderson for PF and Kent Bazemore for SF. Those guys will stretch the floor keep Plumlee as play maker at the center.
