Morey's Top Player Acquisition Targets/Changing my signature

Even leaving aside whether he's worth that money (I think he is), why does it matter in relation to our salary cap? He's only under contract for next season, and if we send out Martin + Patterson for him, we have the same cap situation as we started out with. Amnesty Scola and you can sign D-Will if he's willing to come play for us. If he's not willing to come play with us, there is no free agent worth max money available so again, it doesn't hurt us.

 

Al Jefferson absolutely has a midrange jumper.

From 15-18 feet he is money, and certainly accurate enough to spread the floor for another low post big, in my opinion. He takes a lot of these types of jumpers with the Jazz, especially when Favors checks in and goes inside.

 

A lateral move which upgrades the team, since we have a glut of wings and no big man who can consistently score in the low post. I don't really understand your argument.

 

re: jefferson. OP needs to do some research on players other than what he sees them do against the rockets in order to make a halfway cogent assessment of their abilities and skills.

 

I would also add Roy Hibbert, a RFA this summer, to the list of players Morey will definitely make a pass at. Chances are Indiana re-signs him, they have managed their cap space almost perfectly and are among top 5 in cap space this summer (with us, incidentally), but like M. Gasol, Morey will none-the-less try.

 

I could agree with your post except for Montiejunas. There is a high probability (but not a certainty) that we already have our future PF. With his low post moves and his range. few PF's will be able to handle him. Added 20 lbs of muscle and improved rebounding. OK I am sounding like all those Morris fans that I constantly make fun of. Sorry.

 

I really, really doubt you watch games other than Rockets games at this point. Hibbert is an excellent rebounder (9.2/gm) and shot blocker (2/gm, is prone to unleash the block party at times), shoots a high percentage, and plays solid post defense. Gangly players get bullied and he does not get bullied in the post.

Also, chuck 'abuses' a handful of players, granted, but who else abuses them? Take Griffin: Chuck was excellent at defending him, but does that make him some scrub? Absolutely not. Basketball is all about matchups, and Chuck happens to be a bad matchup for some players (namely Garnett, Stoudemire and Griffin).

Hibbert is the two-way player you lust after via your criticism of Jefferson, but really, you just have an arbitrary and silly vision of what a good player is.

 

I'm more optimistic about Motiejunas than ANY of our other young assets, but I still don't by any means think he's a sure thing to develop into a star-level big man. I also think his time frame may be more like 2-3 years before he reaches his potential, whereas this is a roster built to have an elite big man slotted into it right now.

RE: Jefferson's efficiency, I agree it's not his strong suit, but it's not nearly as bad as you suggest. His efficiency is aided greatly by the fact that he rarely turns the ball over. So even though he doesn't shoot a super high percentage, it's made up for by him wasting 1 less possession per game than, for example, Pau Gasol--who doesn't even shoot that much higher a percentage than Jefferson anyway.

Jefferson is also a good rebounder, and he's not a complete negative on the offensive end. He'll block a few shots and he doesn't get outmuscled easily. His main problems are effort level and lateral quickness.

 

Meant to write "he's not a complete negative on the defensive end".

 

Well you must be blind or not watch the Pacers play (I do, very fun team to watch) because Hibbert is a great player, and was an all star this year. Some may call that an empty accolade, but he was selected by the coaches after all, who have a better understanding of the game than fans do.

 

What about Martin, Bud, and the Dallas 1st (if Dallas finishes outside the top 20) for Deandre Jordan in the offseason? If Nick Young doesn't work out, then they may try going with K-mart especially since his contract will be expiring. The pick will allow them to draft a center (most likely Fab Melo) in Jordan's place. Martin and Mo's expiring contracts would allow them to hopefully sign Griffin and Paul back to he max money they will get.

Jordan learning under McHale for a full offseason could learn some things under McHale and he would certain help with ticket sales.

 

Question is, with all the team that have the cap space, will they want to come here? Rockets have the least committed salary but very close are Suns, Celtics, Mavs.

 

It works if they've already got their guy and need a compiment to him. Remember next year he'll be an expiring.