Once everyone is healthy for the Clippers..

ctorres · Post #1 » by **ctorres** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 6:55 pm

Once the Clippers have everyone back healthy, would this be a core you can build around or are there still a lot of changes to be made?

PG: Baron Davis
SG: Eric Gordon
SF: Al Thornton
PF: Zach Randolph
C: Marcus Camby
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PF/C: Chris Kaman
PG/SG/SF: Mardy Collins

ejftw · Post #2 » by **ejftw** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:30 pm

We will probably make a few minor changes to strengthen our bench and try to acquire a backup SG.

As of now, of those seven you mentioned, I firmly believe Kaman or Camby will be dealt, but I hope not. We should use our draft pick on a wing player, Harden will be nice, as would Aminu, and if we were to get a late lotto pick or trade down, Budinger/Henderson/Damion James/Summers would be nice as well.

ClipperDomination · Post #3 » by **ClipperDomination** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:16 pm

Harden would be a great fit on this team, but if he becomes a Clipper, it allows Thornton to become trade bait. Our #1 priority is bench depth, and we can get it by trading away Kaman or Camby (although everyone wants Kaman to be traded rather than Marcus).

However, if we can trade Thornton + Kaman for a #1 star player, I'm all or it.

cinnamon · Post #4 » by **cinnamon** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:42 pm

Let's see who we can get for Dunleavy.

Jeezo1 · Post #5 » by **Jeezo1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:35 pm

cinnamon wrote:Let's see who we can get for Dunleavy.

I don't even think Dunleavy is worth a bag of chips. :lol:

playaloc916 · Post #6 » by **playaloc916** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:15 am

cinnamon wrote:Let's see who we can get for Dunleavy.

Dunleavy for a 2nd rounder and cash!

illastrate · Post #7 » by **illastrate** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:07 am

I'm tired of hearing "once everyone is healthy", "once the injuries die down", blah blah blah. Can we please get players who have been healthy their entire careers? No more injury prone players. That's why I'm all for shipping Kaman out. He might be a top 5 center "when healthy", but when the hell is he ever fully healthy? NEVER. Give me a guy who's less talented, but averages 80 games a season. In the end, it'll help us out more.

ARRRGGHHHHHHH.

madmaxmedia · Post #8 » by **madmaxmedia** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:43 pm

I was thinking his missed games to injury weren't that bad, so checked his stats. He games played since he was a rookie- 82, 63, 78, 75, 56 (last season.)

Anyway, if he came off the bench he might stay healthier. I would rather trade him than keep him as a bench player personally. OTOH who knows how long Camby will ultimately play in LA.

I was thinking we could trade Kaman for a good SF who then go into the starting lineup, and then Thornton would be good on the second unit. OTOH it could be argued that with EJ's emergence and ZBo's numbers, we have enough scoring from the first unit (thus Kaman stays here and anchors the second unit.) That is probably the smarter but less sexier move.

Our theoretical starting five is actually pretty good, in fact absolutely stellar for a 9 win team! :p

La_fan1 · Post #9 » by **La_fan1** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:05 am

Watch. Everyone will suddenly be healthy and playing games at the end of the season only to give season ticket holders a 'slight' reason to renew their tickets

OR

Players will want to play to 'showcase' their abilities in hopes for more money or a trade.

AND THEN

Dunleavy will waste our lottery pick on some 5'7" phenom, point guard from the Philipines.

TheNewEra · Post #10 » by **TheNewEra** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:37 am

Hope things get better but there is a chance we will will still struggle.

Post #11 » by **mkwest** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:19 am

madmaxmedia wrote:I was thinking his missed games to injury weren't that bad, so checked his stats. He games played since he was a rookie- 82, 63, 78, 75, 56 (last season.)

Anyway, if he came off the bench he might stay healthier. I would rather trade him than keep him as a bench player personally. OTOH who knows how long Camby will ultimately play in LA.

I was thinking we could trade Kaman for a good SF who then go into the starting lineup, and then Thornton would be good on the second unit. OTOH it could be argued that with EJ's emergence and ZBo's numbers, we have enough scoring from the first unit (thus Kaman stays here and anchors the second unit.) That is probably the smarter but less sexier move.

Our theoretical starting five is actually pretty good, in fact absolutely stellar for a 9 win team! :p

Detroit more than likely wouldn't have that much interest, but I'd love to see a Kaman/Prince based deal go down.

madmaxmedia · Post #12 » by **madmaxmedia** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:50 pm

Yeah, that would actually be really interesting IMO. Prince would be great as a glue/defense guy in the starting line up (of course he can score too, but I consider him more of a great all-around player.)