That's a pretty weak 5 position and also 4 with KT off the bench. You could put Amundson at the 4 off the bench, that guy is a scrappy fighter and should make the full roster. Justin might make it, but might need some more development in the youth league. This 4/5 position isn't going to get us far. We will most likely need to go over the cap to get the guy we need or obviously make a trade hopefully involving moving our expiring contracts/scrubs.
I've said this before, but with us paying Salmons the big bucks, I think Garcia is the odd man out and will be used in a trade hopefully to get rid of KT and his crappy big contract. Garcia gives the flexibility of playing 3 positions, but had been pretty disappointing since his ankle injury. He is young and still could hold a decent amount of interested in a trade.
Please Geoff make something happen at the 4/5, this lineup isn't going to get us far at all. If you spend your $ wisely, it will pay huge dividends in getting us the new arena and a winner on the court, you don't have to go New York style, but talent will cost you. Maloofs: since you are opening your wallet so big for the new arena, why not spend a little over the cap to get us the personnel to make us proud here in Sacto?
It would sure help getting the new arena with having both Artest and KG
I really don't think the ballot would fail with people knowing we have KG on our team. We really need someone like KG because he is big and athletic and can play 4 or 5. I much rather have a guy like this than a slow 5, a 4 with enough muscle and versality to play 4/5 is what we need.
If we cannot get KG, how much would it take to get Dwight Howard? This is the guy we really could use seeing that we have a young team core developing here with KMart, Artest at 26, Price/Douby, Salmons at 26, Bibby/Miller under 30. We would probably need to trade Miller and Garcia, scrubs to get Howard, but this guy would be our franchise player with Artest. A very young stud 4/5 that take care of business with Artest finishing up the SF position with authority and the 1/2 being Bibby/Martin and the Solomans rounding out 1-3 as backup. Douby backing up Martin with his sharp shooting and Price backing up Bibby 2nd or 3rd string. I like this team a lot.
More than just a 4 or a 5 backup. I rather pay more for a guy that can play both and good than 1 or the other. Having a versatile guy that can play 2-3 positions is awesome, we have it at the 1-3 positions with Garcia and Salmons, but really need it at the 4/5. SAR filled this role off the bench last season and got good minutes, do you guys think he should do the same this year and let's get the starter 4/5 guy that plays 4 mostly (will be our starter) and SAR will backup 4/5 again with Brad still being our 5. Will this do it? I think with using Potatoe as a stay at home traditional 5, we could get good athletism in a starter 4, but could move over to the 5 as well. It would be a good overlap to what SAR brings to the table. In short, sorry for the novel, we need versatility, the good teams like SA, and Dallas, Miami have it in spades with a great core of able and willing backups to come in for what the team needs...defense...sharp shooting (Barry)...etc. We need this as our backup are young pups with not much veteran leadership to go around. Sam Cassell brings this to the Clippers in spades. Artest brings this to the Kings, but we need more specialized weapons, past their prime, but still very effective in limited minutes off the bench.
Going along with this, Alonzo Mourning would be huge for us as a 4/5 backup, he comes to mind as someone near the end of his playing years obviously, but still brings it.
I can only hope that Geoff and the Maloofs see that we need a big splash to get us over the hump, maybe not a KG splash, but a Dwight Howard splash, or someone young of that caliber splash, or even a over the hill Mourning splash that is an invaluable guy off the bench and plays 4/5. I stress a 4/5 guy, not another slow non athletic 5, we have that in Potatoe right now off the bench and also in Miller as our starter.
Again sorry for the novel...I like to type..thanks for listening.
