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In addition to Pacers, who've spoken with David West's reps, several non-room teams have inquired about FA forward: DAL, Spurs, MIA, ATL.
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WTF? Why pass? I'll take him over Butler any day
He's a jerk. But maybe that's what we need. Still, no thanks.
lol @ pass
yall forget we got a midget for a center and a pussy 3 point shooter center not to mention a unreliable foreign
ill take what we can get
Would rather have him than Blair.
Better than Bonner/Blair. But we don't really have the assets to pull off such a trade without gutting the team. Pass.
Um, there are plenty of teams with cap room willing to blow their wad on West. How would the Spurs have any chance? Sign-and-trade for Dice? Why would West or the Hornets even want that?
"He's a jerk."
So is Kobe. So is Bynum.... so is Garnet. So is Jason Terry. See the trend here?
would no take what we have to offer?!?!
Seriously? Passing on West? hahaha
FWIW, here's John Hollinger's scouting report on West for this season...
+ Highly skilled power forward who can shoot and handle. Deadly from midrange.
+ Average athlete but attacks off dribble for jump hook. Loves going between legs.
+ Average at best defensively. Tough, but undersized and conserves fouls.
West enjoyed an All-Star caliber season before tearing his ACL late in the season, posting a career-high in PER while shooting 50.8 percent from the floor. West's short and midrange game is simply masterful. He shot 47.3 percent on long 2s while taking more than five a game, and 44.9 percent from 3 to 15 feet. As a result, he was an extremely effective scorer even though he never shot 3s and only a quarter of his shots came at the rim.
West even managed to draw fouls at a decent clip, and his assist and turnover numbers were solid despite how often he attacked off the dribble in isolations. He's a very difficult matchup for opposing 4s because he can both shoot and handle the ball; many can do the former but few also add the latter, stretching opposing big men to their defensive limits. He can be reluctant to give up the ball when he catches in the post, however.
Defensively, West is very average. He holds his own on the glass and moves fairly well, so he's not an obvious liability. However, he won't give fouls to prevent a bucket and struggles against long forwards who can play over the top of him. The Hornets rarely have him check good post players.
Pass on West when we have a 6'10 guy who doesnt play D and jacks up 3-pointers, and another guy who loves Whataburger....yeah...pass on David West.
West is a free agent, I believe. So if the Hornets trade Paul, they may be OK with letting West walk away too and start playing young prospects. In that case, West could sign a deal with a non-contender for $$$$, or sign an MLE deal with a playoff team if he'd rather win.
It's possible, but not likely...
Why pass on West? Because he's undersized, he's gonna command a lot of cash, is a black hole offensively and an average-to-poor rebounder and defender. Now would I swap him out in place of Ginger? Absolutely. Yet we all know that Ginger is here to stay, so it's a moot point.
Personally, if the Spurs are going to ante up for a big, I'd rather then go after Kaman, Biedrins or someone of their ilk.
Last edited by SenorSpur; 12-07-2011 at 05:26 PM.
Agreed Senor. See if you can pry away Kaman or Biedrins first, but if you can't....then I would take West over Blair and Bonner any day.....
Undersized 4, coming of a ACL tear, wrong side of 30, average at best defensively, need I go on?
Nuff said.
After all this empirical evidence, why would anyone, including Spurs FO, continue salivating over West?
Carl Landry and Kenyon Martin are more realistic sign and trade options than David West. IMO
Kenyon Martin is unavailable due to his Chinese vacation.
The only way I see this happening is if all of the following happen:
-the Spurs don't land a SF they like (Butler, Battier, Prince, etc.) for the MLE
-The Hornets trade Paul and decide to let West walk away to rebuild
-West either doesn't get a decnt $$$ offer from a lotto bound team or he decides he'd rather play for a playoff team like the Spurs for the MLE (afterall, West's idol was Tim Duncan in college)
That's basically "a perfect storm" which is highly unlikey to happen. If it did happen, the team would be better, but still not a serious le contender....
Parker/Manu/3rd string PG
Manu/Neal/Anderson
Leonard/Anderson
West/Bonner/Blair
Duncan/Splitter/McDyess
Forgot to add my optimism for an agreement to be reached between China/NBA players.
If not, then yeah Kenyon Martin isn't an option.
David West for the full MLE? Yes, that's a no-brainer. Even if you factor in his torn ACL and his below average defense, that'd still be a steal. Talented power forwards who could score from the outside and thus fit next to Duncan are rare. If he wants to come to S.A. for that type of money, you sign him and figure out logistics later.
That said, he turned down $8 million on a player option even after his knee exploded and will be looking for a bigger than MLE payday. And there will be a team that gives it to him.
Hornets willing to let West go in sign/trade if it will get him to contender and bring back an asset or two, sources say.
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Dice+Blair+cash to cover Dice's buyout.
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