<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Atlanta Hawks have waived DeShawn Stevenson. The move is reportedly to clear space for signing DeMarre Carroll.</p>— Brett Poirier NBA (@BrettNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettNBA/statuses/363407435874050048">August 2, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> He's a very good perimeter defender, which is something we have a lack of. Wouldn't mind signing him for the vet min.
He's a perimeter defender and a 3pt shooter. And a veteran. Wouldn't mind picking him up, but I think the roster is set. Lin Harden Parsons Motiejunas Dwight Asik Beverley Jones Garcia Casspi Brooks Smith Covington That should be the active 13 man roster, with Canaan and one of the Training Camp young guys in the D-League.
Exceptionally ignorant post. Stevens has been a very good defensive 2 guard with the ability to hit the 3 at a very good percentage. He played a very important defensive role as the Mavs best wing defender when they won the Championship 2 years ago. He is 32 and a vet that played a key role on a championship team. He would probably be ideal as a 10 to 15 minute a game back up to James Harden. Solid defense and a reliable 3 point shot (although a bit streaky). D12, Harden and Stevens would give us three players that played key roles to getting their teams to a championship series. Having that many proven players on your team is never a bad thing when the play-offs role around. If he clears waivers I would not mind at all if DM offered him a vet minimum contract. Lin / Bev / Canaan / AB Harden / Stevenson / Williams / BJ Young CP25 / Garcia / Casspi / Covington TJones / DMo / Smith D12 / Asik / Camby / Henriquez That is 19 players to bring into camp with room for one more camp signing to get the training camp roster up to 20. Young, Henriquez and Covington are all likely to be cut and resigned by RGV. I doubt AB gets cut so that leaves the last roster spot to be a competition between Williams, Casspi, Stevenson and whoever the last camp invite is. My money would be on Stevonsen winning that contest.
All the people that are disgusted with Terrence Jones should read this... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/news/2001/06/20/stevenson_admission_ap/
Maybe we should sign Tmac because he had been all-star . Yes, Stevens has been a very good defensive, but it was 2 years ago, but now how about it? If he can still play, Atlanta Hawks wouldn't have waived him because Atlanta needs also perimeter defender
That's what training camp and preseason are for. You think Reggie Williams is better? He hasn't been, especially on defense. And you bring TMac into the conversation, really? We're talking about signing someone to essentially challenge Reggie Williams for the last roster spot that can come off of the bench and provide 10 to 15 quality minutes by playing defense and hitting the occasional 3pt shot. Has Reggie Williams ever played defense? The next time Reggie plays defense may very well be the 1st time Reggie has ever played defense. We're talking about bringing in a proven defensive wing that has been a key role (just 2 seasons ago) player on a championship team. Tracy McGrady has been washed up for more than 2 years due to injuries and has never played a key role in a play-off series win let alone an NBA championship. There is absolutely nothing to lose by signing Stevensen to the same type of contract that the Rockets signed Williams to. Let them play it out on the court on training camp and preseason and cut the loser. My money would be on Stevensen. But that's just my opinion.
Covington, Young and Henriquez are all almost guaranteed to be cut and resigned by RGV providing another NBA team does not claim them after they are cut by the Rockets. I suspect Canaan will also be assigned to D-league although there is no way the Rockets cut him.
We could fit him on the team without loosing anybody important. Lin/Beverley/Brooks/Canaan Harden/Stevenson Parsons/Garcia/Casspi Jones/Smith/Motiejunas Howard/Asik/Camby That's cutting Henriquez, Young, Williams and Covington.
I think he can't still play in NBA, but u think he still can play. why should we continue to discuss?
