Weez Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 Not necessarily for this team, as is right now (we dont need another wing player)...but talent is talent...and he'd be on the cheap... http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=trai...ov=st&type=lgns nice move by the Blazers btw, for at least continuing to try and make some attempts to their pledge of 'better citizen players.' But then again...they did just sign NVE and gave an extension to Randolph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyman3 Posted January 22, 2005 Report Share Posted January 22, 2005 the dude has some baggage. since a CLEAN WOODS wont put us "over the top" - i say NO. It'll do more HARM than GOOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted January 24, 2005 Report Share Posted January 24, 2005 I see the Heat taking him. They have had interest in him for the last couple of years and are comparatively thin at SF. They can basically give him a trial for the rest of the year at league minimum, so it is not a big risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitdave Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 To take a risk, I need to know the reward. This guy doesn't seem to be a good shooter, passer, rebounder or defender, so why bother? Go get Jeff Trepagnier if you want someone to run and jump. At least he doesn't get in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traceman Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 He was starting to show flashes last year and he certainly has the skill set that BK likes. Portland was even trying to play him at PG (even though I think his best position is SF). Worse case scenario, he comes in and causes trouble and we release him. He's in the last year of his contract so to claim him off waivers, we'd pay the balance of the $1M or so he would have made this year. Basically, the question is whether or not it is worth around $500,000 to find out if he can straighten himself out and live up to his vast potential. As poor as the talent is on this team as a whole, I think we can afford to find out. Yes, he would likely take minutes away from Chill and/or Smoove (at least until Toine is dealt) but what if he turns out to be better than both of them? That sure would be a nice problem to have. I think we are at a point where we have to take some LOW RISK chances to improve our overall talent. Next year, we are likely going to have to take a chance on potentially overpaying for a young big man like Curry, Chandler, Kwame Brown or Dalembert. Would anyone be willing to offer Curry a max deal (or close) next off season? If we do, will Chicago match? If they do match and we turn around and offer Chandler a big deal as well, will they match that too? I'm sure Chicago likes Curry and Chandler a lot but will they invest say $22M in the two of them next year when they will have all those other young guys coming up in the fairly near future? Same thing goes for the Wizards. Hughes is unrestricted so signing both him and Kwame to big deals is not a very like proposition, particularly when Jamison and Arenas already make a lot of money. With Dalembert playing such a small role for the Sixers right now, how much will they be willing to pay to keep him around? The bottom line is that we have a LONG way to go and I think we need to get talent whenever we can. Even if Woods is not in our longterm plans, perhaps he can be used in a sign and trade next year to help us improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-heatsign012605,0,6654728.story?coll=sfla-sports-front I thought they would do this to fill their SF void. I dont think he will make much impact and rookie in the wings Dorrell Wright probably isnt happy, but let's see if Van Gundy and Riley can turn this guy around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weez Posted January 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 good call. makes sense...exactly as you said it would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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