A list of some Unrestricted BIG MEN

gman23 · Jul 4, 2005

Here is a list of some BIG Centers we should try to get IMO.
What do you think about them. I mean if we get one and move Brad to a PF position we would be set. If you click on the names you will be sent to a link with their statistics.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Cleveland

Unrestricted free agent

Daniel Santiago

Milwaukee

Unrestricted free agent

Wang Zhizhi

Miami

Unrestricted free agent

Andrew DeClercq

Orlando

Unrestricted free agent

Ervin Johnson

Minnesota

Unrestricted free agent

Zeljko Rebraca

LA Clippers

Unrestricted free agent

hrdboild · Jul 4, 2005

With the exception of Big Z, those guys are unrestricted for a reason. Our MLE would be better spent elsewhere. And Z is going to be making a lot more than MLE money.

gman23 · Jul 4, 2005

I like Rebraca for the clippers. he put a hurting on us a couple of times. He is young and talented. I'm pretty sure the clippers will offer him a big contract. But hey anything can happen in the NBA.

VF21 · Jul 4, 2005

The list pretty much looks like players who will either: a) remain with their current teams, b) fade into oblivion or c) get picked up to fill an "end of the bench" roster slot.

The only one I wouldn't mind seeing come to the Kings is, as hrdboild pointed out, probably going to make much more than the MLE we would waive in his face.

SLAB · Jul 4, 2005

I like Rebraca...But he's not gonna give us anything in the athletic/rebounding/blocking category that we so desperatly need.

Zhi Zhi, a 3-point jump shooter that contributes nothing but a match-up problem.

DeClerq and Johnson are hustlers, but both are getting up in age. Plus, they both are awful offensive players.

Santiago is a scrub.

Big Z is much to expensive, and still, he really would only marginally help out rebounding. Z/Miller would be the most unathletic and slow combo in the league.

funkykingston · Jul 4, 2005

Out of the Kings price range unless Z really wants to come to Sacramento and Cleveland would take a sign-and-trade of Mobley & change. Besides, Big Z doesn't really address the Kings' problems of lacking toughness, rebounding and interior defense. He is a decent shotblocker but can be outmuscled and he is a weak rebounder for his size.

Not interested. In fact I'm more interested in the Bucks two other free agent big men, Pachulia and Gadzuric. Neither is a difference maker, but could help. Zaza is the better passer of the two, so he might fit in better, but Gadzuric is the better and more active rebounder.

No. NO. NOOOOOOOOO!
Wang isn't a horrible player, but he's soft and a jumpshooter. Just not what the Kings need.

Eh, pass. On the downside of his career and never a difference maker.

I'd take Johnson at the veteran's minimum, but he's really nothing more than a better conditioned Ostertag, with even worse hands.

If nobody else fits the bill than maybe. He's 33 and again a weak rebounder.

Doesn't look like there are too many options as far as unrestricted free agents. I guess the Kings will have to hope a team doesn't match an offer for a restricted free agent or else look to make trades.

ONEZERO · Jul 4, 2005

None of those guys would help.

D-Mass · Jul 4, 2005

I really can't get excited about any one of them. Z is probably the best, and I don't even want him. I just don't see much in the free agent market that is going to help us drastically. It has been said many times in these forums, but barring a major trade that sends some of our core players packing for something big, we're in for a long, tough road ahead.

BigSong · Jul 4, 2005

ooooo...oooooo...VITALY POTAPENKO!!!! on a slightly more serious note, how about Michael Stewart, its the year of the comebacks for the Kings I say.

kingsnation · Jul 4, 2005

gman23 said:

Don't look at the stats he's had against us. Ostertag and Jerome James have had career games against Sac as well.

Most pathetic big men do.

AleksandarN · Jul 4, 2005

kingsnation said:

The one thing I like about Rebraca is he has a true post game. I say he is worth the veteran's minimum.

AriesMar27 · Jul 4, 2005

i still say steven hunter is the way to go.... its not like phoenix needs or uses him.... especially now that thomas is there.....

D-Mass · Jul 4, 2005

AriesMar27 said:

Now that kid I like...he's got promise.

malcolm_m03 · Jul 4, 2005

Not that this has anything to do with it but.....

I was wondering what MLE stands for, i didn't know which other forum to ask this question in, but yeah?

BigSong · Jul 4, 2005

malcolm_m03 said:

mid-level exception

Omaha-King7275 · Jul 4, 2005

hopefully we can get steven hunter, either him or stromile swift, but i think both are probably out of the question.

AriesMar27 · Jul 4, 2005

hunter didnt play because he was stuck behind amare.... and now hes stuck behind thomas and amare.... he doesnt make much is a free agent and averages 3 points a game on the highest scoring offense in the league....

i would hope that he is attainable....

Omaha-King7275 · Jul 4, 2005

actually, has anyone thought about kwame brown? i heard that the wizards were planning on letting him go, i know it sounds strange but bear with me........ sure he was terrible in washington but hes a very big athletic guy and hes still pretty young so maybe we could work with him, i'd like to see it end up something like jermaine o neal.

VF21 · Jul 4, 2005

Kwame Brown has been discussed quite a bit in various threads. I think the main drawback is he'd be a risk. He could either work out very well or not work out at all. I think Bricklayer may have been the one to say at this point, however, it might be worth taking a chance...

Gary · Jul 4, 2005

Zeljko Rebraca

NO, no and NOOOOOO!!!

He does not help with our rebounding in any way.. 1 rebound in 30 minutes is not what we need.

AriesMar27 · Jul 4, 2005

VF21 said:

depending on how we would obtain kwame im down..... we have to trade away corliss and thomas... not both for kwame, thats stupid... but they need to go.... we need if not better players, definitely taller ones.... because that is something that we cant teach....

ParniValjak · Jul 5, 2005

AleksandarN said:

I agree. Rebraca actually has a post game and plays like a true center. I am not sure what veteran minimum is set at but I am assuming its around $1million. Rebraca was getting $2.5 million from the Clippers last year and after having his best season so far, I am sure he would be getting a bit more than what he got last year.

LjuboDaMan · Jul 5, 2005

gman23 said:

hes not that young hehe he's been playing bball for a while ... for that reason, i dont know if it would be smart for him to come to KINGS.

he has a good post game. kings dont have that. he doesnt rebound? doesnt block shots? when he played for Yugoslavian Championship Teams he was their Big Ben (rebounds+blocks)

I think he doesn't play that way anymore because of his health problems (heart) and also he is on a bad team. HE doesn't have a big role on that team. He was not motivated enough.

He once was a best European centre.

Probably not anymore. But it's possible, if he comes here, to have a bigger role. certainly bigger that TAG's role.

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