Low key free agents to keep your eyes on
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Hinrich
Devin Harris
Tony Douglas
Battier
Mike Miller
Josh McRoberts
Ed Davis
Udoh
Okafor-would he be healthy? Would be a nice backup big.
The extent of which these guys can be classified as "low level" FA's can be debated, but all would likely be backups and wouldn't cost that much at this point in their careers.
Devin Harris
Tony Douglas
Battier
Mike Miller
Josh McRoberts
Ed Davis
Udoh
Okafor-would he be healthy? Would be a nice backup big.
The extent of which these guys can be classified as "low level" FA's can be debated, but all would likely be backups and wouldn't cost that much at this point in their careers.
I'd be very surprised if Harris wants to sign anywhere near Cousins. He might stay out of the state of California just to be safe.
I'm very interesting in Hinrich as a backup 1/2 combo. He and McCallum should have no problem playing with each other.
On that same note, BENO.. who is having quite the little postseason for himself.
And lastly, Thabo. Pretty good offseason for backup guards, but Thabo gives us a great McLemore backup plan.
The lower level FA bigs aren't as exciting. But Okafor should come really cheap, and I'd be very interested in that. At his peak, he could actually work really well next to Cousins as a starter. Not ideal, but it's one way to get a player who will be underpaid as a guy coming off of a serious injury. If I remember correctly, he was getting A LOT of praise for his defensive work in his last healthy season in Washington. It looked like he was settling in to a good role player / defensive stopper before the injury.
I'm very interesting in Hinrich as a backup 1/2 combo. He and McCallum should have no problem playing with each other.
On that same note, BENO.. who is having quite the little postseason for himself.
And lastly, Thabo. Pretty good offseason for backup guards, but Thabo gives us a great McLemore backup plan.
The lower level FA bigs aren't as exciting. But Okafor should come really cheap, and I'd be very interested in that. At his peak, he could actually work really well next to Cousins as a starter. Not ideal, but it's one way to get a player who will be underpaid as a guy coming off of a serious injury. If I remember correctly, he was getting A LOT of praise for his defensive work in his last healthy season in Washington. It looked like he was settling in to a good role player / defensive stopper before the injury.
By my read of Sham he has $4 million of his $9.7 million guaranteed next season, so I doubt the Cavs let him go. I did always think he'd be an interesting fit next to Cousins, although he always seems to be injured.
Well Udoh is probably more obtainable than most. I've always liked him, and thought he was on the right track with the Warriors. But since then, he's had a hard time getting consistent minutes. Especially with the Bucks. Just too many PF's on the roster.
Sanders: 25 mpg and 1.7 blocks per game
Henson: 26 mpg and 1.7 blocks per game
Udoh: 19 mpg and 1.0 blocks per game
Llyasova: 27 mpg and 0.1 blocks per game
Adrien: 25 mpg and 0.8 blocks per game
Thats a lot of players getting minutes. Udoh would probably be an upgrade as far as shotblocking goes, but not sure just how much. Udoh's first two years with the Warriors he averaged around 1.7 blocks a game in around 25 mpg. Going on memory here, so I could be off a bit, but he did show natural shotblocking ability.
My first choice would be Ed Davis, but if the Grizz are thinking of dumping Randolph, then Davis is probably untouchable.
Sanders: 25 mpg and 1.7 blocks per game
Henson: 26 mpg and 1.7 blocks per game
Udoh: 19 mpg and 1.0 blocks per game
Llyasova: 27 mpg and 0.1 blocks per game
Adrien: 25 mpg and 0.8 blocks per game
Thats a lot of players getting minutes. Udoh would probably be an upgrade as far as shotblocking goes, but not sure just how much. Udoh's first two years with the Warriors he averaged around 1.7 blocks a game in around 25 mpg. Going on memory here, so I could be off a bit, but he did show natural shotblocking ability.
My first choice would be Ed Davis, but if the Grizz are thinking of dumping Randolph, then Davis is probably untouchable.
Well in fairness to him, Randolph eats up around 34 minutes a game. Davis is geting around 15 minutes a game, so he's basically getting whats left. At least for the most part. I'd be curious to see how he performed when he got around 30 minutes a game. Not sure I'd be willing to pay him big bucks to see that however.
I only have one problem with Varejao. He's injured all the time. Other than that, I'd love to have him. He's played in the league for 10 years and out of a possible 820 regular season games, he's missed 286 games, or the equivalent of 3.4 seasons. That's a lot of games to miss mi amigo, and there's nothing to indicate that its going to improve with age..
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what they do with Davis. If you had asked me a year ago, I would have said they'd let Randolph walk and re-sign Davis to be their PF of the future. But now? Davis hasn't really taken that next step, and they're giving OKC a run for their money with Randolph getting major minutes. I'm not sure they would want to disrupt the momentum they seem to have now. They may not match much for Davis, or perhaps would be very willing to entertain a sign and trade.
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#Mario Chalmers: D and 3 guy
#Al-Farouq Aminu: can't shoot, but plays D
#Channing Frye: can really space the floor but his D leaves a lot to desired
#Ramon Sessions: has played well everywhere he's been off the bench or starting
#CJ Miles: can space the floor and good athlete
#Brandon Rush: not sure where he's at
#Mario Chalmers: D and 3 guy
#Al-Farouq Aminu: can't shoot, but plays D
#Channing Frye: can really space the floor but his D leaves a lot to desired
#Ramon Sessions: has played well everywhere he's been off the bench or starting
#CJ Miles: can space the floor and good athlete
#Brandon Rush: not sure where he's at
