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.

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:04:48 +0000

Oh — here’s another guy I like a lot: Nick Fazekas. Very productive college player, good size, good basketball IQ. He has had very little NBA playing time, but he has been very productive in those minutes.

Richard Hendrix is playing for Orlando in the summer league they got going down in fla. He went 4-5 last night for 10 points and 4 rebounds in 15 minutes. It’s summer league, I know — but I’d like to have a big off the bench who could give you that in 15 minutes every night!!

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:42:40 +0000

Grifonracing — I don’t see the “lot of players” that you see. Whom do you have in mind?

(I too definitely want Heytvelt to stick)

By: Tom Mandel

Tom Mandel — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:39:36 +0000

jmpalomo — they’ll work the starters out in camp, obviously (well… we know 4 of them — health permitting).

IMO, Mike will start — and you are going to love him! Still, I shouldn’t have described Randy as a “throw-in”, as that’s a little excessive. What I meant — and I’m pretty sure of this — is that we were looking to acquire Mike Miller. He was the center of the trade.

Now, in a sense, you could just say that he *had* to be! Given the salaries we were trying to rid ourselves of, and that we weren’t looking to take back a lot of players off that team (but give us Kevin Love… please!).

We’ll see!

By: GrifonRacing

GrifonRacing — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:24:48 +0000

That’s one roster spot. The other I like for Joshy and his mushroom patch if he impresses us.

By: GrifonRacing

GrifonRacing — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:20:35 +0000

If we wait…. we may be able to pick up more than a 10 minute player. There are a lot of bigs out there… check any FA site. Only a few teams with money. We are going to get somebody much better than any of those guys IF WE WAIT.