It's may be a repeat of what has been said all this year, but here is the list of the centers and power forwards of the NBA, who do you think is the best to put next to Yao, and who is the one that we can get? Ben Wallace R Wallace D west Thornton Thabeet A Stoudemire Ratliff Kendrick Perkins Pryzbilla Okur Oden J O'neal J Noah Mohammed Nazr Mc Dyess Brad Miller Kenyon Martin Jason Maxiell Chris Kaman Ilgauskas Mbenga Juwan Howard Marin Gortat Marc Gasol Pau Gasol Channing Frye Tyson Chandler Marcus Camby Andrew Binum Chris Bosh Andrew Bogut Chris Andersen Lamarcus Aldridge Tim Duncan
How about Shaq for the MLE, Yao could play 24 minutes, Shaq play 24 minutes, and hope :grin: both are healthy come playoff time. Just make sure Yao is playing the last 5 minutes of the game, to avoid hack a shaq.
What's the point of this thread? Most on this list are not available. Chris Bosh is probably the best C/PF out there on the free agency market. I'm content with us settling with Bosh.
i think scola is better/more suitable in this rockets system. i like oden, but i don't think portland will give up him...so i choose Mbenga for our back C
we need 2 guys. 1. a backup C/F who can defend and block shots. i say C/F because it would be nice if he could play alongside yao if needed. 2. a quick PF who can also spread the floor.
See Al Jefferson. Pf who can also work shoe box and rebound. Hill comes in and can slide to play center and mainain defensive presence,rebounding and low post scoring.
Shaq is an intriguing choice, but I think we need someone more reliable considering that's the issue with Yao. It's still interesting to consider. Marc Gasol seems to fit what we are looking for and is the type of effort guy we like. I would rather not rely on a draft pick. We can't keep developing players, we need proven guys.
