Apart from backup centre, the most needed area is an impact scoring 6th man who can create for himself. e.g Harden JR Smith Al HArrington Terry any suggestions Sign Brooks or JR Smith
Dragic has basically been playing that role & doing a pretty decent job of it. I would say we need a starting SF and a backup center more than we need a 6th man off the bench.
I would think Lee is our 6th man. He can make shots, he can create his own shot, and can run the point. I would be comfortable with him starting at the 2 if we ever trade Martin.
Our entire bench is our 6th man. Lee, Budinger, Dragic all score. And what's great is that none of them has to do it every night. Out of all of them, though, Lee is the frontrunner. The guy can start on any good team without a star SG.
Personally I think Patterson can develop into a six man type of role, ala Landry although his offensive game is still very far from Landry's. He just needs time... his jump shot is already there, he just needs the rest of his offensive game to catch up...
Here are the top 50 reserve scorers (link): Code: [SIZE="1"]Rk Player Age Tm G GS MPG eFG% TS% PPP PTS/36min ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Louis Williams 25 PHI 23 0 25.3 46.5% 53.0% 0.985 21.6 2 Al Harrington 31 DEN 23 0 26.3 57.2% 59.4% 1.032 21 3 Jamal Crawford 31 POR 23 0 24.7 43.3% 49.2% 0.859 20.1 4 Leandro Barbosa 29 TOR 23 0 23.2 47.7% 51.8% 0.917 20 5 James Harden 22 OKC 22 2 30.6 55.5% 64.7% 1.140 19.4 6 C.J. Miles 24 UTA 21 0 19.0 43.2% 49.6% 0.917 19.4 7 Mo Williams 29 LAC 17 1 27.5 56.4% 59.4% 1.044 19.2 8 Jason Terry 34 DAL 24 0 29.9 52.6% 55.7% 0.978 18.2 9 Jordan Crawford 23 WAS 23 2 22.7 42.4% 46.6% 0.795 18 10 Carl Landry 28 NOH 23 6 24.2 47.3% 54.8% 0.954 17.7 11 Jordan Farmar 25 NJN 22 1 21.0 55.6% 59.9% 0.986 17.4 12 O.J. Mayo 24 MEM 23 0 25.8 51.0% 53.6% 0.933 17.4 13 Corey Brewer 25 DEN 19 0 15.9 56.2% 58.7% 1.025 17.3 14 Thaddeus Young 23 PHI 23 0 26.7 51.0% 53.4% 1.001 16.7 15 Hakim Warrick 29 PHO 19 0 16.6 44.9% 51.3% 0.904 16.4 16 Nicolas Batum 23 POR 21 1 25.1 51.7% 58.4% 1.041 16.3 17 Shannon Brown 26 PHO 21 1 20.9 44.3% 47.8% 0.849 15.5 18 J.J. Redick 27 ORL 23 6 26.3 50.5% 58.0% 1.065 15.5 19 Tiago Splitter 27 SAS 24 0 21.3 62.6% 65.6% 1.060 15.5 20 Nate Robinson 27 GSW 14 0 23.7 44.7% 51.1% 0.888 15.3 21 Tristan Thompson 20 CLE 18 0 17.4 45.8% 46.3% 0.795 15 22 Rodrigue Beaubois 23 DAL 22 5 17.8 44.8% 47.4% 0.840 14.9 23 Jon Leuer 22 MIL 21 6 14.5 56.7% 59.8% 1.112 14.9 24 Norris Cole 23 MIA 23 0 20.9 45.1% 47.7% 0.796 14.8 25 Ramon Sessions 25 CLE 21 0 22.3 37.7% 48.5% 0.801 14.8 26 Isaiah Thomas 22 SAC 21 0 16.7 44.3% 51.3% 0.860 14.8 27 Willie Green 30 ATL 23 0 16.1 51.8% 53.5% 0.986 14.7 28 Gary Neal 27 SAS 19 5 21.5 47.6% 48.2% 0.868 14.7 29 Derrick Williams 20 MIN 23 2 18.2 46.9% 50.6% 0.890 14.6 30 Brandon Bass 26 BOS 22 4 29.2 47.6% 51.0% 0.942 14.5 <font style="background:yellow;color:black">31 Courtney Lee 26 HOU 15 2 24.7 51.1% 53.2% 0.960 14.4</font> <font style="background:yellow;color:black">32 Goran Dragic 25 HOU 23 2 20.2 50.0% 54.2% 0.890 14.2</font> 33 Josh Howard 31 UTA 17 3 23.6 40.7% 48.4% 0.857 14.1 34 Klay Thompson 21 GSW 20 1 16.6 52.5% 52.9% 0.897 14 35 Brandon Rush 26 GSW 20 1 24.8 63.2% 65.7% 1.128 13.9 36 Derrick Favors 20 UTA 20 5 20.7 47.6% 52.2% 0.879 13.6 37 Jimmer Fredette 22 SAC 21 6 23.0 45.2% 48.4% 0.826 13.5 38 George Hill 25 IND 19 0 24.7 52.5% 56.9% 1.019 13.5 39 Lamar Odom 32 DAL 23 4 21.1 39.1% 43.0% 0.763 13.5 40 Evan Turner 23 PHI 22 0 25.9 47.1% 50.1% 0.870 13.5 41 Randy Foye 28 LAC 20 6 20.6 47.9% 50.5% 0.882 13.4 42 Tyler Hansbrough 26 IND 22 0 24.1 37.4% 47.3% 0.842 13.4 43 Danny Green 24 SAS 24 0 21.3 51.3% 54.6% 0.943 13.3 44 Ian Mahinmi 25 DAL 24 1 20.2 58.9% 61.5% 1.056 13.3 45 Rudy Fernandez 26 DEN 19 0 23.4 54.5% 56.4% 0.956 13.2 46 Andre Miller 35 DEN 23 5 30.8 50.0% 54.4% 0.888 13.2 47 Austin Daye 23 DET 20 1 16.3 35.8% 41.5% 0.693 13 48 Tracy McGrady 32 ATL 19 0 19.1 50.5% 55.2% 0.944 12.9 49 Taj Gibson 26 CHI 22 0 19.3 49.2% 52.1% 0.898 12.7 50 Markieff Morris 22 PHO 22 5 20.4 48.0% 50.3% 0.864 12.7 [/SIZE]
Lee, Dragic and C-bud are technically all the same player: starting caliber wings. This makes them great options off the bench or if the starters are injured, but we're still lacking that 6th man scorer, guys like Landry, Brooks, Barbosa or Barrera who can come in and become a game changer for 10-20 mins a night and either become the focus of the offense of the 2nd unit or give Lowry a breather and set everyone up. If only we kept Lin I think he really could have filled that role us, as is we need a backup pg badly. Dragic isn't really a pg, so even if he's in the game Lowry still has to play 40 mins a night cuz no one can set up plays for the entire team.
