Comments on: Mini-Camp Invitees Videos

By: GrifonRacing

GrifonRacing — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:00:27 +0000

Tom you must forget how much individual guys are asking for. We won’t be in any “negotiations” with them. I put the names out there so you could see how many players are out there not for an analysis of any one player or players. The point is… there are more players out there than teams will have the ability to pick up. Somebody or a few somebodies are going to be left high and dry and be forced to take the vet minimun. Those are the guys we will target.

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:21:20 +0000

Most of those guys are already spoken for or else obviously very expensive. What’s left is: Mikki Moore, Sean May, Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox and Drew Gooden.

Moore, May and Wilcox are of no interest (IMO). We’re over the Luxury Tax limit — I can’t see us paying double for Joe Smith or Drew Gooden.

By: GrifonRacing

GrifonRacing — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:47:01 +0000

Tom here is a short list of unrestricted FA power forwards. I’ll look up the Centers tomorrow time permitting. Some may be resigned… some maybe not…

Here are the unrestricted power forwards out there in a quick search….. Zaza Paculia, Mikki Moore, Sean May, Joe Smith, Zydrunas Ilgauskas (why is he listed at 4?), Andersen Varejao, Brandon Bass, Chris Andersen, Antonio McDyess, Lamar Odom, Chris Wilcox, Hedo Turkoglu, Drew Gooden, Shawn Marion.

Not everyone there will find a “home” let alone the Centers.

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:27:43 +0000

I assume they didn’t *want* Stevenson — if they’d preferred him, I imagine we would have accommodated them.

By: neal

neal — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:58:19 +0000

Miller is only 29. That’s not too old, even by NBA standards.

I wish we had given the TWolves Stevenson instead of Songaila.

I expect for Miller to start. If all our guards are still here, and if Saunders sticks with an 8 man rotation, it’s going to be really interesting to see which other guard makes the rotation. You can make a case for any of them.