Lorenzen Wright...

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Now, I know some or most don't think much of this guy but what about either of these.... just for something different from the Chandler, Pryzbilla stuff.

Wright with a guy like Etan Thomas or Magloire next to him would be good. Wright has a good offensive game, is athletic, has quickness, can play some d, bring energy, good rebounder, and has a solid jumpshot. Petrie wanted him last summer, also.

Bibby/Douby
Wells/Martin
Artest/Garcia?
Etan Thomas (Brad traded to Wiz for a package including Etan)/SAR
Lorenzen Wright/LLE center

or

Bibby/Douby
Wells/Martin
Artest/Garcia?
Wright/SAR
Magloire (KT dealt)/LLE center

- Brad could start here if Magloire would accept coming off the bench (contract year....................). If not, deal Brad out for something or have him come off the bench behind Magloire.

- Who knows what the third men will be and stuff. Probably SL guy and Price or Hart.


- Interior defense
- Front-court offense
- Defense
- bench scoring and energy
- shooting

With either of those.
 
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Wright and E. Thomas are ok, but I would like them more as a compliment to Miller, not replacing him. If we were giving them major minutes we wouldn't be very good.
 
I think it'd be qutie a good, balanced team. Didn't rule out Brad Miller in the second one (partly to please the Brad lovers of his softness and one dimensonal game). :p
 
Brad Miller will score more per game than Etan Thomas/Magloire+Wright combined. Seriously do you want to average like 80 points pe game? Thomas is a scrub and Wright's not a PF, he's a C.
 
He can play PF though, has quickness and athleticism. Besides, that was in the second proposal.

We'd get more than 43 wins and average more than 80 pts because of Wells/Artest/Bibby/Douby/Martin/Wright/Garcia.

Well, just have to agree to disagree then.
 
Wright has been a PF since Highschool, he played center when Gasol was too soft/thin to play the 5. I don't want him but if the Kings picked him up I wouldn't be too upset.
 
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Lorenzen Wright is a bum, I can't believe the fascination with him. This is going all the way back to his days with the Clippers, around 1999, when he was an up-and-coming bum.
 
Trading Miller for someone like etan thomas will just make us a worse team. We should get a defensive power forward most likely, and a good backup for brad. Having a frontline with no offense won't fix anything
 
RS189 said:
Trading Miller for someone like etan thomas will just make us a worse team. We should get a defensive power forward most likely, and a good backup for brad. Having a frontline with no offense won't fix anything
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No offense? Wright has a nice offensive game in the post and can hit the j from mid-range. I've seen this from the last few years watching the Grizz. Last year, he had his minutes limited and didn't perform as well as previous years. Wright can also be a prescence, rebound, and defend a bit on the wing becuase of his quickness and athleticism and energy.

Then, you have SAR. Who has a good post-game and has a jumper. Etan Thomas can board, rebound, score down low a bit, and get hustle points, block shots.
 
^^ His offense is so 'nice' that he averaged 5 points a game last year. In their careers, Brad Miller averages close to as many rebounds per game as Wright does points. That's not very good.
 
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No offense? Wright has a nice offensive game in the post and can hit the j from mid-range. I've seen this from the last few years watching the Grizz. Last year, he had his minutes limited and didn't perform as well as previous years. Wright can also be a prescence, rebound, and defend a bit on the wing becuase of his quickness and athleticism and energy.

Then, you have SAR. Who has a good post-game and has a jumper. Etan Thomas can board, rebound, score down low a bit, and get hustle points, block shots.
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Point taken, I should've said limited offense. Etan and Lorenzon's averages this year combined for 11 points, and neither played starter's minutes. If we're trying to put together a contending team, we should have atleast one legit offensive threat in the frontcourt. One of them could do very well as a starting role player, but I don't think two players of their caliber would be very successful in our starting frontcourt.
 
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^^ His offense is so 'nice' that he averaged 5 points a game last year. In their careers, Brad Miller averages close to as many rebounds per game as Wright does points. That's not very good.
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Guess which of those stats I find more worrisome in a center.
 
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^^ His offense is so 'nice' that he averaged 5 points a game last year. In their careers, Brad Miller averages close to as many rebounds per game as Wright does points. That's not very good.
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Didn't I mention why he didn't have a good year? His minutes were limited and reduced than from previous years.

I also mentioned about how his offense is, and know he's effective on that side of the ball from watching the Grizz the last 3 years. He's not a big minute starter, but he produces well when he gets 25-30 minutes. Does things that don't show up in the stat sheet as well, and is prescence in the paint and can defend in the post, good rebounder as well.

