og15 wrote:
As of right now, SG is the teams weakest position defensively (SF is not that great either IMO), and I mean part of that is Billups. Foye is probably the best SG defender out of all the guards. He would be a great cheap option to keep as a backup PG/SG if he was actually an efficient offensive player, but Bledsoe is around too.
You're right that we don't really have a sg and that's our weakest position, especially for next season.
og15 wrote:Four guys that really interest me are:
Courtney Lee
Jordan Hill
Corey Brewer
Robin Lopez
Corey Brewer is good defensively, seemingly has learned to shoot over 41% from the field (I'm assuming that has meant abandoning pull up mid-range jumpers), and also seemingly has become a decent 3PT shooter, but I'd need a bigger sample size. Problem with him is that I don't really see any workable scenario for getting him.
Brewer would be nice, but(like you've said) probably not available for us. At least during the season.
og15 wrote:Courtney Lee has defensive potential, and does some good things on defense, but I'm not necessarily convinced that he an overall good defensive player. He has a lot of the tools for the kind of SG the Clippers need. A guy that can start and play in the 20 MPG range, who can shoot from outside (not the best this year, but that's okay), handle the ball a little, is willing to defend, and getting the right shots will be efficient. This allows you to have a Mo Williams off the bench in a Terry role is you want.
Lee would be great and with Houston having all those wing players, there might be a chance we could get him for some 2nd rounders(ours or those Hornets 2nd rounders in 2015) or a future first.
He's a great defender and able to knock down shots, like he showed with the Magic when they made it to the finals.
Though, he'll be a restricted free agent and maybe someone we could go after in this years free agency.
og15 wrote:Jordan Hill can play PF/C, he can defend decently well, he can rebound, he has some scoring ability, and outside of the 17 games this season, he shoots FT's over 67% most of the time. Playing the right role he can be a high efficiency scorer for you off the bench, while giving you good rebounding, and above average defense outside of his fouling issues. I believe Houston didn't pick up his option, so if something could be worked with him and Lee, after the season, that would be cool.
Hill would be a very good backup PF/C, but he would cost us at least Bledsoe or a first rounder.
I even think that he won't be available soon from the Rockets, as they'll probably start looking to rebuild around Lowry and younger guys, as they can't win anything with that Scola/Martin combo.
og15 wrote:Robin Lopez. It's always nice to have another 7'0 player off the bench, but of course being 7'0 tall and not super sucky, one can never be sure how the market will play out. If Gortat who people saw as being better only got about $7 million / year, then Lopez should be a possible addition in the $5-6 million / year range as the main backup big man. But it would depend on what else is out there etc. I don't think a trade is possible for him unless Phoenix had any interest in Foye.
No thanks to Fropez.
The guy is 7 foot tall, but can't rebound a lick, gets pushed out of position by smaller guys and doesn't have an offensive game at all.
He might be nice as a third string center, but nothing more.
Any team paying him 5 - 6 million a year will regret doing so.
og15 wrote:Another guy I wouldn't mind trading for is Ersan Ilyasova. He's a very good and scrappy defensive player, he's a stretch big that also rebounds very well. He's not much of a C, which is the only problem because putting him and Griffin together on the floor would have him playing C, but he does have SF playing ability too, so that's another option. He's also only 24 years old, but I do believe that the Bucks like him a lot, so I don't know what could be worked out there.
Ilyasova would be nice, but I'm not sure if he's really into that whole NBA thing.
Every year there are rumors that he doesn't really like it in the states and would rather play in europe again.
A guy we might be able to get on the cheap would be Houston's Terrence Williams. They traded for him last season and he's hardly playing at all for them.
He's under contract till 2013, able to defend some and could help at and add some size at the 2/3 positions.
BTW:
For free agency, I would look into those guys.
SG:
Ray Allen
Mikael Pietrus
CJ Miles
Brandon Rush
Power Forwards:
Jason Thompson
Ronny Turiaf
Ian Mahinmi
Centers:
Omer Asik
Semih Erden
Kyrilo Fesenko
