Oh, I don’t disagree. I just haven’t seen any trades proposed that are going to make NO go, “Damn! Why didn’t I think of that?” I'm not attached to anybody at the end of the bench. Just saying that 10-15 minutes of run in a preseason game isn't enough to make a valid judgement as to who stays and who goes. Could we use a solid upgrade at the backup shooting guard spot? Absolutely. Are there many decent options available either as FAs or potential trades who are clear upgrades? I haven't heard any realistic ones yet. I like the idea of Jared Dudley, but he's out for an extended period. http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nba/1402/jared-dudley Every team in the league has some dreck at the bottom of the roster this time of year. Sorting that out is what the preseason is for.
Hezonja seems like the guy that would make the most sense. Would Orlando risk dealing with Neil again?
It's crazy but if you start looking around the league, there's just not many wings.... period. I'd like to target someone like Jaylen Brown, but that would take a lot more to pry him away from Boston. The thing is, they have Hayward, Tatum, and Brown. They have a real need for bigs, so I'd love to try to convince them to take Ed Davis, Aminu, and Vonleh for Brown, but I don't see that happening.
I was thinking Stanley Johnson. Hopefully Detroit's season goes to pot early and they look for some changes.
Unfortunately, they play in the East. Most Top 10 NCAA teams could make the playoffs in the East (well, not all of them, obviously). BNM
Bradley would be the PERFECT complement to Dame/CJ. He can play off the ball, good shooter, passable ball handler, and incredible on defense. Star guards on other teams would always have to be either guarding one of Dame or CJ or getting guarded by Bradley. Just too bad he'd be difficult to get and even more difficult to retain, given our cap situation.
Some combination of Leonard, Connaughton, Vonleh - possibly Davis or Aminu for Norman Powell from Toronto. Would bring some much needed defense to the back-court.
I kinda like that idea of Jeremy Lin. Our bench is so fucking stiff and uncreative right now. Maybe he can make them run and help get something out of those guys. The Nets acquired Russel and 29 yr old Lin shouldn't really be in their future plans, Meyers had some great games against them and they traded Lopez. Maybe it could work?
Any player who will speed up our transition play would be a godsend. Despite being so young, our tempo of transition & speed is of a geriatric pace. Though I beleive the coaching is more to blame here - it's not like our young guys are not capable of it.
