So ladies and gentlemen it looks like a few things are happening here. 1. LA, Wes and Rolo are all out of here. 2. We are not getting D. Green, D. Carroll, G. Monroe or basically anyone we have been linked to. 3. There is still hope. I say it's time to go balls out and embrace defense. Fire Terry Stotts, Hire Thibs Sign Patrick Beverly Trade for Taj Gibson Sign Deandre Jordan Pairing those three with Aminu our defense would be incredible. We would still need to find a defensive stopper to take some minutes at SG as that is not really Henderson's forte. However if Thibs could get these guys to learn some defense and be able to pair them with actual talented defenders like Beverly, Gibson and Jordan who can mask some of their mistakes, we would be on the right track. Odds are that team would not make the playoffs in the west but it would be a lot of fun to watch and with low expectations we can have Thibs work on developing our young guys such as Lillard, McCollum, Vonleh, Plumlee and Leonard. If Curry can learn to defend in a system, Lillard can as well and if any of the others keep developing the Blazers can make a quick recovery. Otherwise it looks like we are back to tank mode with a very poor free agent class coming out next summer another rebuild would likely take 2-3 years and I just don't want to wait anymore.
Lillard is the worst defender this side of Jose Calderon at his position. As long as guards can get into the lane at will we're always going to be, at best, a mediocre defensive team.
Hence why it is essential we sign someone like Beverly to pair with Aminu, we need Lillard to at least be able to learn a role in a defensive scheme, if he can do that then we can let Aminu and Beverly guard the primary ball handlers and hide him on defense. We could do the same with McCollum while he is in there. It might not be ideal but with 4 talented defenders it could be effective. We just got to get the 3 other defenders to town.
Jordon Meyers (don't laugh, ask Gasol) Aminu Henderson Beverly ...turn Thibs loose and win games 36-31.
Well since we are locking up Dame I think it would be smart to build around him. Thibs can address his defensive issues and who knows maybe we get Bledsoe for LA choosing the Suns and then would could actually field a proper team.
I have a feeling we will try and do a lot of swarm defense and get easy points from steals and turn overs
With quality SG being so hard to find and the likelihood of us getting Bledsoe in a S&T with the Suns is low maybe after getting Jordan, Gibson and Beverly we give Matthews his money. One it has to be insured against injury and two it should have a team option so that we can get out if he can't recover from the injury. A healthy, Matthews paired with Beverly, Aminu, Gibson and Jordan would make for an elite defense.
Okay as long as you guys are happy with our front court being Plumlee, Davis, Leonard, Vonleh, and Kaman. Seems like a pretty drastic downgrade from Leonard, Kaman, Rolo and LA.
Link? He hasn't said he's staying or going. So this is false. Stop being a reporter, you're doing too good of a job.
So it's plain fact. Nothing else to see. May as well just not listen to LA or what he has to say. Until it comes from his mouth, what anyone else says is complete bs.
