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We need a legit big

To be honest, the only "legit" defensive big still playing I know of is Dwight Howard. The problem I see with most NBA bigs today is they aren't agile enough to both get up and down the court when the game goes uptempo, and strong enough to defend a good post player when the opponent starts feeding the low post. Lots of bigs, but their defensive skils are inconsistent at best. Teams need to be able to deal with both scenarios, so we see a lot of PF-types playing C in the NBA these days, mixed with space-eater-types like Shaq.
Don't under-estimate the value of having a big guy who can post up inside. Most bigs aren't very skilled around the basket; we now have one of the best in the NBA.
 
They need a back up 4 like Amundson or Tolliver, not a back up 5. Right now AK is back up 4, which is fine but he may start at 3 so he cant start at 3 and back up 4, he would have to play more minutes than Deron to do that
 
BENTLEY said:
PG - Deron, ? (see below)

SG - Brewer, Luther Head

SF - CJ, Hayward, Evans

PF - Millsap, AK, Evans

C - Jefferson, Memo, Fes, Augustine

I'm almost tempted to suggest Dee Brown as backup PG and reunite the Illini, but it might be too painful to give Dee another shot. I actually really like Patty Mills (RFA) and at SG I'm on the Rudy Fernandez bandwagon - although I'd like to know more about what his beef is. If it's just playing time then Utah can provide him that at SG. Then there's the whole working this out with our personal bully, Paul Allen.
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This would be a solid squad and better than last year's imo. Except we know Jeffers and Gaines are almost guaranteed to come back and we most likely won't get Barnes or Brown let alone both.
 
D Will> CP3 said:
They need a back up 4 like Amundson or Tolliver, not a back up 5. Right now AK is back up 4, which is fine but he may start at 3 so he cant start at 3 and back up 4, he would have to play more minutes than Deron to do that
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True, we don't need a backup 5. Our guys are totally capable of defending against the likes of Gasol and Bynum. C'mon man.

Oberto anyone? He'd be cheap and I'd love to get his big, tough *** in here for 2 years, 4M. Hell, I'd throw him 5M. He could probably teach Fes a thing or two. Or Kurt Thomas? I think he was a FA and hasn't re-signed with Milwaukee yet, right? He's more of a 4 but bro can play the 5.
 
BENTLEY said:
PG - Deron, ? (see below)

SG - Brewer, Luther Head

SF - CJ, Hayward, Evans

PF - Millsap, AK, Evans

C - Jefferson, Memo, Fes, Augustine

I'm almost tempted to suggest Dee Brown as backup PG and reunite the Illini, but it might be too painful to give Dee another shot. I actually really like Patty Mills (RFA) and at SG I'm on the Rudy Fernandez bandwagon - although I'd like to know more about what his beef is. If it's just playing time then Utah can provide him that at SG. Then there's the whole working this out with our personal bully, Paul Allen.
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Ronnie Price is still under contract.
 
You're right. Luther Head signed with NO for 2.5M over 2 years. -- that's pretty cheap. But his best asset is his history with Deron. Jazz can still, and should, just pick up Augie.
 
Gyp Rosetti said:
We've had a lot of who's going to replace Wes threads and ideas being bounced around the last few days and rightfully so but even after the AJ trade, I'm equally concerned with our lack of depth at the 5. We have Jefferson who can play some 5 and do well against many a team but he's more of a 4 naturally. Okur is coming back from injury. Koufos was traded. So who the hell can we get? Re-signing Fes to a deal seems like a must. But even if we do, I feel like we could still use one more legit big who could play some defense at the 5. Who's out there?

Is the artist formerly known as Theo Ratliff still able to walk and fielding phone calls?
Can Amundson play some 5?
Who else?
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Congrats!
(R.I.P., Gyp)
 
dalamon said:
Artist formerly known as KEK. And SalmonHobo. And Wesley Mantooth.
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He was all those users? Definitely sounds like a troll account. Seriously, any user that thinks they need all those accounts is empty on the inside. They're missing something.
 
VINYLONE said:
He was all those users? Definitely sounds like a troll account. Seriously, any user that thinks they need all those accounts is empty on the inside. They're missing something.
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Nah man, it's Mr. Serpico. Krazyeyezkilla. Joysey's finest.
 
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