The remaining NBA free agents

If only it were true... Boban displaying his crane style kung-fu defensive chops against Yao himself...

 

POINT GUARDS
Raymond Felton
Norris Cole
Aaron Brooks
Jarrett Jack
Greivis Vasquez
Tim Frazier, restricted
Brian Roberts
Ty Lawson
Steve Blake
Shane Larkin
Kirk Hinrich
Marcelo Huertas, restricted
Isaiah Canaan

SHOOTING GUARDS
Dwyane Wade
Manu Ginobili
Allen Crabbe, restricted
Dion Waiters, restricted
J.R. Smith
Lance Stephenson
Langston Galloway
Alan Anderson
Leandro Barbosa
Troy Daniels, restricted
Marcus Thornton
Jason Terry
Wayne Ellington
Alonzo Gee
Markel Brown
Kevin Martin
Randy Foye

SMALL FORWARDS
Maurice Harkless, restricted
Lance Stephenson
Gerald Green
Richard Jefferson
Chase Budinger
James Johnson

POWER FORWARDS
Meyers Leonard, restricted
Donatas Motiejunas, restricted
Derrick Williams
Terrence Jones
Luis Scola
Marreese Speights
Brandon Bass
Josh Smith
Jordan Hill
Kris Humphries
J.J. Hickson
Udonis Haslem
David Lee
Thomas Robinson
Jason Thompson

CENTERS
Jared Sullinger, restricted
Festus Ezeli
Tyler Zeller, restricted
Nene
Miles Plumlee, restricted
Boban Marjanovic, restricted
Chris Kaman
Kevin Seraphin
Chris Andersen

 

Barbosa, Cole, Speights are the only ones I'd even consider but I'd rather get some players in a trade. We have Gordon so Barbosa probably won't happen, Cole is not that great and Speights will want to contend.

 

Nene please. I think he could be had for a very reasonable deal, but I have a feeling Murray is trying to sign a legitimate low post presence. I'd love Boogie but we can't outbid most other teams. We just don't have the pieces.

 

Aaron Brooks doesn't play defense and can score, he'll be perfect for D'antoni's system.

 

Barbosa would be a limited minutes guy. Gordon doesn't offset him. Barbosa is a 10-15 minute a night guy as a backup guard. He's an awesome lockeroom presence and I'd sign him just for that.

 

Nene has declined considerably. For the veteran's minimum at the back of your roster sure, but you can't rely on him for anything.

 

Sully signed an offersheet from someone? I wonder from who.

 

Has he really? i feel like he was a hot commodity bot long ago?

 

He is constantly dealing with injuries and isn't nearly the athlete he used to be. He's 33 years old and Washington was desperate for big man depth this offseason to replace him.

 

NENE has fallen off bigtime sadly.

 

Yeah Nene has been very bad. A shadow of himself.

 

My top targets would be:
1. Llull
2. Dedmon
3. Troy Daniels

And resign DMo

 

There isn't a lot of quality left out there to be had, but some players can help this team resemble something competitive if they address some areas that seemed to be the biggest problem areas that the team had last year. None of these am I 'excited' nor thrilled about, but I'm a fan of our team and would love to see them overachieve and make some shocking noise out west (4th-6th seed hopefully).

The most important thing that this team needs is a TOUGH VOCAL VETERAN LEADERS that can actually contribute on the floor:
Jarrett Jack
Nene
Udonis Haslem

The other thing that this team needs are BIGS that can set screens, space the floor & hit the glass:
Marreese Speights
Jordan Hill
Meyers Leonard, restricted
Miles Plumlee, restricted
Jared Sullinger, restricted
David Lee

Third thing this team needs is TOUGHNESS & HEART & ENERGY & 'Scrappyness'. Guys that play with a grit and passion similar to Beverly:
Dion Waiters, restricted
Gerald Green
James Johnson
Lance Stephenson

Based on the D'Antoni system, spacing is significant, I would also look at SHOOTERS like:
Kevin Martin
Randy Foye
Chase Budinger
Kirk Hinrich
Steve Blake
Isaiah Canaan

 

'Very bad' isn't fair. He can still score at a high rate.

The skills are still there, although he's not as quick as he used to be. That and the typical Nene shortcomings are still there or worse (injury prone, average defense, not a great rebounder).

You can't count on him...but you could also do a lot worse in terms of bargain bin shopping.

 

I bet there are probably a couple free agents waiting to come aboard after we make a trade or two. This team will look totally different in the coming weeks. So people can stop complaining about Anderson and Gordon when they see how they will fit in the bigger picture.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sources on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVertical">@TheVertical</a>: Brooklyn has rescinded qualifying offer on guard Markel Brown, allowing him to become an unrestricted free agent.</p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/750747619366989824">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Called it. Murray you listening to me? Need a low post presence to make all our perimeter players effective. Scotland next?

 

*Scola

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brandon Rush has agreed to a deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, per his agent.</p>&mdash; Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/750759061088563200">July 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
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