I wonder if Malick Badiane can give Amare a match-up problem? The more I see of Malick, the more I like him. We got a gem on our hands.
Now? We never had a good perimeter defender ince Mario Eli and Mad Max' exit. Posey was "okay" but the fact remains that he is an overrated defense "specialist". We still have our best On-the-ball defender from last season on our Roster (Joaquin Hawkins) but he is only the 9th or 10th man. The addition of Adrian will go along way in improving our perimeter defense. Hopefully Francis has also improved from his piss-poor defense from last season. But that said Mobley is a very underrated defender in the league. The problem is that he does NOT bring it defensively on a nightly basis.
Actually, Hawkins is an FA. And unless his shot improves, I don't see him playing many minutes should we resign him. Then again, if Posey improved his shooting, so can Hawk.