Andray Blatche available pretty cheaply

Andray turned his professional life around this season and I think he would be a great addition to the Rockets. He could start at PF while the youngsters gain experience, and, at 6'11/260, he could also backup Omer at C. He was effective at backing up Brooke Lopez this season.

If we go this route, we could easily trade a PF or two for a 1st round draft pick where we could pickup Glen Rice Jr or someone of similar caliber to backup James/Chandler.

I like this as an option over Dwight Howard. Dwight's statistically the best at his position, but I'm fine with someone like Omer that is nearly is good, who has showed that he will work hard and improve, and has a good attitude. I'm not convinced that a Dwight/Omer front-court is a great idea because they're similar players. However, Blatche can shoot the rock and score in the post.

The Nets can only afford to pay Blatche around $1.5 mill. He's worth a lot more than that. When comparing Blatche to some of his peers, he's performed much better than I wold have anticipated on a per36 basis. Check out the following comparison between Blatche and Zach, Aldridge and Griffin:

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Andray's statistically right with players making many millions more than him (not counting his income from Wizards).

In conclusion, I think he'd be a great addition to the team, and would put us near the top of the WC next season.

Here's a recent article concerning Andray and his production this season.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/nets/nets_season_in_review_andray_blatche_vYZJD5oSr7FCH4sjlHxRBI?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=Nets

 

Not sure why the embedding didn't work. Here's a link to the comparison: http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=blatcan01&y1=2013&p2=randoza01&y2=2013&p3=aldrila01&y3=2013&p4=griffbl01&y4=2013#per_minute::none

 

That didn't take long.

 

It didn't suck with Omer.

 

Amnestied players only receive money from their original contract? They don't get that money plus the value of new contract?

 

Omer's already improved upon his game this season, and he's an above average defender. sigh... Seriously, few people expected Omer to be as good as he was. What if I wanted to pickup LaMarcus Aldridge instead of DH? Would it still have been that ridiculous? Have you looked at the comparison?

 

Interesting. I don't see why the media is making a big deal about the Nets inability to offer a sizable contract though - unless they're unaware of the rule.