Re: Ranking The NBA's Nine Best Unrestricted Free Agents
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Originally Posted by
coyotes_geek
You can make that same argument for anyone though. If Manu gets hurt, Mason struggles and Hairston gets in over his head then all of a sudden you could use a guy like Von Wafer.
I follow your line of thinking, but must disagree. You CANNOT replace Manu with Von Wafer...if you lose Manu and need Wafer to replace him, you are not winning the Larry O'Brien Trophy. But you can replace Blair/Mahinimi/Haislip with Powe and still win a title.
That's the crux of the redundant argument...If Blair/Mahinimi/Haislip produce at their anticpated levels, what Powe offers is about the same with less upside. The same cannot be said of Manu and Von Wafer.
Re: Ranking The NBA's Nine Best Unrestricted Free Agents
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Originally Posted by
exstatic
Powe is restricted. See: thread title.
Even though you are wrong, in your defense, he should have been a restricted free agent. Boston chose not to tender him a Qualifying Offer because they didn't want to pay him while recovering from his knee injury.
As much as I can't stand Big Baby, I hope he gets an offer they don't match. The Celtics will have a 3 man front court rotation (granted, Garnett, Wallace and Perkins is a pretty good trio) with no depth...if one of those guys goes down or doesn't produce, that team will be in trouble.
Re: Ranking The NBA's Nine Best Unrestricted Free Agents
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Originally Posted by
coyotes_geek
Rasho is the only name on that list that interests me. Everyone else is either too expensive or redundant to someone else we already have.
+1
Rasho would bring something that this roster doesn't currently have: a proven shot-blocking center who can play next to Duncan. He also has the necessary corporate knowledge.
Of course, the Spurs are running out of roster spots, and Rasho would be the 7th big, which is one too many. If any of this "Bonner + Finley for (insert SG or SF here)" comes true, the roster spot opens up and Rasho makes sense.
