Dallas waived Bernard James...

Kilo · Post #1 » by **Kilo** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:17 pm

2012 33rd overall pick - he's the career military guy who entered the draft at 27yo. 6'10", near 250lbs, Dallas wanted to keep him but needed his contract money to sign Ellis - hope he is unclaimed so they can re-sign him later.

I assume we have $800K in cap room if we wanted him. Would be a cheap back-up big. More than the money though is the roster spot I guess.

menten · Post #2 » by **menten** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:25 pm

yeah, we should sign him. hes better than slava crapsov and would be a good fit

ComboGuardCity · Post #3 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:49 pm

Unless we do a 3 for 1 somewhere no. But would love him as a 15th man.

DetroitSho · Post #4 » by **DetroitSho** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:06 pm

menten wrote:yeah, we should sign him. hes better than slava crapsov and would be a good fit

Is he really? What evidence do we have? They both sound like 3rd string centers to me.

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Kilo · Post #5 » by **Kilo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:46 am

James has played meaningful minutes in the nba and proven himself capable, Kravtsov - not so much.

The_Irony · Post #6 » by **The_Irony** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:56 am

Who cares..they"ll never play anyway.

Keep slava

DetroitSho · Post #7 » by **DetroitSho** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:11 am

Kilo wrote:James has played meaningful minutes in the nba and proven himself capable, Kravtsov - not so much.

He has? Last I checked he was on a lottery team last year.

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ImHeisenberg · Post #8 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 3:45 am

I swear, you guys want every single free agent that becomes available. :lol:

Jodi · Post #9 » by **Jodi** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:15 am

ImHeisenberg wrote:I swear, you guys want every single free agent that becomes available.

ElectricMayhem · Post #10 » by **ElectricMayhem** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:08 am

While Kravstov has Ewing potential, Bernard James' career arc will be more similar to Olajuwon's. Maybe we could deal Kravstov for a couple lottery picks and then sign Bernard James. That's pretty much the dream scenario right there.

HotelVitale · Post #11 » by **HotelVitale** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 2:07 pm

DetroitSho wrote:
Kilo wrote:James has played meaningful minutes in the nba and proven himself capable, Kravtsov - not so much.

He has? Last I checked he was on a lottery team last year.

So was Andre Drummond. You think that kid had NBA potential?

James did rebound 35% more and block twice add many shots per minute as Kravtsov. But yeah they'd both be on the pine.

DetroitSho · Post #12 » by **DetroitSho** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:24 pm

HotelVitale wrote:
DetroitSho wrote:
Kilo wrote:James has played meaningful minutes in the nba and proven himself capable, Kravtsov - not so much.

He has? Last I checked he was on a lottery team last year.

So was Andre Drummond. You think that kid had NBA potential?

James did rebound 35% more and block twice add many shots per minute as Kravtsov. But yeah they'd both be on the pine.

Well considering the logic of this board dictates that any success this team had last year was meaningless (i.e. people who like to cry about something called "meaningless wins") there's no way James played meaningful minutes on a lottery team last year.

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DetroitDon15 · Post #13 » by **DetroitDon15** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:45 pm

I like him but there is simply no room. He won't make enough of an impact to be worth while. I'd rather have Slava cause he's 7 feet.

OneBadMutha · Post #14 » by **OneBadMutha** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:20 pm

Pistons fans petition the NBA to allow 30 man rosters. When it goes thru, I might consider this guy to be my 27th man.

RTM · Post #15 » by **RTM** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:28 pm

Loved him in college, but Slava is being paid guaranteed money, and for that, he's not being cut.

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DetroitSho · Post #16 » by **DetroitSho** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:47 pm

OneBadMutha wrote:Pistons fans petition the NBA to allow 30 man rosters. When it goes thru, I might consider this guy to be my 27th man.

Yeah I don't get it. For the last 2-3 years every player that's cut a thread is made on em saying we should get him.

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mercury · Post #17 » by **mercury** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:14 am

Invite the kid to camp... partially guaranteed... let em fight for the spot.