Just have to agree to disagree with ya.
 
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I think we would do best with a defensive shotblocker/rebounder at PF and Brad at C in our starting lineup, to keep things balanced. We had more success starting Thomas over SAR because of his rebounding, but he doesn't have much defense
 
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Didn't I mention why he didn't have a good year? His minutes were limited and reduced than from previous years.

I also mentioned about how his offense is, and know he's effective on that side of the ball from watching the Grizz the last 3 years. He's not a big minute starter, but he produces well when he gets 25-30 minutes. Does things that don't show up in the stat sheet as well, and is prescence in the paint and can defend in the post, good rebounder as well.

Just have to agree to disagree with ya.
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Him and Reggie Evans both played the same amount of minutes this year. They averaged the same amount of points. Reggie Evans is considered one of the worst offensive players in the league. Wright isn't in very good company when he scores at the same rate as Evans.
 
walker60 said:
Wright and E. Thomas are ok, but I would like them more as a compliment to Miller, not replacing him. If we were giving them major minutes we wouldn't be very good.
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Wright and Miller do NOT compliment each other! They are both players that are only really effective playing alongside a skilled big man. Neither one of those guys are skilled enough to be able to play effectively alongside the other.

And, with respect to the OP, am I missing something, or are you holding out details of your trade proposal? Am I to understand that we trade Miller to Washington, and the only guy we get back is Etan F. Thomas? Judging by your proposed lineup, you want to aqcuire Wright in free agency, and have a center that we get for the LLE playing behind him. That means that, out of the whole "package including Etan Thomas," The only former Wizard that even cracks the rotation is Thomas himself?

Do I have that right? You want to trade Miller for Thomas and some guys that won't even play? What else is in the package, chips and salsa?
 
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Him and Reggie Evans both played the same amount of minutes this year. They averaged the same amount of points. Reggie Evans is considered one of the worst offensive players in the league. Wright isn't in very good company when he scores at the same rate as Evans.
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Wright also took more shots.
 
walker60 said:
Him and Reggie Evans both played the same amount of minutes this year. They averaged the same amount of points. Reggie Evans is considered one of the worst offensive players in the league. Wright isn't in very good company when he scores at the same rate as Evans.
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Reduced minutes and a more limited role than previous years.

No I said Etan in a package from the Wizards. I didn't really get to that part, but I'd try to get Antonio Daniels.
 
Whats with all the trading Brad stuff! I want Etan here really badly, but not for Brad Miller. C'mon...

We always talk about our frontcourt complimenting eachother, well having an Etan/Wright (Przy, Kandi, Nazr, etc.) is just as bad as having all offense like we have now, maybe even WORSE at complimenting one another.

When Brad was next to JO, now that complimented on both ends of the floor. FInding a guy to go with Brad is our best option IMO.

Oh, and as for Wright, I wouldn't mind it, but I would probably rather have Kandiman slightly over him.
 
Wright has a pretty good and effective offensive game (I already covered why he wasn't much last year), as well as rebounding and defense and athleticism. To compliment, Etan has more shotblocking, can rebound too, and is stronger. Kandiman? Yeah, he's not too bad.

I disagree, I'd rather have a defensive center and a two-way or defensive Pf who has some offense. Brad, if he has to stay, absolutely have to get a two-way or defensive Pf next to him. If not, it's gonna suck.
 
I am trying right now and I am seriously having problems trying to come up with 5 centers in the league who are worse than Kandiman...:confused:
 
- Josh Edwards
- Pat Burke
- Jerome James
- Ervin Johnson
- Esteban Batista

Kandi's quite big, has some athleticism, solid shot blocker, good rebounder. Had some attitude problems in 04-05, 03-04 (maybe more before, I dunno), but not really since. I don't recall.
 
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- Josh Edwards
- Pat Burke
- Jerome James
- Ervin Johnson
- Esteban Batista

Kandi's quite big, has some athleticism, solid shot blocker, good rebounder. Had some attitude problems in 04-05, 03-04 (maybe more before, I dunno), but not really since. I don't recall.
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Ok I'll give you Burke. Kandiman is better than Johnson but only because Johnson is pushing 50. Batista and Edwards are young so it's hard to say who would be better with PT. And I'd rather take J. James. Kandiman always has one of the worst shooting % for a big man year in, year out. He's terrible.
 
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