With Tiago Splitter going down with a shoulder injury and has status for the foreseeable future in doubt, I tried to think of possible replacements for him... for sure, we would love to have Andrew Bynum, but his contract is too massive for us to take on and we'd have to give up Splitter and Danny Green to make the contacts match.
However, a name that kept coming up over and over was Raef LaFrentz. LaFrentz was one of the best big mans in the early 2000s. He was mobile, could run the floor, and had an arsenal of post moves (mid range game, jump hook, turn around, fadeway). He was a beast defensively (had great length at 6'11") and was just a total bruiser down low (averaged 3 blocks one season) and athletic as (imagine Aron Baynes but 20 times better).
I remember his days in Dallas when we played them. I was thinking "Dang, I wish this guy played for us". Now 10 years later, I wouldn't have ever thought it was a real possibility of him suiting up for us.
What do you guys think about the prospect of bringing back LaFrentz for a 10 day contract and seeing what he has left? From what I remembered, he was a great locker guy. He'd be cheap and we can afford him.
In the famous 2003 series against us, he scored in double figures three times, had games of four and five blocks, and had 12 boards in a losing effort in Game 6 (the same game that Steve Kerr, who now works for TNT, went off in).
Last edited by mute; 01-05-2014 at 06:34 PM.
What the .
This guy is quickly becoming one of my favorite posters.
mute for GM, tbh
I'd rather have Keith Van Horn at this point tbh
LaFrentz a guy who was throwing down facials on OTHER CENTERS or Tiago Splitter can barely jump over a phonebook and gets back by guards?
Hmm this is tough
I wonder how fat he is seeing as how he hasnt been in the league for 6 years.
Van Horn doesn't fill a need... and he's more similar to Bonner than Splitter. LaFrentz's game is very similar to Splitter. He doesn't demand the ball a whole lot, which is why I think the transition into our system will be easy.
I'd rather have Todd MacCulloch.
What about Sabonis?
I hear Bynum is going to be available soon.
Whats Tom Chambers doing nowadays?
For anyone saying this is a stupid idea, remember what happened last summer. We let Josh Smith, Al Jefferson, and Paul Millsap all walk. Heck, Jefferson and Millsap signed below the market level deals (Millsap at 2 yrs/19mill... a steal). What makes you think we're gonna make a splash with a mid season addition?
We have a known track record of being cheap. We can just throw 200k at LaFrentz and he'd play for us. Of course, I'd love to add Bynum but he's being paid 12 mill a year...
LaFrentz is the same age as Duncan... he's not that old people... and we saw what a guy like Kevin Willis did for us (spotted needed minutes whenever Tim or David got into foul trouble and was a great locker room presence).
The moment you realize mute isn't trolling.
Big Country may be available?
What about Travis Knight? ...he was the original version of Tiago..
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