I'd be pretty happy to start the season with that lineup. We'd still be pretty exposed against quick point guards, but otherwise that's a team that will be significantly better at defense and much more effective in the open court. With two creators on the court in Kidd and Roy, and two offensive players in the front court in Aldridge/Oden, I don't really see Artest doing his one-on-three offensive routine very often. He'd be there to shoot threes and defend, which is what he does best. And if he forgets what his role is, Roy will remind him. And if he still forgets his role, Nate will just sub in Batum. That team could win 60 games and make the Finals. And Kidd would be an outstanding mentor for Bayless.
btw--is it really likely that the Mavs don't re-sign Kidd? They gave up Harris to get him, and they are in the same boat we are right now if he doesn't re-up. They've got Barea, but he doesn't look ready for 35 mpg to me. And it's not like Cuban can't afford him.
I thin kthe Mavs window has closed personally. If I were Cuban I would find younger players. Even guys like Bibby or Miller.
I will answer you question with a question. What happened when it was time to re-sign Steve Nash? Then the other question becomes, are they so screwed up mentally from the results of not re-signing Nash that they go ahead and re-sign Kidd in order to not make the same mistake, when in fact it is a truly different situation? That will be interesting to see. If I were them though, I would start rebuilding.
nice man! i was just gonna post that we should get kidd and artest. as far as maxiel goes, we should be able to package our extra pieces for a banger pf, but freeland might already be that.
Maybe. But rebuilding with youth can be a pretty big ledge to step off of. Portland decided to do it and it would've taken a decade to recover if Pritchard hadn't saved our bacon and we hadn't gotten lucky in getting a #1 pick. Repeated 50 wins and a first or second round exit gets kind of old. But it wasn't that long ago that it was just a fantasy around here. I guess they still have Dirk, so they'll never fall as far as we did. *shrug*
I'm not sure that's true. I think that Milwaukee can give Sessions as much money as we can. It will affect the amount we have committed in salary cap though. There was a whole thread about him a while back. We only get him if Milwaukee decides to not resign him (he's a RFA), and Portland and Atlanta are his biggest suitors. Perfect situations to bring in a young and up and coming PG. http://sportstwo.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1919473&postcount=47
Yes, but while Freeland might be that guy, Maxiel is that guy already. I am done with the could be's.
