Anderson Varejao to Opt Out...

[Jespher]

According to Mark Stein, Anderson Varejao is looking to opt out of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent. If the Kings draft Rubio or Griffin instead of Thabeet, it would make sense to me to make a run at Varajao to fill out the front court rotation. He can play the PF or C positions, is a solid defender, and is a terrific offensive rebounder. He has energy either coming off the bench, or starting for injured teammates. I think the Kings should target Sessions and/or Varajao, but 7+ million/year might be too much for a third big. It's nice to know that the Kings have the cap space to actually make an offer though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090328-29 (Eastern Conference Portion)

 

[bajaden]

According to Mark Stein, Anderson Varejao is looking to opt out of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent. If the Kings draft Rubio or Griffin instead of Thabeet, it would make sense to me to make a run at Varajao to fill out the front court rotation. He can play the PF or C positions, is a solid defender, and is a terrific offensive rebounder. He has energy either coming off the bench, or starting for injured teammates. I think the Kings should target Sessions and/or Varajao, but 7+ million/year might be too much for a third big. It's nice to know that the Kings have the cap space to actually make an offer though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090328-29 (Eastern Conference Portion)

If I had to choose, I would go after Sessions. This kid is very talented. Right now he appears to have it all. He has good size and quickness and is slowly turning into one of the better pt guards in the NBA. His assist to turnover ratio the second half of this season has been remarkable. As much as I love Varajao and what he brings to the game, Sessions would have a much larger impact on the Kings.

 

[Dime Dropper]

If I had to choose, I would go after Sessions. This kid is very talented. Right now he appears to have it all. He has good size and quickness and is slowly turning into one of the better pt guards in the NBA. His assist to turnover ratio the second half of this season has been remarkable. As much as I love Varajao and what he brings to the game, Sessions would have a much larger impact on the Kings.

I agree. I'd love to have Sessions, but Varejao, not so much.

He is an energy guy, and a solid bencher, but he's too expensive for what he brings. I'd rather a cheaper alternative. Energetic, scrappy bigs aren't the hardest to find. Plus, he's not even that young. Especially if we land Griffin, I don't want him stealing minutes from the trio of Griffin/Hawes/Thompson.

 

[rhythmless]

No way, no how. Varajao is your 3rd/4th big after your STAR bigs. As of right now, you have no way of knowing what will become of Hawes and Thompson. If Thompson does not progress enough, he looks to become somewhat of a Varajao player, but with a jump shot(rebounds, not really a shot blocker, good hustle, foul prone). Starter material, sure, but not a force, and not nearly good enough to call your cornerstone power forward.

Without a real feel for what you have with your starters, and being at the bottom of the dung heap, you DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT, EVER, sign a pure "glue guy" when there is nothing to glue together yet. And as for the whole glue thing, how much of a glue guy was he decided to sit out instead of taking his qualifying offer because he/his agent have this overstated value of a big unskilled hustle player?

When Hawes and Thompson are established, a few years older, and we are fighting for playoff seeding (not playoffs, playoff SEEDING), sure, lets go out and throw some money at a 6th man, hustle glue guy off the bench. Right now? Modum Operandus is to keep cap flexibility, and either draft, sign, or trade your way to a true star, or someone who has the possibility of being a star. After maneuvering for a large salary dump before the trade deadline, you want to use it on ANDERSON VARAJAO? Those kinds of moves are what celler dweller teams are made of.

Not the right time, not hte right player, not the right place.

 

[Oprostaj]

According to Mark Stein, Anderson Varejao is looking to opt out of his contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent. If the Kings draft Rubio or Griffin instead of Thabeet, it would make sense to me to make a run at Varajao to fill out the front court rotation. He can play the PF or C positions, is a solid defender, and is a terrific offensive rebounder. He has energy either coming off the bench, or starting for injured teammates. I think the Kings should target Sessions and/or Varajao, but 7+ million/year might be too much for a third big. It's nice to know that the Kings have the cap space to actually make an offer though.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-090328-29 (Eastern Conference Portion)

There are... only so many minutes to go around. He would be cutting into the young players minutes, and is too damn expensive for what he brings. He is good, and I like him, but it's easy to roam and grab boards when LeBron, Williams and Z are spreading the floor.

 

[Smills91]

I'm actually game for that...if we draft Griffin. That'd be a very good frontcourt.

C: Hawes, Varejao
PF: Griffin, Thompson, Thomas
SF: Noc, Greene
SG: Martin, Garcia
PG: Beno(Houston Pick), (2nd rounder?)

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

I'm actually game for that...if we draft Griffin. That'd be a very good frontcourt.

C: Hawes, Varejao
PF: Griffin, Thompson, Thomas
SF: Noc, Greene
SG: Martin, Garcia
PG: Beno(Houston Pick), (2nd rounder?)

Nope, I think we need to address our PG needs before anything else...somehow, someway. We can't live another season with Beno starting.

Edit: we need a TRUE PG, not a SG tweener project.

 

[Kings Faithful]

Nope, I think we need to address our PG needs before anything else...somehow, someway. We can't live another season with Beno starting.

Edit: we need a TRUE PG, not a SG tweener project.

Exactly. We need pass first consistency. To get such a player would mean instant wins. When Beno plays well and passes the ball its easy to see how much better our team is, note the few minute 12-0 scoring run on the Grizz yesterday. Beno set up Thompson like 3 times in a row for energetic easy dunks. If we can get someone to do that the whole game we'd be that much closer towards a rebuild. However to go after another C or PF instead of a PG would mean another year of mediocrity and unfufilled potential from our big men and Martin. Its ridiculous how much a pass first PG will improve the rest of our team. We need Rubio....

 

[Smills91]

Nope, I think we need to address our PG needs before anything else...somehow, someway. We can't live another season with Beno starting.

Edit: we need a TRUE PG, not a SG tweener project.

Between Maynor, Lawson, Collison, Price, Mills all potnetiallly available with the Houston pick, I'd rather address the PG via that pick and/or the #31 pick. Possibly a FA vet for a year. See how that goes, and look at next year's crop of PG's that look to be a VERY high end RICH crop of PG's.

 

[Entity]

Between Maynor, Lawson, Collison, Price, Mills all potnetiallly available with the Houston pick, I'd rather address the PG via that pick and/or the #31 pick. Possibly a FA vet for a year. See how that goes, and look at next year's crop of PG's that look to be a VERY high end RICH crop of PG's.

thats what was said about last years pg's. And where does this come from anyway. How do you know what next years pgs look like in the draft? I mean if you go by how good they are now and they are going to stay another year then they must not be good enough to come out with this years pg's yet they are supposed to be better than these coming out now? Unless you are really up to date on high school seniors this year.

Anyway I am sick of this talking about how good next years draft will be. Its the same hooey every year.

 

[fnordius]

How do you know what next years pgs look like in the draft?

According to draftexpress' best guess, the 2010 draft starts off with Rubio and Wall at #1 and #2, then there are no other PGs in the top 20.

But I don't see that as very germane to discussion of AV anyway. He's a fine energy sort of big, the kind we should've gotten instead of Mikki if rebuilding on the fly were a real possibility. But that window, if ever open, is now completely closed, and we have JT filling a very similar role. Plus, unless Rubio enters this year, we're very likely to get another big with this year's top 4 pick... draftexpress currently has 3 bigs and a SG as their top 4. We don't need 4 bigs; if we need an overpaid energy guy out there, and one of the other 3 are injured, we can get by with Nocioni at PF for a few minutes a game.

So let's forget about AV. I like him, but I don't think this is the right time for this team to be laying out those sort of dollars for a guy like that.