Boob-No-More
Why you no hire big man coach?
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I know some here still consider Noah Vonleh our Power Forward of the Future. I do not. Yes, Noah is still young, but he's nearing the end of his third NBA season, has started 72 games (so far) over the last two years and has shown ZERO improvement.
As I see it (and have seen it all season), PF is, by far, our weakest position and greatest area of need. Now that we have a young beast roaming the middle, who should we be targeting to start at PF next to Nurkic at center?
I wanted Ibaka for the last couple months. Here's what I wrote about Ibaka back in December:
OK, I wrote that post assuming we could also get Nerlens Noel and dump Crabbe's contract in the process to make room to resign Ibaka. That ship has sailed, but I still think we need a PF like Ibaka (can hit the 3, but is also a great help defender and defends the pick and roll well). Add in above average rebounder, and younger and cheaper than Ibaka and we'd have our perfect Power Forward of the Future.
We have three picks in a deep draft. Are there any PFs in this draft that meet our needs? If so, who. If not, what PFs are likely to be on the block that we could realistically target in a draft day trade?
And, just because I titled the thread Power Forward of the Future doesn't mean it needs to be some 19 - 20 year old kid. I'd actually prefer someone closer to Dame in C.J. in age that would be in his prime during their window. Maybe someone 23 or 24 years old who is being underutilized playing behind an established veteran. Or maybe someone like Nurkic who is being nosed out by someone of similar age that his current team sees as their Power Forward of the Future.
We need help at this position and we need it badly. So, who is your ideal Power Forward of the Future for this team, as it's currently constructed? Is he someone we should target in the draft, or a player we can snag in a trade. The addition of Nurkic made our font court both better and younger. That opens up the possibility of adding a more veteran PF to get better immediately, or we can just concede the West to GS for the next three or four years and go with someone younger who will be ready to to enter their prime at the same time as Nurkic when Dame and C.J. are still (barely) on the right side of 30.
Throw out your ideas and let's see if there are any clear cut favorites.
BNM
As I see it (and have seen it all season), PF is, by far, our weakest position and greatest area of need. Now that we have a young beast roaming the middle, who should we be targeting to start at PF next to Nurkic at center?
I wanted Ibaka for the last couple months. Here's what I wrote about Ibaka back in December:
OK, I wrote that post assuming we could also get Nerlens Noel and dump Crabbe's contract in the process to make room to resign Ibaka. That ship has sailed, but I still think we need a PF like Ibaka (can hit the 3, but is also a great help defender and defends the pick and roll well). Add in above average rebounder, and younger and cheaper than Ibaka and we'd have our perfect Power Forward of the Future.
We have three picks in a deep draft. Are there any PFs in this draft that meet our needs? If so, who. If not, what PFs are likely to be on the block that we could realistically target in a draft day trade?
And, just because I titled the thread Power Forward of the Future doesn't mean it needs to be some 19 - 20 year old kid. I'd actually prefer someone closer to Dame in C.J. in age that would be in his prime during their window. Maybe someone 23 or 24 years old who is being underutilized playing behind an established veteran. Or maybe someone like Nurkic who is being nosed out by someone of similar age that his current team sees as their Power Forward of the Future.
We need help at this position and we need it badly. So, who is your ideal Power Forward of the Future for this team, as it's currently constructed? Is he someone we should target in the draft, or a player we can snag in a trade. The addition of Nurkic made our font court both better and younger. That opens up the possibility of adding a more veteran PF to get better immediately, or we can just concede the West to GS for the next three or four years and go with someone younger who will be ready to to enter their prime at the same time as Nurkic when Dame and C.J. are still (barely) on the right side of 30.
Throw out your ideas and let's see if there are any clear cut favorites.
BNM
