Brendan Haywood

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A few things I think we should consider is that Haywood is an elite defensive big man in terms of ALL 3 post defense, shotblocking and rebounding. Thats very rare to find. The other is that he is PROVEN. Favors or Cousins might be better players, but Haywood is exactly what this team is missing.

If we sign Haywood and draft one of Favors/Cousins, I could see Thompson or Hawes being moved for a scorer to help Tyreke.

I think Haywood is overrated defensively and got exposed in the playoffs this season as a guy who looks better on mediocre teams. He's definitely not in the "elite" group and it would be a huge mistake to give him a 4 year contract. He's already 30 and for the first half of his career he wasn't even a full-time starter because of Etan Thomas.

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I could seriously see doing a Phoenix-style move if Dallas screws around with Dirk the way they did with Nash, I would absolutely throw 4 years at max per at Dirk and watch him and Tyreke tear it up. I think that kind of a move in addition to the high draft pick could result in us immediately moving into the top four in the West.