Post#214 » by Licensed to Il » Fri Jan 2, 2009 12:50 am
How would Brad Miller help us? Bogut is better than Miller, and you couldn't play them out on the court at the same time effectively. Furthermore, Miller is aging, losing mobility, and though scrappy... has never been a hard nosed defender. I just can't see Hammond and Skiles getting excited about that aquisition.
I do think Landry is a Hammond/Skiles type. I think that Gerald Wallace would fit in here. I'm certain Skiles would welcome Hinrich. Klieza would thrive here. Noccioni.
Those are all guys that can be had right now.
I'm not pretending to have inside information, or knowing anything outside of what we have been told in press conferences and reading between the lines of past moves. But Hammond and Skiles are not aiming for a title right now. They are trying to build a team that is going to defend and compete every night, finish 3-6 in the east, and then make the final push two or three seasons down the road. Accordingly: they want guys that defend from tip off to the final whistle, can space the floor on offense, have a good hoops IQ, and are coachable (won't go Sprewell on a coach who corrects a mistake).
I think we have a very strong trading chip in Sessions (if the organazation does not think he is our long term answer at the point). I think CV has some value. I think there are 2-3 teams that would take Redd. Good grief, Gadz might have even played his way in to "tradable" status. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.