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There are so many Veteran free agents that Danny can sign and he can always cut 1 or 2 players from our roster like POB or Cassell (since he's only coaching these days).
At the moment, we are on a slump and we've lost 5 games since the 19 game winning streak due to weak bench. I'm not saying we should start panicking but our bench have been exposed!
I still believe that we can still win the championship this season if we sign one of the following players like:

Ruben Patterson
Bonzi Wells
Robert Horry
Damon Stoudamire
Alonzo Mourning
PJ Brown - Possibly Retired
Austin Croshere
Michael Doleac
Raef LaFrentz
Ira Newble
Jannero Pargo
Anthony Carter
Othella Harrington
Fred Jones

What do you think?

Well, Raef in his prime was close to the ultimate jump-shooting big man, and probably could have adapted to our current defensive scheme as well -- but that was quite a few injuries ago.

phoolishly_insane wrote:There are so many Veteran free agents that Danny can sign and he can always cut 1 or 2 players from our roster like POB or Cassell (since he's only coaching these days).
At the moment, we are on a slump and we've lost 5 games since the 19 game winning streak due to weak bench. I'm not saying we should start panicking but our bench have been exposed!
I still believe that we can still win the championship this season if we sign one of the following players like:

Ruben Patterson
Bonzi Wells
Robert Horry
Damon Stoudamire
Alonzo Mourning
PJ Brown - Possibly Retired
Austin Croshere
Michael Doleac
Raef LaFrentz
Ira Newble
Jannero Pargo
Anthony Carter
Othella Harrington
Fred Jones

What do you think?

Nearly all these guys would be an upgrade over our current bench.

Did Portland recently cut Raef?

greenbeans wrote:Did Portland recently cut Raef?

According to NBA.com.. he is free agent.

http://www.nba.com/transactions/movemen ... ame.html#l

Sam is not going anywhere. He will start playing after all star break. That has been the plan all along. Hmmm Raef back in Boston? I guess it would be better than nothing and it would be good to have another pre big 3 celtic on board but... there has to be a better option.

My fondest memory of Raef was that game where he was lights out the 1st half. Had something like 5 or 6 3's.

We also might be able to add Chucky Atkins to this list soon. He just got traded to the land of buyouts(OKC) for Petro.

ya if we could never bring raef lefrentz up again thatd be great.

wasnt Raef a great shot blocker at some point?

That list is from Oct 3 a lot of these guys signed overseas and Raef is just wrong he is still a Blazer.

Raef? Are you freaking kidding me?

canman1971 wrote:Raef? Are you freaking kidding me?

LOL. Raef wasn't good when he was here the first time!

I'd love to have Bonzi Wells here, but he's playing in the CBA. Are there any restrictions about getting him or can we easily pull him out of there?

greenbeans wrote:My fondest memory of Raef was that game where he was lights out the 1st half. Had something like 5 or 6 3's.

Ha, I was at that game against Houston....I think he was like 7-7 from the 3pt line....the small crowd in the garden was going nuts...

Zin5 wrote:I'd love to have Bonzi Wells here, but he's playing in the CBA. Are there any restrictions about getting him or can we easily pull him out of there?

I read an article about the Bonz recently where he said he was happy playing in China, and averaging 46pts/gm to boot. Maybe a chance to win a championship would sway him, but he's does have a contract with CBA.

greenbeans wrote:My fondest memory of Raef was that game where he was lights out the 1st half. Had something like 5 or 6 3's.

That was against Houston. He was always good against Yao

Raef was a special player as shooting range and serious shot blocking abilities are pretty rare on Centers. If healthy he'd be that kind of guy you combine with the Big Al's of this world.

Ruben Paterson is my fav.