Don't you wish we had a backup center? just in case .... Al Faruq is not a center. neither are Noah or Meyers
To be fair, McGee did this all year. His per-36 numbers are huge. It's an open question whether he could play this effectively as a starter, but he wouldn't start here either.
we should make a 3 team trade with boston and kings blazers get-rudy gay, avery bradley, and kosta koufos boston get-aminu, ty lawson, malachi richardson, and 20th pick kings get-allen crabbe, meyers leonard, and terry rozier i think this is a fair trade. blazers get much needed vet help and clear about $5 million before we cut ezeli contract. boston get more assets in which they can trade for butler or george with. kings get a guy that should be a good back up to hield. then blazers can use the 15th and 26th pick to get og and semi dame/bradley cj/turner harkless/gay/og noah/davis/semi nurkic/koufos blazers get a ton of good defensive players off the bench that can help us when we need them. plus if nurkic is on the bench, koufos wouldn't be as much of a drop off as meyers would be
Go all in and play no D, but have massive scoring ability. One thing Kanter excels at is offensive rebounding. If you're going to hoist up a lot of outside shots, 2nd chances are really helpful. He sure would have helped us in Nurk's absence.
With a bench struggling to score points like ours, I would take any guy who can actually put the ball in the basket with some consistency. It is not like our defense has been great with Leonard and those guys. I know Kanter is not cheap, but we have lots of guys on the roster who aren't cheap either.
Not a bad contract, but a player like Kenneth Faried would seem like a nice fit. High energy, good defense. What would it take to get him?
I like Kenneth Fareed also (the guy we missed over Nolan Smith?). My thinking with Kanter is a guy similar to Nurk, that can play from the post and hit cutters, create his own shot with low post moves, set great (and YUGE) screens to free our shooters, ... etc. A guy who plays the post like most Europeans ... Fareed would be an Ed Davis clone (I think). A guy who depends on others to shine. But yeah, he would give us great offensive rebounds.
As long as we're scouring the Nugz roster, Wilson Chandler intrigues me. His contract is a little rough at around 11mil a year for the next two years but he brings the needed size at the 3 and can shoot the rock and play solid defense. He's also voiced his desire to be traded from Denver which obviously fots a common pattern we've had success with. All signs point to a Denver youth movement so I'm sure some draft picks would interest them.
Maybe attach some of our draft picks to a contract like Crabbe or Turners to soften Chandlers contract and kill two birds with one stone in inquiring a solid forward and cutting salary. I'd definitely kick around the idea if I was Neil... and if Denver would still work with us.
