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Which team is strongest and beats the others in a series?

Plan A.
The basic grab Nene, plug him in and win.

Hib/ Nene
Nene / Hans
Granger/ George
George / Hill
Collison/ Hill

Plan B.
Maybe we can't get Nene but West? He's maybe a better PF against most teams but we'd need to get a good, affordable, defensive minded 5 to plug our other hole...so

Hib/CHayes (or KBrown) -Which do you want?
West/Hans
Granger/George
George/Hill
Collison/ Hill

Plan C.
Those are two nice squads. But the second one pretty much wastes a good asset in Tyler. Why not trade him for an upgrade at another position?
Point guard could be upgraded.
I looked at the recent PG rating on the trade board and by a process of elimination think Holiday may be our best shot at maybe a better guy.
Collison/Tyler for Holiday/Speights.
Philly's high on Jrue but Collison is a good replacement and they don't like Speights. He largely overlaps Hawes - and he's a knucklehead. Hans looks like a decent fit.
Trade works and ESPN machine said the deal is better for Philly by 4 wins. Would they do it? what adjustments would it take?

Hib / Speights
West / Speights
Granger/George
George/ Hill
Holiday/Hill

Plans D, E, F.
Readers choice. Be serious. Nominate a better team that is reasonably possible.
Do not claim the letter without some thought or debate.
I'll edit the OP for a good idea.

Plan A easily. Add Nene and I think we're good to go. I like West but I don't think he really solves a need. We need a defensive minded big and West isn't that player.

Out of those A. But just adding Nene isn't the finish line. We'd still have work to do.

All three teams get a defensive minded big.

I am partial to the first one as well but I'm not as sure as you guys.
I was motivated by reports that Nene will likely not come here and West very well may.

Could we make the best of it and maybe even come out better off?

I think all three teams could be very good.
The second one adds the best scorer. The third does that plus improves balance, arguably improves two starting positions, and gets us our extra big with out having to buy buy him (like we'd have to for Hayes)..

It certainly doesn't exhaust the possibilities, even obvious and simple ones.

A case could be made for Signing J Rich or trading for Iggy, but if we're so high on PG and think he can man the two - Why bother? I hope that a year from now Paul's improvement will have justified our holding our cards here. Hill and Lance should combine to give us good depth here.

I like Marc Gasol and Chandler but they will not play very well with Hib and I'm not interested in parting with him just yet.

Nene or West seem the way to go.
You can't beat Nene for a one shot in the arm improvement. I'd be real happy - but it may not happen.

I will not lose a tear if we can grab a healthy West. A very strong all around player. Pretty much the same size as Tyler but longer arms and more productive. Very productive.

If we get him do we sit on Hans and let him learn behind a similar guy with great experience or trade him to get more of our talent on the floor?

I guess this thread could have been called "If we go West".

Plan A, easy.