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jesse

How do u expect the clippers free agents’ situation handled? Foye, Billups, Young, Martin, Evans all f.a.’s…if gomes were amnestied who would u give that $ to? I like Young as starting 2 for the mle and gomes’ $ to martin…u?

Larry Coon

The Clippers made a great start with their roster overhaul, and now they need to build on their success, with the goal of keeping CP3 & Blake long-term. Nothing does that more than winning, or at least demonstrating to the players that they’re committed to becoming a winner. They won’t have Bird rights to Chauncey (unless the union somehow prevails in the arbitration), and need to resolve the starting two spot. Landing someone like Ray Allen would be a coup for them, if that was at all possible.

I think they hope Mo Williams opts out, since they can’t really afford to pay him $8.5 million and do a lot with their roster. If he opts in, then they will probably try to trade him. I think Bledsoe will firmly establish himself as the first guard off the bench.

Young would be an interesting fallback if they don’t land a better two, but remember they don’t have Bird rights to him, either.

So to summarize, I think they try to keep Evans and K-Mart. I think they want to bring back Young & Chauncey if they can afford to, but the ability to land a front-line two might change their plans. I don’t think they do much to hang onto Foye or Williams (if he opts out), and I think they try to move Gomes and Williams (if he opts in). DeAndre gets at least another year to continue to develop.

HoopsWorld

og15 wrote:I think opinions on bringing Foye back were different a few weeks ago. I really don't mind Foye, but there's only so many guards one can have, and his size and defensive ability are not optimal for winning a championship. I'm not sold on re-signing both Kenyon and Reggie, not because I don't like them, but because the front line needs better size, better shooting and better offense off the bench, or at least 1/3 of those.

og15 wrote:Here's probably the #1 baseline scenario (that is without any "big" signings):
-Mo Williams opts out
-Ryan Gomes is amnestied
-re-sign Chauncey Billups
-re-sign Nick Young (~$4-5 million / year if at all possible, but if J.J Redick makes $6.5 million), if not, Foye might be back as a cheap starter until Billups is healthy
-sign a big man with size (Aaron Gray, Kwame Brown, etc)
-re-sign Reggie Evans or Kenyon (or both, depending on if another big man is acquired)
-sign a defensive decent to good outside shooting wing (Matt Barnes, Brandon Rush then maybe no Young)

Example Roster could be:

PG: Paul / Bledsoe
SG: Billups / Young
SF: Caron / Barnes
PF: Blake / Reggie or Kenyon
C: Jordan / K.Brown
-that's an improvement, but something still feels missing. I'm not huge on Young with Billups around, I would prefer a better defensive player maybe a guy like Brandon Rush as a SF/SG and a third really cheap wing for injury insurance is a better option.

The less exciting scenario is having to trade Mo Williams because he opts back in. I have no clue what one could get for Mo right now, so I don't have any examples.

og15 wrote:The unpopular opinion scenario is trading Eric Bledsoe in combination with a guy like Butler while his value is high from the playoffs for an improvement at SF position, but like I said, for an improvement, not for some average player. I know the general fan tendency is to love young players production and never want to move them, so it wouldn't be an accepted move until it is shown to pan out. I don't have this acquirable player that I consider an improvement, so it's just a thought.

The "if this happens I would explode with joy" scenario's are Kevin Garnett being the ultimate one, Ray Allen being a less exciting, but still nice one. Maybe a not so thought of one is Kirilenko as a PF/SF backup, but he would be expensive.

scoobs07 wrote:1. Mo opts out

2. Amnesty Gomes

3. renounce rights to Foye

4. open up 10 million in cap space

5. sign Ray Allen for 4 years/ 22 million

6. sign Nick Young for 4 years/ 22 million

7. sign KMart for 1 year/ 2 million

8. sign Evans for 2 years/ 4 million

9. sign Thompkins for 3 years/ 3 million

10. sign Chauncy for vets min


Thompkins could ultimately emerge as the back up PF/C due to his offensive skills. He just needs to develop a little bit. I see where Olshey was going with that pick.

PF-Griffin/Evans/Thompkins
SF-Butler/Young
C-DJ/KMart
PG-CP/EBled
SG-Allen/Billups/Leslie

Mats272-GOAT wrote:If Rose is going to miss all of next season, or come back after all star at best, think the Bulls would be interested in something around Bledsoe and Caron for Deng?

scratch21 wrote:We have to sign Nick. I dont want Caron starting next season he might be suited for a 6th man role

Clippers president talks future

"I think coach did an outstanding job," Paul said of Del Negro. "Also with Neil (Olshey) and them in our front office. Everybody knows what happened in mid-December with the trade going through, picking up Chauncey (Billups) off the waiver wire.

"Then Chauncey going down and all the injuries we had to endure. It's been a rollercoaster season for us, but I think the way they managed everything was great. Bringing in K-Mart (Kenyon Martin), bringing in Reggie Evans, they did an outstanding job. The season was crazy enough with 66 games, but they helped us get here. Now we have to build from it."

One player who won't be going anywhere, at least of his own volition, is guard Mo Williams, who told ESPNLosAngeles.com that he did not intent to opt-out of his $8.5 million player option for next season.

"No," Williams said when asked if he would opt-out this summer. "I can tell you that right now."

"I think one of the interesting things, when you play a team like San Antonio, is that your weaknesses are on display," Roeser said. "It's going to give us a lot to think about in the offseason.

"I think we absolutely look at this and say, 'If we want to get to the next level, there's more we're going to have to do.' But we're prepared to do those things."

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Los Angeles

ejftw wrote:One of my takes:

Trade Maurice Williams, Ryan Gomes to the Atlanta Hawks for Zaza Pachulia, Marvin Williams, #43.
-Hawks give up on the Marvin experiment and deal his contract for an expiring one in Gomes at the cost of their backup big man and early 2nd Round Pick. Clippers gain some size, a legit backup SF with size who still may improve and a second pick in the 2nd round.

Bring back Chauncey Billups, Nick Young, Kenyon Martin (unless Brand is amnestied and Clips can get him). Sign Shaun Livingston OR Carlos Delfino

CE: DeAndre Jordan - Zaza Pachulia
PF: Blake Griffin - Kenyon Martin/Elton Brand - Trey Thompkins
SF: Caron Butler - Marvin Williams - Travis Leslie
SG: Nick Young - Eric Bledsoe - Randy Foye
PG: Chris Paul - Chauncey Billups - Livingston/Delfino

More size, better bench. Didn't really upgrade the starting SG spot but I think with Young staring and options off the bench like Billups, Foye, Delfino/Liv, Clippers would be fine.