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A three year deal for Deng just makes too much sense for both parties.. thoughts?

Not a fit. We need three point assassin types.

This guy is a winner. Plays hard, game still has 2-3 years left. We need players that have it going on upstairs too. This team has too many knuckleheads and kids that don't know how to win.

Enter Deng.

A little old for this core... starting to warm up to Stevenson... it looks like he's discovered passing.

I say just use our ~$10 mil or whatever it is on Stephenson. He's young enough that he fits with Drummond/Monroe/KCP, can pair with Jennings/KCP to give us a strong 3 guard rotation, we'd pluck him from the Pacers, we've got a strong enough head coach to handle him and he has the alpha dog mentality we need with guys like Drummond & Monroe.

Stephenson is a nutter.

I like deng a lot. I watched a lot of him in Chicago and he's a very smart player. He's a decent 3 pt shooter, so he can fit.
If we manage to move smith, i'd be all for it.

You guys think we got a shot a Lance Stephenson?

Kilo wrote:Not a fit. We need three point assassin types.

this, he's a solid player but not a sniper from the 3 position which we sorely need

Trevor Ariza?

No thanks to Stephenson as good as he is he's got that punk ass it factor that could destroy a team. Pacers keep him in check.

I'd rather go after Ariza than Deng, similar defense but better 3 pt shooter

personally i don't like Stephenson. He's talented, but he's got character issues and i don't think he'd fit the type of player SVG would be looking for.

We need to change the culture of this team/organization. Stephenson isn't going to help in that regard.

Stephenson is also proving to be invaluable to the pacers. He's getting paid.

Maker_84 wrote:

Kilo wrote:Not a fit. We need three point assassin types.

this, he's a solid player but not a sniper from the 3 position which we sorely need

We also need defenders on the perimeter and he's a very good one.
If we can get shooters off the bench, we could make it work.

mercury wrote:A little old for this core... starting to warm up to Stevenson... it looks like he's discovered passing.

Given Monroe's passing ability I think we can get by playing Lance at the point. I want to bring back bully ball and be able to out muscle/go into every game with a size advantage.

Could someone list all possible FA impact players we may have a shot at? Would be nice to know. Exclude Restricted players that will likely be matched.

Deng is the only free agent I've been looking at. I think he'd be a nice fit.

Stephenson is an interesting prospect. I love his talent and fire, but that personality of his might be too volatile for a young group and SVG. We have enough head cases to deal with.

I like Stephenson's game a lot, but character issues concern me. With SVG as coach, I think he could handle him but we already have Smith and Jennings attitudes so I don't know.

dVs33 wrote:

Maker_84 wrote:

Kilo wrote:Not a fit. We need three point assassin types.

this, he's a solid player but not a sniper from the 3 position which we sorely need

We also need defenders on the perimeter and he's a very good one.
If we can get shooters off the bench, we could make it work.

this team needs floor spacers much more than it needs defenders. Guys can be taught how to play proper defense and i have faith SVG will do that

http://hoopshype.com/free_agency_2014.htm

Pool is actually pretty barren. I'd target a veteran pg like a Hinrich to push Jennings and be able to start over him if he needs to be benched as a lesson. I'd also look to bring in a Shane Battier, a winner, a highly respected veteran leader - he can still hit the three and he's from Detroit and has his rings so might be open to coming here.