Official James Singleton Thread

Post #1 » by **nate33** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:13 am

Singleton is averaging 13.6 boards and 2.8 blocks per 36 minutes in his first 5 games. Those numbers remind a little of a young Ben Wallace. I hope we resign him to a long term deal at a low salary. Something like 4 years, $10M with a team option on Year 4 would be sweet. He's the kind of guy who will always have a role on a team.

Post #2 » by **montestewart** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:26 am

nate33 wrote:Singleton is averaging 13.6 boards and 2.8 blocks per 36 minutes in his first 5 games. Those numbers remind a little of a young Ben Wallace. I hope we resign him to a long term deal at a low salary. Something like 4 years, $10M with a team option on Year 4 would be sweet. He's the kind of guy who will always have a role on a team.

I didn't watch the last two games, but see he shot 6-19 , which seems like a big upswing in shots and misses. Anomaly or bad trend? Other than that stat, I sure like what I've seen and his numbers.

keynote · Post #3 » by **keynote** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:35 am

The good news is he's got a nice li'l jumper. The bad news is that, as a result, I've seen multiple situations where Foye/Boykins gave him the ball with the shot clock running down, hoping for a bailout J (if he were a Ben Wallace clone, he probably wouldn't even get the ball on those situations). Other than situations like that where he has to force a long jumper, he plays within himself offensively for the most part.

He's a little undersized, but I'd love to have him somewhere on the bench next year.

yungal07 · Post #4 » by **yungal07** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:40 am

Would absolutely love him back next year. He plays tough, rebounds, defends, and he can make a jumpshot. Bring him back.

Oh he sets the best picks on the team by far.

GilArenas88 · Post #5 » by **GilArenas88** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:28 am

Solid ass player, would love him back next year, damn it if we only still had Haywood. Haywood, Blatche, Singleton, McGee, and Oberto IMO is a little of everything solid front court. Throw in Arenas, Young, Boykins, Foye, Thorton, Howard, and 4 draft picks, hot damn, rebuilt on the quick. Now if only we can lure Haywood back in the offseason.

Error Afflalo · Post #6 » by **Error Afflalo** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:14 am

Already love Singleton. Dude plays hard on both ends and knows his role.

hands11 · Post #7 » by **hands11** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:23 pm

So you going to merge your own thread - LMAO

closg00 · Post #8 » by **closg00** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:39 pm

Love what JS brings also and I'd like to see him brought back under a reasonable contract for a role-player. If he were a better shooter, it would be gravy. I am concerned that because he is a high-energy player who rebounds well, that he will be played out of position. If think Flip is already mis-using JS for small-ball purposes. JS was guarding Gasol and had to resort to hacking him because of the height-difference.

Post #9 » by **Rafael122** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:12 pm

4 yrs/$10 million? Holy crap. He's 28 years old right? 2 year deal at LLE money, which is what $2 million?

closg00 · Post #10 » by **closg00** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:26 pm

I like a 3-year deal with the 3rd year a team option. 2 mil per year sounds good.

fishercob · Post #11 » by **fishercob** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 1:57 pm

nate33 wrote:Singleton is averaging 13.6 boards and 2.8 blocks per 36 minutes in his first 5 games. Those numbers remind a little of a young Ben Wallace. I hope we resign him to a long term deal at a low salary. Something like 4 years, $10M with a team option on Year 4 would be sweet. He's the kind of guy who will always have a role on a team.

What's intriguing to me about our own Big Game James (tm, Mikey Prada) is that he's been a decent offensive player his entire career. Dude's got a career PER of 14.2. Had a 16.4 PER and TS% of .614 in 62 games (14+ MPG) last year. He's in no way shape or form Mike Ruffin. His offense is good enough to keep him on the floor and his D is good enough to help the team win.

Losing Haywood still sucks donkey balls (hi Donkey!), but at least we may have gotten a cheap rotation-quality big out of it.

Post #12 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:05 pm

He reminds me of Udonis Haslem as a player - though he has to show he'll hit that 12-15 footer every time. Haslem is always in position to make that shot as soon as he gets the ball. Singleton's getting there, but he's not Haslem, yet.

Post #13 » by **nate33** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:32 pm

Rafael122 wrote:4 yrs/$10 million? Holy crap. He's 28 years old right? 2 year deal at LLE money, which is what $2 million?

I didn't realize he was that old. Given his contract size, I thought he was a 2nd round pick coming to end of a rookie deal.

Seeing how he has bounced around the league a bit, I guess he could be signed cheaper. My goal is to try to lock him up long term to a pretty cheap deal. 3 or 4 years with a team option on the last year would be ideal. Obviously, the cheaper the better. Maybe he'll agree to something closer to $1M a year.

And Ruzious, I like the Haslem comparison. Singleton seems a bit more athletic, but he lacks Haslem's deadly midrange game.

verbal8 · Post #14 » by **verbal8** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:40 pm

GilArenas88 wrote:Solid ass player, would love him back next year, damn it if we only still had Haywood. Haywood, Blatche, Singleton, McGee, and Oberto IMO is a little of everything solid front court. Throw in Arenas, Young, Boykins, Foye, Thorton, Howard, and 4 draft picks, hot damn, rebuilt on the quick. Now if only we can lure Haywood back in the offseason.

I really hope Oberto is done here. I think Singleton replaces him and DMac. I think the Wizards need add a poor man's Haywood(7ft defensive C) to back-up/push McGee.