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At 6'8" I think Evans probably would be too much of a duplication of Maxiell. He also is a 54% career FT shooter, and I'm not sure we need more of that. Despite that, I think someone in need of toughness is going to overpay for him a bit, more than the BAE, at least.
Well, like I said:
If Lindsey Hunter can score $2mil+ then Evans should be able to get more than that from someone.
To be honest I don't what I talking about anymore or why I am wasting time thinking about the fantasy trade and signings of our off season since Joe isn't going to do anything that matters. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Rodney White is signed with the BAE.
LOL
I think you're coming up with some nice options, J.
Hopefully your assertion about Joe's inactivity isn't true.
I wouldn't be surprised if we only signed Nik Caner-Medley (or whatever his name is) and that's it.
Sheed/Nazr/Davis
Dice/Maxiell
Prince/Amir/NCM
Rip/Delfino/Acker
Billups/Hunter/Blalock
That's 15 and we didn't spend the BAE.
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Originally Posted by Pharaoh
This lineup sucks, flat out. We need another big guy and a slasher. This team wont do shit in the playoffs unless our backcourt(Sheed Included) gets hot and starts raining 3's, thats seriously are only chance. Snaq will go for 50/30/8 against that crew.
that's without knowing what Nazr, Maxiell, Amir, Acker, and Delfino can bring to the table. i'm not saying we've got superstars in the waiting, but i'm holding any opinions until i see this new team function together. hell, who knows what Dice could do as a starter (not saying Flip would start him, of course). my point is that this current roster + the "let's develop the bench" attitude that we've hopefully adopted raises more questions for me, than "we suck" opinions.Quote:
Originally Posted by srt4b
last regular season, we saw a "new look" pistons......what's to say we dont' see another step in the evolution of this team.
That lineup my friend is going to own the league!!!!! Shaq wont get 50-30 or any where near that. he's old and fat now, probably more out of shape.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
I have been thinking about Joe's strategy right now, and I can only conjure up a couple ideas of why we haven't made any impact moves to stay competitive. A few possibilities....
1. Joe is forced not to get anyone else. This is altogether possible.
2. Joe deems our picks sacred and will not touch our picks unless getting better ones. Again this seems possible.
3. Joe thinks that there will not be a dropoff with Nazr and Dice picking up for Ben. Question: did you guys think we were better off in the playoffs quite often when Dice and Sheed were in the game at the same time? Certainly you must have felt that way when Hack-A-Ben was in effect.
4. Joe feels that better players than Al may be available at the break and that Al will be overpaid. Dale, Dice, our TE, and our picks should have a lot of value at that time. If that is true though, we better move Dice and Dale, since neither is likely to stay with us after the season.
5. In an "I wish" category, Joe thinks that maybe Sheed, Dice, Dale, and two first rounders would be enough to get KG at the break if things aren't working out over there.
On a side note, personally there is nothing in the world that would convince me that signing Marcus Banks to the BAE (if Minnesota wouldn't match) isn't a great idea. He would be a low risk, rotation contributing insurance policy in case Chauncey leaves a la Ben.
and if none of those young studs work out, i've been working on my J, and i'll work for 6.50 an hr (pretty sure that doesnt count against the cap).Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt
c'mon, those 5 guys arent any way shape or form the answer to ben leaving. did you know, per 100 possessions, our offense scored ~4 more points and our defense gave up ~11 less points with ben on the floor? meanwhile, the spurs gave up an extra 5 points with nazr on the squad with no change in offense (but he shoots ft's better!!!).
"Question: did you guys think we were better off in the playoffs quite often when Dice and Sheed were in the game at the same time? Certainly you must have felt that way when Hack-A-Ben was in effect."
i would have agreed alot more in 2005 than 2006. i didnt think flip ever really figured out dyess. part of that was darko getting pt early (not letting dyess into his normal rhythm), but i think part of that is dyess losing a step. he has 0 post game anymore. he's sheed lite. but most of it is probably flip just not having a clue.
incidently, 82 games.com has a 'fair salary' stat now. i think this is new. pretty interesting. not sure how they do it, but it looks fairly accurate (chauncy's fair salary was ~20 million last year). other interesting salaries were ben's, 14 million (more than he'll make next year) and nazr, 500,000.
call the website trash all you want, but i completely agree with it on this one, ben wasnt the overpaid center this summer, it was nazr.