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Butler's intriguing. Maybe Zeke could convince himself that the clever thing to do would be to let him go.
I'm hoping for Evans, but hey, if they can bring in a Williams that's not bad. Power forward by committee in '06.
Now that Ben Wallace, Joel Przybilla and Nazr Mohammed have signed, the Spurs are going to have to get creative in finding the bigman they need to complete their roster.
To breakdown the players, I took the ten best bigman options and compared them against each other in ten categories that the Spurs would look at. The player who ranked first in a category got 10 points, second got 9 points ... all the way down to last getting 1 point. I then added up those points to get a total to indicate the best all-around option for the Spurs.
Here are they are in order of best to worst:
JACKIE BUTLER
Restricted Free Agent
Points - 15.7 (8)
Rebounds - 9.9 (7)
RbR - 14.8 (7)
Blocks - 1.7 (10)
Assists - 1.3 (6)
FG% - .544 (10)
Jumper% - .373 (8)
TOffense - +9.7 (10)
TDefense - +7.1 (9)
TReb - +0.7% (4)
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Total - 79
Butler is a little known center who has played two year with the Knicks. In the horrible year that the Knicks had last season, Butler was one of their lone bright spots. He outplayed two higher paid center options (Eddy Curry and Jerome James) and showed great promise for a 21-year-old. He's a restricted free agent so he'll be tough to steal, especially from the Knicks. Dell Demps, who now works for the Spurs, was credited with "finding" Butler in the CBA, so Butler does have some Spur ties.
MELVIN ELY
Restricted Free Agent
Points - 16.6 (9)
Rebounds - 8.2 (3)
RbR - 11.9 (3)
Blocks - 1.3 (9)
Assists - 2.3 (9)
FG% - 508 (8)
Jumper% - .339 (4)
TOffense - -0.2 (6)
TDefense - +2.4 (6)
TReb - +3.5% (9)
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Total - 66
Ely is a guy the Spurs have been after for some time. The Spurs went after him when he was with the Clippers and last summer when they offered the Bobcats Devin Brown in a sign-and-trade deal. This summer Ely is a restricted free agent. He's a good all-around player who could possibly work well next to Duncan.
REGGIE EVANS
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 10.8 (4)
Rebounds - 14.4 (10)
RbR - 21.5 (10)
Blocks - 0.3 (1)
Assists - 1.1 (4)
FG% - 489 (7)
Jumper% - .340 (6)
TOffense - -1.0 (5)
TDefense - -3.9 (1)
TReb - +4.2% (10)
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Total - 58
Evans is the top unrestricted free agent in this list. While he does have some limitations to his game, he's a great rebounder. He'll have to get better defensively, but the Spurs and Pop would work on him with that.
JAKE VOSKUHL
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 13.2 (7)
Rebounds - 8.9 (4)
RbR - 13.0 (4)
Blocks - 1.1 (7)
Assists - 1.9 (7)
FG% - .437 (1)
Jumper% - .377 (9)
TOffense - -2.3 (4)
TDefense - +5.4 (8)
TReb - +3.1% (7)
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Total - 58
Voskuhl isn't a player you think of when you are dreaming of free agent signings but he's solid. He has a game winner in the playoffs against the Spurs to his credit. He's a scraper with a decent outside shot.
DARIUS SONGAILA
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 17.1 (10)
Rebounds - 7.4 (1)
RbR - 10.6 (1)
Blocks - 0.5 (2)
Assists - 2.6 (10)
FG% - .481 (6)
Jumper% - .437 (10)
TOffense - +2.1 (8)
TDefense - -0.3 (3)
TReb - -1.0% (2)
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Total - 53
Songaila is a pure offensive player. Out of the ten players listed, he's by far the best offensively. What he doesn't do is rebound or block shots. He could probably step in and make the Spurs a great offensive team but the Spurs need more than that. One thing he has going for him is he's Lithuanian and the Spurs could bring him in to make life easier on fellow Lithuanian Robertas Javtokas.
JAMAAL MAGLOIRE
Milwaukee Bucks
Points - 12.4 (6)
Rebounds - 12.6 (9)
RbR - 18.7 (9)
Blocks - 1.3 (9)
Assists - 0.9 (1)
FG% - .467 (4)
Jumper% - .190 (1)
TOffense - -2.9 (2)
TDefense - +1.4 (5)
TReb - +1.3% (5)
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Total - 51
Magloire is on the Bucks but he's widely considered a few days away from being traded. When I broke down the numbers, I realized he just wouldn't work on the Spurs. He has absolutely no jumper to speak of and his defense is poor. He'd get in Duncan's way in the low block.
