The offseason - "less spoken of" options
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:24 pm
This thread is solely for the purpose of discussing offseason "options" not involving Rasheed Wallace, Ron Artest, Stephon Marbury, Marion, AI, etcetera.
A few options to throw out there myself...
1.) Marcus Camby
The Clippers already have Kaman under contract, and Camby, expiring this season, probably wants to play for a winner. Are the Clippers interested in acquiring Big Baby?
2.) Tyson Chandler
Not any less of an injury threat than Camby. Younger than Camby but also an extra year (albeit with a player option) on his contract. Hornets want to get rid of him. They also quite arguably need defense from their SG position. They also want expiring contracts. TA/Scal/Baby works well enough.
Is Chandler much better than Baby? He's a much better rebounder when healthy.
These are examples of options that would, hopefully, firmly, solidify our front court depth for next season. We would still have the MLE to use and Powe would be healthy end of season (we would hope), and we would free up two roster spots if Scal & TA were part of a deal.
3.) Jamario Moon. The guy is rather similar to Posey, slightly younger, SF/PF but slightly too thin to really be considered a PF. A knock on him is that he purportedly has a low bball IQ...this is not reflected by objective statistical analysis over the past two seasons.
He is, statistically at least, a very solid defender. Per Hoopshype he gets faked out too often and goes for too many blocks. In that sense he is similar to Tony. But, he can knock down an open trey and doesn't turn the ball over much. In fact, he is actually one of the league's least TO prone players.
Heat, I think, can match an offer? I don't know. But they also have James Jones and Dorell Wright and Diawara under contract. I would rather land Marion or Odom but in lieu of ideal options like that I like Moon.
4.) Rashad McCants. He doesn't make sense on the surface. But for the LLE or so...Kings don't have minutes for him, he would request that they didn't match an offer. He has a lot of talent and a Giddens/McCants fight for a role or roster spot could help us out IMO.
Lastly, as an aside, I want to voice my support for the notion of bringing Gabe Pruitt back in lieu of a less than ideal back-up PG like Marbury. Nobody seems to be talking about Pruitt lately. Objectively, DA drafted him with an early second round pick and tends to know what he is doing. Statistically, he has a long way to go. However, so did Billups early on, and for what its worth, in lieu of a full explanation, after doing some end of season statistical analysis he finds himself on a list of 20 players underrated by traditional statistical measures (presumably due to hustle or bball IQ). He ranks 9th in this category if I use a cutoff of 350 minutes played. Others in the top 10 include Scal, Battier, Brian Cardinal, Bruce Bowen, Ben Wallace, and Dez Mason. Of course Marko Jaric and Jamaal Magloire also show up, but I still find it interesting to come across Pruitt's name there.
ETA...I forgot to mention Rasho Nesterovic, in lieu of more ideal front court options. He is experienced, can play solid D, and knock down a jump shot. Random fact: he and Perk are the only Centers in the history of the NBA to start alongside KG during a deep run into the playoffs. And, per one Minny beat writer, he is even better than Mark Blount.
http://www.mnsportsfans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9889
(I needed an excuse to link the article, classic title. Apparently the original article is no longer online).
A few options to throw out there myself...
1.) Marcus Camby
The Clippers already have Kaman under contract, and Camby, expiring this season, probably wants to play for a winner. Are the Clippers interested in acquiring Big Baby?
2.) Tyson Chandler
Not any less of an injury threat than Camby. Younger than Camby but also an extra year (albeit with a player option) on his contract. Hornets want to get rid of him. They also quite arguably need defense from their SG position. They also want expiring contracts. TA/Scal/Baby works well enough.
Is Chandler much better than Baby? He's a much better rebounder when healthy.
These are examples of options that would, hopefully, firmly, solidify our front court depth for next season. We would still have the MLE to use and Powe would be healthy end of season (we would hope), and we would free up two roster spots if Scal & TA were part of a deal.
3.) Jamario Moon. The guy is rather similar to Posey, slightly younger, SF/PF but slightly too thin to really be considered a PF. A knock on him is that he purportedly has a low bball IQ...this is not reflected by objective statistical analysis over the past two seasons.
He is, statistically at least, a very solid defender. Per Hoopshype he gets faked out too often and goes for too many blocks. In that sense he is similar to Tony. But, he can knock down an open trey and doesn't turn the ball over much. In fact, he is actually one of the league's least TO prone players.
Heat, I think, can match an offer? I don't know. But they also have James Jones and Dorell Wright and Diawara under contract. I would rather land Marion or Odom but in lieu of ideal options like that I like Moon.
4.) Rashad McCants. He doesn't make sense on the surface. But for the LLE or so...Kings don't have minutes for him, he would request that they didn't match an offer. He has a lot of talent and a Giddens/McCants fight for a role or roster spot could help us out IMO.
Lastly, as an aside, I want to voice my support for the notion of bringing Gabe Pruitt back in lieu of a less than ideal back-up PG like Marbury. Nobody seems to be talking about Pruitt lately. Objectively, DA drafted him with an early second round pick and tends to know what he is doing. Statistically, he has a long way to go. However, so did Billups early on, and for what its worth, in lieu of a full explanation, after doing some end of season statistical analysis he finds himself on a list of 20 players underrated by traditional statistical measures (presumably due to hustle or bball IQ). He ranks 9th in this category if I use a cutoff of 350 minutes played. Others in the top 10 include Scal, Battier, Brian Cardinal, Bruce Bowen, Ben Wallace, and Dez Mason. Of course Marko Jaric and Jamaal Magloire also show up, but I still find it interesting to come across Pruitt's name there.
ETA...I forgot to mention Rasho Nesterovic, in lieu of more ideal front court options. He is experienced, can play solid D, and knock down a jump shot. Random fact: he and Perk are the only Centers in the history of the NBA to start alongside KG during a deep run into the playoffs. And, per one Minny beat writer, he is even better than Mark Blount.
http://www.mnsportsfans.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9889
(I needed an excuse to link the article, classic title. Apparently the original article is no longer online).
