<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NOMAM @ Apr 17 2008, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Going after Brand or another marquee big I hope would be an important goal in the offseason. I was re-watching a Clippers vs Nets game from the 06/07 season and one part Brands game I didn't realize was he is a pretty decent passer for his position. He can read the defense and make a quick pass when the double team comes or is willing to give up the ball if there is a man open on the perimeter for a shot. Also dropped a nice interior pass to a team mate for a layup. If they manage to get Brand then they have to surround him with shooters to take advantage of that part of his game. If they could get the Clippers and Brand to agree to a sign and trade and have a starting salary of his at 13 million (similar to Carters deal) Then the Nets could try and using Swift, Hassell, Marcus Williams, Sean Williams, Nets first round pick (10) to get him. That would take care of the big they have needed for a long time. For shooting, a team stacked with shooters is the Raptors: They got Kapono, Anthony Parker, Bargnani, Calderon who they could all potentially use in a trade for their biggest need which is a starting marquee wing player. But the guy they would want is RJ. I don't know if I would trade such a key piece like RJ to a division team but both teams have players the other team needs. Anthony Parker would be a nice guy to have a off the bench. He can shoot the 3 and is a decent defender and could immediately help. But what to give up for him? Would Van Horn's non-guaranteed 4.7 million and a 08 2nd rounder be enough? Or is Van Horn's non-guaranteed 4.7 million and the Dallas 08 1st round pick be too much for Parker? With Marcus gone they would need a bakcup PG. Daniel Gibson or Keyon Dooling! They both can defend and Gibson is a pretty good 3 point shooter. Dooling has some offense to his game as well. Use the MLE on one of them. Resign Nachbar and Diop both for 2-3 million a year for say 3 years. If they get better offers than that then let them go. I'm not sure what to do with the rest of the bigman rotation. Who would best compliment Brand in the starting front court? Krstic? Diop? Boone? Who comes off the bench? Would they need another offensively capable bigman coming off the bench who could compliment Diop and Boone? Harris/Gibson or Dooling Carter/? Jefferson/Nachbar Brand/? ?/?</div> Umm no way that we will be able to afford jefferson carter harris and brand... if we make a trade for brand, we need to get rid of jefferson's contract either by a 3 team deal or jefferson and other pieces for brand straight up. The clippers wouldn't be interested in mwill / swill / swift and hassell either. Theyll be looking for more draft picks and a better PG if brand was to be traded. As for kwame brown... please no... this guy resembles what everyone on the nets resembles. Lack of toughness, lack of energy, lack of motivation and settles for mediocrity(sorta like swift). That reminds me of a lot of players on the nets. We need some energy on our team some people that will get the fans off their seats and gets the drive going for the rest of our players. Kmart did that well in his days
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (logik15 @ Apr 17 2008, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Umm no way that we will be able to afford jefferson carter harris and brand... if we make a trade for brand, we need to get rid of jefferson's contract either by a 3 team deal or jefferson and other pieces for brand straight up. The clippers wouldn't be interested in mwill / swill / swift and hassell either. Theyll be looking for more draft picks and a better PG if brand was to be traded. As for kwame brown... please no... this guy resembles what everyone on the nets resembles. Lack of toughness, lack of energy, lack of motivation and settles for mediocrity(sorta like swift). That reminds me of a lot of players on the nets. We need some energy on our team some people that will get the fans off their seats and gets the drive going for the rest of our players. Kmart did that well in his days</div> Actually they can afford all of them. Harris only makes about a $1mm more than Collins did and Brand won't pull down $20mm like Kidd did. In this post and this post I list out what the payroll would look like.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Apr 17 2008, 04:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (logik15 @ Apr 17 2008, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Umm no way that we will be able to afford jefferson carter harris and brand... if we make a trade for brand, we need to get rid of jefferson's contract either by a 3 team deal or jefferson and other pieces for brand straight up. The clippers wouldn't be interested in mwill / swill / swift and hassell either. Theyll be looking for more draft picks and a better PG if brand was to be traded. As for kwame brown... please no... this guy resembles what everyone on the nets resembles. Lack of toughness, lack of energy, lack of motivation and settles for mediocrity(sorta like swift). That reminds me of a lot of players on the nets. We need some energy on our team some people that will get the fans off their seats and gets the drive going for the rest of our players. Kmart did that well in his days</div> Actually they can afford all of them. Harris only makes about a $1mm more than Collins did and Brand won't pull down $20mm like Kidd did. In this post and this post I list out what the payroll would look like. </div> we can afford them... but will management dish out all that money again? we won't have enough money for any bench players or the role players we would still require. Technically we could afford it, but if we want to make a run at lebron at 2010 and let ourselves maintain the roster flexibility we have now... then no i don't think management would do it without giving up jefferson.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Apr 17 2008, 03:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (bravo369 @ Apr 17 2008, 04:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't think he fits the toughness and defense part but how about the nets take a chance on a guy like JJ redick. he hasn't really been given a chance and Orlando said they will look to trade him this summer and he only makes 2mil a year. Sure he has his limitations but i've always been for having a deadly spot up 3 pt shooter on the team even at the end of the bench ala korver, house, brent barry, damon jones etc. During the season, those guys may win a handful of games for you if they get hot.</div> Think I rather draft Shan Foster in the 2nd round. It's not like Reddick is much more experienced and Orlando is going to want too much. </div> I advocate going for Shan Foster as well.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (logik15 @ Apr 17 2008, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Apr 17 2008, 04:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (logik15 @ Apr 17 2008, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Umm no way that we will be able to afford jefferson carter harris and brand... if we make a trade for brand, we need to get rid of jefferson's contract either by a 3 team deal or jefferson and other pieces for brand straight up. The clippers wouldn't be interested in mwill / swill / swift and hassell either. Theyll be looking for more draft picks and a better PG if brand was to be traded. As for kwame brown... please no... this guy resembles what everyone on the nets resembles. Lack of toughness, lack of energy, lack of motivation and settles for mediocrity(sorta like swift). That reminds me of a lot of players on the nets. We need some energy on our team some people that will get the fans off their seats and gets the drive going for the rest of our players. Kmart did that well in his days</div> Actually they can afford all of them. Harris only makes about a $1mm more than Collins did and Brand won't pull down $20mm like Kidd did. In this post and this post I list out what the payroll would look like. </div> we can afford them... but will management dish out all that money again? we won't have enough money for any bench players or the role players we would still require. Technically we could afford it, but if we want to make a run at lebron at 2010 and let ourselves maintain the roster flexibility we have now... then no i don't think management would do it without giving up jefferson. </div> Don't forget we would need to send $14mm worth of salary to get Brand (KVH, Swift, Krstic, Williams). So, yes we can have a bench. We could re-sign Nachbar and Diop in the $3-4mm/year range and use the full MLE on a free agent. I just wanted to demonstrate it was possible. I don't know what managements plan is for 2010. I do hope they don't sit around with their thumbs up their asses for the next 2 years waiting on the remote possibility Lebron wants to come to the Nets. That has disaster and heartbreak written all over it.
