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Originally Posted by Diable
I saw the Armstrong story...He actually looked really good for the Pacers last year,and if we needed to fire our new coach he'd be a strong candidate also.If we can get him cheap I'm fine with that,he's a tough guy who always gives you effort.
I saw a guy named JJ(jose juan) Barea playing for Puerto Rico today.They said he played great for the Mavs Summer league team,but I really doubt that he'll get much burn if he is signed by them(not sure of his status actually).He looks like he'd be a really nice backup actually,although he's a little short and it looks like he might like to shoot a bit more than I might like.We need anyone decent at the point.
Also Foyle signed with the Magic.
I really don't see the point of trading for Richardson if we weren't going to be serious about trying to make the playoffs this season.Unless it's just some token appease the restless natives move you have to put together a serious team after you commit to that move.If we're not going to add quality backups inside and at the point it's all just a waste of effort and we'd have been better off keeping Brandon Wright and our capspace.
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You can't get too enamored with those guys...remember Arroyo last year? He looked awesome in the FIBA tournament but so far he pretty much sucks as an NBAer...esp. at 4 million bucks.
There isn't much "quality" left...I certainly don't consider Foyle quality. He's beef in the paint and that's pretty much it. The positive is we were interested in him, so it does look like we're addressing both issues fans seem to be most worried about.
Right now it's a buyer's market, so there's no rush to fill those 2 spots. Unlike other teams we actually have 2 open positions so we ought to get the best going into training camp.
Just to clarify...you weren't basing the chance of us making the playoffs on picking up Foyle or someone like him were you? If Fabio contines from last year and May can give us 20 minutes we're fairly deep at the PF spot (don't forget about Harrington holding down the bench) and we also have Mek/Primoz/Hollins/Davidson at the 5.
Felton will play 35-40 a game so the other position (which looks like it's going to Touche') will only get 10 minutes per.