Free Agent: Al Harrington

[Quadzilla99]

Harrington could start at the 3 or the 4 his versatility would be great for us, not a great rebounder for a 4 though. Complete Pipe dream however.

[coopdogg3]

Well, yeah, it is a pipe dream, but what else is there to talk about?

S&T is possible if Atlanta doesn't want to resign him. Magloire would be a much better player at Center for them, but Nazr & Scola for Harrington would be a fair trade. Spurs dump 2 bigs that probably won't be able to play for them, Atlanta gets something back for the investment in Harrington. And all of a sudden Atlanta has some size to play with. Has about a .5% of happening, but what the heck. Hope springs eternal the day before free agency.

[MI21]

I used to really like Al Harringtons' game but I have kind of faded on it over the last few years. Althought that 24 point quarter (i think, either 24 or 26) against the Spurs this past season was pretty amazing. Not often you see that sort of thing.

Anyway, he's your big 3 type, but he isn't that fast and doesnt shoot particuly well. He has developed a 3pt shot the last 2 years, but it isn't exactly great. He isn't a great defender and isn't a great rebounder either.

I think his role in Indiana suited him best. 28-30MPG player off of the bench where he can be the focal point of the offense for stretches too. I would like him on the Spurs, but he isn't the prototype big 3 that the Spurs would be coveting in my opinion and would be best suited to a bench role. He'll demand to much $$$ anyway.

[Quadzilla99]

I used to really like Al Harringtons' game but I have kind of faded on it over the last few years. Althought that 24 point quarter (i think, either 24 or 26) against the Spurs this past season was pretty amazing. Not often you see that sort of thing.

Anyway, he's your big 3 type, but he isn't that fast and doesnt shoot particuly well. He has developed a 3pt shot the last 2 years, but it isn't exactly great. He isn't a great defender and isn't a great rebounder either.

I think his role in Indiana suited him best. 28-30MPG player off of the bench where he can be the focal point of the offense for stretches too. I would like him on the Spurs, but he isn't the prototype big 3 that the Spurs would be coveting in my opinion and would be best suited to a bench role. He'll demand to much $$$ anyway.

I agree with everything you said but he is an above average defender by all accounts. I would like him on our team but it's a pipe dream.

[MI21]

I agree with everything you said but he is an above average defender by all accounts. I would like him on our team but he isn't a franchise player and it's a pipe dream.

Hmmm, I would not call him above average by any standards. He's to slow to guard the quickest 3's and big guard types out there thats for sure. He is OK against PF's, but certainly not above average by any means.

[Bruno]

If we get Harrington , I want him to play PF, not SF.
Tony/Manu/Bruce/Harrington/Duncan : my dream starting lineup.

[Quadzilla99]

Hmmm, I would not call him above average by any standards. He's to slow to guard the quickest 3's and big guard types out there thats for sure. He is OK against PF's, but certainly not above average by any means.

ESPN Insider Analysis:
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As I mentioned in the section on similarity scores, Al Harrington was the most "common" player in this season's book. Over the past 20 years 75 different players had a Similarity Score of 98 or greater when compared with Harrington, the most of any pro player. This fact should permanently end the "Harrington as rising star" discussion. He is what he is: a generic NBA forward who is decent at everything but truly good at nothing. His per-40-minute stats have never hinted at the star potential that his "tools" supposedly indicated he had, and in truth his physical skills hardly seem phenomenal either.

Harrington certainly has some positives, however. He can punish small forwards in the low post from the left block and is an above-average defensive player at either spot. He also has range out to the 3-point line and is capable of taking bigger players off the dribble when he plays the power forward spot. However, he lacks the go-to move of most top scorers and isn't athletic enough to leap over defenders in traffic to get himself easy shots. As a result, his PER hasn't climbed above the mid-teens.

Harrington is a free agent after the season and could be traded by Atlanta by the time this book is published. With Smith, Williams, and Childress making up the team's forward rotation for the foreseeable future, Harrington isn't filling a need anyway. The Hawks would be better off if they parlay him into a decent center or point guard.

[MI21]

ESPN is full of , to put it politely

[Spurs16212]

How about trading Barry and the expiring contract of Erik Williams with the second round draft pick acquired in the trade with Toronto. This will free up money for Atlanta in a year or so and the Spurs get a solid player in return.

[Mr. Body]

If the Spurs manage to get a player of this quality without losing our big three/plus two (Fin, Bowen), they win Top Executives hand down.

[exstatic]

How about trading Barry and the expiring contract of Erik Williams with the second round draft pick acquired in the trade with Toronto. This will free up money for Atlanta in a year or so and the Spurs get a solid player in return.

Uh, that's about $10M in contracts. Harrington ain't worth that.

[Holt's Cat]

He can really break a player off.

[T Park]

Lakers are thinking of bringing in Cassell?!?


Interesting.....

[Please_dont_ban_me]

8-9 mill a year?


Nice player but that's too much for this team. Unless we traded one of the big 3 (in this case manu) which wouldn't make sense.