AARON WILLIAMS
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 11.2 (5)
Rebounds - 9.2 (5)
RbR - 13.7 (5)
Blocks - 1.1 (7)
Assists - 0.9 (1)
FG% - .517 (9)
Jumper% - .344 (7)
TOffense - +1.1 (7)
TDefense - +0.3 (4)
TReb - -3.8% (1)
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Total - 51
Williams is your standard veteran bigman. He's been around the block but could come in and give you filler minutes. Although his lack of rebounding doesn't make him a very good option for the Spurs.
SCOT POLLARD
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 8.7 (1)
Rebounds - 11.3 (8)
RbR - 16.2 (8)
Blocks - 1.0 (4)
Assists - 1.2 (5)
FG% - .455 (2)
Jumper% - .321 (3)
TOffense - +4.2 (9)
TDefense - -0.8 (2)
TReb - +2.0% (6)
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Total - 48
Pollard could be a decent fit for the Spurs just based on his rebounding numbers. But he's old, fragile and not an offensive threat at all. You could bring him off the bench and put him on some of the bigger centers in the league but other than that, he doesn't bring much to the table.
JARRON COLLINS
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 9.6 (2)
Rebounds - 7.7 (2)
RbR - 11.0 (2)
Blocks - 0.6 (3)
Assists - 2.2 (8)
FG% - .461 (3)
Jumper% - .340 (6)
TOffense - -2.6 (3)
TDefense - +7.3 (10)
TReb - +3.2% (8)
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Total - 47
Collins is a guy who doesn't score or rebound much but his numbers beyond the boxscore are great. The Jazz last year were a much, much better rebounding and defensive team when he was in the game. It'd be a little hard to see him stepping right into a starting spot with the Spurs, but I guess they could do worse.
LORENZEN WRIGHT
Unrestricted Free Agent
Points - 10.7 (3)
Rebounds - 9.3 (6)
RbR - 14.1 (6)
Blocks - 1.1 (7)
Assists - 1.1 (4)
FG% - .478 (5)
Jumper% - .284 (2)
TOffense - -3.4 (1)
TDefense - +3.7 (7)
TReb - -0.3% (3)
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Total - 44
Wright isn't a very exciting player on the court and the numbers back it up. He doesn't really do anything well enough to go after him. He's a decent rebounder and is decent at blocking shots, but not really good enough to bring in for what his price tag promises to be.
KEY
Points - Points Per 40 Minutes
Rebounds - Rebounds Per 40 Minutes
RbR - Rebound rate is an estimate of the percentage of missed shots a player rebounded while he was on the floor.
Blocks - Blocks Per 40 Minutes
Assists - Assists Per 40 Minutes
FG% - Field Goal Percentage
Jumper% - Field Goal Percentage on shots outside of the paint.
TOffense - The team's points per 100 possessions when the player is on the court when compared to when the player is off the court.
TDefense - The team's points against per 100 possessions when the player is on the court when compared to when the player is off the court.
TReb - The percentage of defensive rebounds a team grabs when the player is on the court when compared to when the player is off the court.
Butler's intriguing. Maybe Zeke could convince himself that the clever thing to do would be to let him go.
I'm hoping for Evans, but hey, if they can bring in a Williams that's not bad. Power forward by committee in '06.
louzy ft% is a must
I may need therapy if Voskuhl becomes a Spur. I hate that guy.
Voskuhl.
Where's Keith Van Horn?
Fine. You're paying for my therapy.
I seriously think that we should go after either Magloire, Ely, or Gooden(who was not there). Magloire can share the time with Robertas, Ely can be the backup power forward for Duncan, or Gooden can be put in the lineup and move Duncan to center.
I couldn't bring myself to even include him.Where's Keith Van Horn?
I guess it depends on the price tag, but my first tier of preferences would include Butler, Wright, Evans, and Ely (not necessarily in that order).
Gooden and Harrington I consider out of Holt's price range.
Thanks LJ. Now when y'all throw around names I'll know a bit more. Pollard's hair wigs me out. That's all from me for now. Nothing of substance.
I would never have thought of Voskuhl, but he's an interesting name to add to the hopper. We could do a lot worse.
Rasho > than the entire list.
I wonder if he still paints his nails black...
About the only way you can land a RFA is to make a big offer or to catch a team afraid of the LuxTax Boogeyman.
Songaila or Ely
Ely and Evans all aboard the Championship Express!
Butler sounds interesting, and it would TOTALLY piss off the Knicks if we threw the MCE at him. Barring that, Ely. If we sign Voskuhl, I'm hanging myself.
If you'd like to join in on therapy, Pistons<Spurs is paying.
If we do get another PF, we'll still have to get a true center at some point.
Butler, Ely, Pollard and Collins have center size -- but if we don't get one of those, a dreadnaught signing could be a project like James Lang (tremendous fat athlete) or Andreas Glyniadakis (skilled and improving Euro).
I don't think there's enough therapy in the world for that...
I want him just to hear Stan Kelly try and pronounce his name.
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