2019 Free agent Centers

WuriderX · Post #1 » by **WuriderX** » Wed Apr 3, 2019 9:53 pm

Demarcus Cousins
Nikola Vucevic
Marc Gasol
Al Horford
DeAndre Jordan
Brook Lopez
Willie Cauley-Stein
Jonas Valanciunas
Enes Kanter
Hassan Whiteside
Dwight Howard
Ed Davis
Thomas Bryant
JaVale McGee
Robin Lopez

I personally think that Alex Len is just as good as most of the guys on this list. Anyone of these guys fit what we trying to do?

King Ken · Post #2 » by **King Ken** » Wed Apr 3, 2019 9:57 pm

Al Horford

peoriabird · Post #3 » by **peoriabird** » Wed Apr 3, 2019 10:23 pm

Whomever comes the cheapest should be the choice

marco102 · Post #4 » by **marco102** » Wed Apr 3, 2019 10:34 pm

I'd take a flier on Juston Patton if we are not bringing Dedmon back. Let Alex Len start and Justin be his backup. I'd also like for the Hawks to buy out Miles Plumlee next season if he's not packaged in some kind of trade before the season. Just my two cents.

IheartTHEhurt · Post #5 » by **IheartTHEhurt** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 12:46 am

King Ken wrote:Al Horford

For the love of God please stop

IheartTHEhurt · Post #6 » by **IheartTHEhurt** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 12:47 am

Vooch is the only damn answer to this question

Night Traen · Post #7 » by **Night Traen** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 3:57 am

Anyone who lives/stays a lot in hotels knows that when you trick the Honeywell thermostat so that you can set the A/C lower and the heat higher, it displays something very specific after you enter the proper cheat codes:

In VIP mode the display will read LEn for 2 seconds, then return to normal operation

(I'm fine with Bol Bol as the backup

CP War Hawks · Post #8 » by **CP War Hawks** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 4:19 am

I like McGee, Bryant, and Lopez if one were to be realisitc. TS ain't gonna overpay for any of these guys. Gasol would be a nice fit but realistically he should be ring chasing.

Hazer · Post #9 » by **Hazer** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 5:03 pm

Len has stepped it up under CLP. I’ve been saying he’s a keeper as the perfect backup C. But he’s starting to morph into a decent starter. I’d see if he could be the answer next year. Of course I’d love to somehow trade Prince, Baze, Dallas pick, etc for any of WCJ, JJJ, and or Ayton as our future C. Very unlikely, just roll with Len’s continued transformation.

gurpilo · Post #10 » by **gurpilo** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 5:23 pm

We are forgeting on that list Nerlens Noel, Dwight Powell and Richaun Holmes, all of them might be better fits, cheaper and young assets to add to a young and growing team. I would go this route instead of Deandre Jordan for example

Post #11 » by **Atlanta Hawk Fan** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 6:21 pm

Oooh...Dwight Howard will be a free agent! Hometown of Atlanta. Former DPOY. Seems like a natural fit right?

jayu70 · Post #12 » by **jayu70** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 8:51 pm

Atlanta Hawk Fan wrote:Oooh...Dwight Howard will be a free agent! Hometown of Atlanta. Former DPOY. Seems like a natural fit right?

IheartTHEhurt · Post #13 » by **IheartTHEhurt** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 8:58 pm

gurpilo wrote:We are forgeting on that list Nerlens Noel, Dwight Powell and Richaun Holmes, all of them might be better fits, cheaper and young assets to add to a young and growing team. I would go this route instead of Deandre Jordan for example

Nerlens Noel would be worth a look on defense and boards alone. Not to mention he has a Jazz musicians name

_s_t_u_r_t_ · Post #14 » by **_s_t_u_r_t_** » Thu Apr 4, 2019 9:12 pm

I believe Pierce and Holmes really liked working together in Philly. So there's that.

As suggested by my other post, I'll be surprised if Atlanta isn't reported to be one of the suitors for Patton. Whether we would actually be able to come to an agreement with him is another question, but he seriously fits the Schlenk profile, imo.

If we assume we're keeping both draft picks, I believe one of those will either be Bruno or Bol.

The big question is, does Plumlee get bought out of his last year, or do we trade him to someone looking for an expiring... and either way, are we filling two voids at the 5 instead of just the one.

If two, then you can accommodate two of either Patton, Bruno/Bol, or bringing Dedmon back... and I think it says a whole lot that they publicly offered to Dedmon and Lin that they'd be willing to negotiate a buy-out, but that that only happened for one of the two. That leaves one to conclude that Dedmon likes it here, and that we like having him here. He evidently is a great locker room presence.