We neeed to get this guy, young, plenty of upside. Look like he is EXACTLY what we need, athletic shotblocker and alley oop finisher Caveat being: I had never heard of him before last week and have never watched him play
I never thought I would ever see two people fighting over who is better between Ekpe and Dedmon. :grin: Two almost scrubs that no team would want to be their main backup Cs , one is too soft and the other is too lazy and foul machine. XD
Lol it was more about the guy calling Epke a better rebouder then Dedmon, which is false in every sense. As for our C position, I believe we need a starting caliber center. I love Capela but he's a question mark right now and thats a risk I wouldn't take going into next season. So yeah Dedmon/Udoh wouldn't be ideal, both are 3rd stringers. At this point though we don't have many other options. We have total holes at our PG/C positions and little cap room left. Morey has standed pat while a lot of good names went off the board, I hope he has somethint up his sleeve because this team looks like a disaster.
Capela hasn't improved and will likely never develop a jump shot. He's a also a lot FT shooter which makes him a liability offensively. Dedmon can at least shoot FT's and has good lateral quickness to defend and block shots. He's athletic enough to get some ally-oops and play well in transition, something needed in MDA' s offense. I say sit him up
He could still be intriguing going forward...no guarantee Clint develops as we hope...plus, if nene gets hurt (likely), we'll be stuck with one center again.
Yeah Nene is the 'now' but Dewayne Dedmon may be a cheap D. Jordan light we can get for the long term.
I like this guy's potential but sure where we can fit his minutes...Very humble and respectful guy Crazy that he's only been playing since he was 18 yrs old; So I without doubt feel he has a ton of growth to do
Consider the source, but... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Warriors and center Dewayne Dedmon are still engaged in contract talks, according to sources. Golden State likes him as a rim protector.</p>— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/750870180587249664">July 7, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Sport Illistrated article: http://www.si.com/vault/2011/11/14/106130712/dewayne-dedmons-leap-of-faith
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent center Dewayne Dedmon has agreed to a two-year, $6 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs, league sources tell The Vertical.</p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/751067206977478656">July 7, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Nice job keeping the Spurs machine running..and getting younger in the process OUT: Timmy (retire?) & Boban & Diaw (Stretch 4/5) IN: Pau & Dedmon & David Bertrans (Euro stretch 4) Pau Aldridge Kawhi Green Parker + adding a promising 19-year old backup in the draft.
yeah Detroit crazy to throw that much $, Dedmon at least had more action on the court than Boban. Rockets management usually rather go with cheap proven but old veteran free agents instead of younger but higher potential ones.
