Venting About the Backup Center Position One Last Time Before the Deadline

Yep. We need size. But if we replace Black for someone his build, I hope we can snag Faried from Denver. I think Faried would absolutely thrive in our offense. As far as Nene, I think he's been pacing himself this season. He looked pretty lethargic early but lately he's been looking like his normal self. Not sure OP's beef with Nene is

 

Nene gonna kick OP's ass

 

serious about what. the rockets are 40-13. you act like theyre doing something wrong. you say those things about ryno and tucker yet they still play at the 5. who knows what theyre doing you or the coaching staff

The cavs defense sucks bc their entire team doesn't play defense collectively. big difference. You think deandre jordan is going to magically fix everything wrong about that team. youre sadly mistaken. thats just delusional

oh please. i value defense probably more than anything. but complaining about nene not being a shot blocker as a legit reason to not play him is just dumb. if you;re going to talk about a bigger need and actualy be logical, its black that you should be targeting.

 

F u ck it, let’s just play ryno at center just like they did against the spurs in the playoffs and get blown out and give up layup after layup.

 

of course, a typical cf's post as a response

 

Springer shouldn’t be hitting leadoff

#40-13

 

Willie Reed will be waived by Bulls... He did well in Mia last year when Whiteside was out and in LA when Jordan was out when he got minutes. Long active athlete. Seems to fit the bill for a backup C for us.

 

We need a decent backup point guard just as much. With EGo down, our only backup is Markel Brown. Maybe we should bring back Garbage Mamba but he's still not a solid backup.

 

So .. . .who are the suggestions so far and what do they cost?
Nerlens -
Willie Reed -
Faried -

Which are available and how much do they cost?

Rocket River

 

I like Nene as the back-up center a lot and I think he does a fine job. I only worry about if he (or Capela for that matter) gets hurt. When he got hurt in the playoffs last year it hurt our depth so bad. I don't think we need to hit the trade deadline hard but I hope we can maybe pickup another big man from a buy out. There were talks of Brook Lopez getting bought out wasn't there? I'd be cool with bringing him in

 

Joe Chee is offended.

 

CP insurance is the biggest need imo. Can't trust him to be there when it counts idk I'm just paranoid I guess

 

I'm not sure what you've been watching. Nene is a FAR better post scorer than Capela. Capela is a better finisher above the rim off pick & roll. But when teams take that away Capela has a harder time scoring. Midrange & post scoring wise, Nene is the superior player. That is important when teams with bigger centers clog the paint up. Nene can scoring in stretches in the post & shoot the midrange shot. That's always going to be there if needed

 

Andrew Bogut.

 

The problem with Nene is his health and endurance. He's really only able to give about 15 min/game, and Black is not a solid backup option unless he somehow improves his court awareness. Even though I'm more in the "need backup PG" camp, we do still need a reliable backup center as an adjunct to Nene.

 

I would like to see another smart athletic big as well. We have seen how our offense can be bogged down when Capela is not in there. When rox do not have that above rim threat then our three point snipers get covered up. Right now we have one guy (Capela) that can go get a pass and throw it down. If he goes down for any amount of time I am concerned that our offense will stall.

 

What about kris humphries?