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If he is coming here area 3rd big and making 3 mil a year or less I would strongly consider him. Though I wonder what Brandan Wright will get on the open market.
 
Oh hey look at this:

Zach Lowe said:
The NBA Groupon Games: Which Players Are the Next Free-Agent Steals?


1. Bismack Biyombo

I’m leading a movement to relocate the last starving residents of Waiters Island onto the Biyombo Archipelago. Biyombo has earned his punch-line reputation as perhaps the NBA’s least competent offensive player. He has one move: Catch the ball near the rim and dunk.

If he catches the ball too far from the basket, or if a help defender gets in his way, he is helpless:

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Look at the floor an instant before Biyombo launches that hopeless hook: Three teammates are wide open beyond the arc, raising their arms, begging for the ball.

This is sadly indicative of what is perhaps Biyombo’s most damaging limitation: He cannot, or will not, pass. He has 19 assists combined over the last two seasons. He has assisted on fewer than 2 percent of Charlotte’s baskets while on the floor in each of those two seasons, putting him in rare historic territory. Being a finisher first is fine, especially for a range-less big man with hops, but even those types need at least basic NBA passes in their bag for moments when help converges.

Mastering the simple kickout dish could also help Biyombo trim his ugly turnover rate, since he wouldn’t stumble into charging calls, traveling violations, and fumbles.

If a team can teach Biyombo to read the floor just a bit better, he could become something in the NBA. He has already improved in small ways. He doesn’t flat-out drop the ball as much as he used to; his hands have softened from granite to limestone. He is an explosive leaper in traffic and faster than almost every center in the league. He sucks in extra defensive attention on his rolls to the rim, opening up shots for teammates dotting the perimeter:

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Charlotte sports the league’s saddest rotation of outside shooters, and it’s tempting to imagine how Biyombo might fare for a team that could surround him with more shooting. The Hornets have scored a respectable 102.3 points per 100 possessions when Biyombo shares the floor with Marvin Williams, the only 3-point shooter in Charlotte’s frontcourt rotation, and collapsed whenever Biyombo plays alongside any other big, per NBA.com.

He has hit a career-best 58 percent from the line this season, and he’s a creative screen setter who toggles between laying the wood and darting into the lane before really setting a pick.

Biyombo is a proven rim protector on defense, with the wheels to defend stretchier big men on the perimeter — a rare combination:

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Opponents hit just 45.6 percent of shots at the basket this season with Biyombo nearby, a stingy mark, and that number was even lower last season — 39.1 percent, the best mark in the league among rotation bigs, per SportVU data.

Biyombo can get a little out of control defending in space, and he’s never going to have a post game or any sort of range. Opponents are free to play small against the Hornets with Biyombo on the floor, since a wing player can guard him without worrying about Biyombo posting up. That’s a real liability, and one that could become more glaring as smart coaches go small at every chance.

But Biyombo is a force at the basket, and he could develop into a threatening pick-and-roll dunk machine. Nabbing Biyombo at $3 million or $4 million per season might turn into a bargain, especially after the cap leaps in 2016-17. That kind of salary is already a team-friendly price for a backup big who can start in a pinch, provided the right kind of personnel is around him.

Even the most plugged-in execs are cautious in projecting contracts for this summer, the last one before the biggest cap jump in league history. Teams and agents will negotiate in a weird netherworld between the projected cap for next season, around $68 million, and the potential $90 million cap coming in 2016-17. The league’s average salary, and perhaps the midlevel exception,2 could jump to $7.5 million or so in just two years. Teams want good contracts now, but agents don’t want to sign contracts that will look silly in 2017.

Could you get Biyombo at $4 million? Most people think so, but no one is sure. The Hornets have to tender Biyombo a one-year, $5.2 million qualifying offer to retain matching rights, and executives are nearly unanimous that Biyombo won’t get that kind of money on the open market.
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He was supposed to be a project, right? And he seems to be slowly and subtly improving? I'm in. Even if he doesn't improve, what a luxury at the right price/in the right role (3rd or 4th big). But if he DOES start to round out enough to become a viable NBA player, even a starter? CASH IN.
 
A.) Tomic
B.) Pleiss
C.) Biyombo

I'd rather have a big who can shoot and pass, but if either of the foreign assets the Jazz currently have don't come over, then he'd be the next guy that I'd look at. Nothing wrong with having a defensive minded center behind Gobert, but I'd rather have a offensive or all around player first.

Also, still wondering why nobody has offered Mouhammadou Jaiteh a spot for summer league. I'd probably take a look at him before Biyombo simply due to the cost.
 
I'd give him 4 years, 15 million easy. Having a backup center who can play elite defense is worth it, especially if Rudy or Favors goes down for an extended period of time
 
What a bizarre topic! Color me confused about this one, people are hella finicky about these draft picks but want to sign Bismack Biyombo... Is he really 22 anyway??
 
zyzz said:
If we need a backup center, might as well get one who has an elite skill. Would rather try out Pleiss, though.

https://twitter.com/ShotAnalytics/status/615640758327054336

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Better than I expected
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
What a bizarre topic! Color me confused about this one, people are hella finicky about these draft picks but want to sign Bismack Biyombo... Is he really 22 anyway??
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Does it really matter if he is 22?

I don't think the point of signing him would be hoping he develops into a starting big. We would just want him to be a 10-15 mpg backup center who plays defense, which he already does. So even if he was 28, I would still want to sign him for the same amount and expect the same things.

Like I said, if we don't sign Pleiss and Biyombo is cheap, it's a good pickup.
 
Robert Upshaw can do most everything Biyombo can at this stage, and for a tenth of the salary. I don't get this idea, Bismack is exceptionally limited!

With bigs it's even more important to check in on how they progress. If his age is botched chances are his offense and FT shooting are damned to futility.

If he is 22, he hasn't been progressing well at all...

So I guess If he's really cheap I could understand, can't condone this though. It's a novel idea to pay him because he's a serviceable 3rd big, he's gonna want to get paid because he's serviceable, and young - which isn't something worth paying a premium for, IMO.

Makes more sense to pay Koufos, than give Biyombo 50%-70% of what he'd cost, IMO.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
Robert Upshaw can do most everything Biyombo can at this stage, and for a tenth of the salary. I don't get this idea, Bismack's exceptionally limited!

With big's it's even more important to check in on how they progress. If his age is botched chances are his offense and FT shooting are damned to futility.

If he is 22, he hasn't been progressing well at all...

So I guess If he's really cheap I could understand, can't condone this though. It's a novel idea to pay him because he's a serviceable 3rd big, he's gonna want to get paid because he's serviceable, and young - which isn't something worth paying a premium for, IMO.

Makes more sense to pay Koufos, than give Biyombo 50%-70% of what he'd cost, IMO.
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Upshaw is also a locker-room cancer and has heart issue...
 
I thought there were doubts about biyombos age. Like he might be much older, that was why he looked good in the Nike Hoop Sucker Game.


Irregardless, the Jazz have better options.
 
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