Blue Magic

What does this team need to be considered a "championship caliber" team not only by people and players in the league, but also by all the sports pundits and doubters out there?? What do you guys think? Alot of people doubt us right now and dont think we're for real or we're are ready(and we may not be), and put Cleveland ahead us as contenders, so what peices do you think would help us reach that so called "elite" level and get due respect? What are the missing links??

Alot of people say we need a better PG and a true SG. If we could somehow find a way to trade JJ, others and a pick or two or sumthin, for Maggette and Livingston(probably wishful thinking), then i think we would moving in the right direction. We really need a big too though. A true PF. A think a player we could definately go after and get is Chris Wilcox, he's everything we need....a hustler, banger, aggressive, and good lockeroom attitude type guy.

If we could get all those three(a some kind of combination of players like them) then i think we should be ready by next season to compete with the elite.

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Seanzie

I think our needs start in the back court. We need a better option at the 2. I like Bogans and Evans as reserves, but as starters they're both mediocre, and even if we're just looking for great defenders at SG, neither of them really fits the bill.

Our PG situation is iffy. I like Nelson more as a spark off the bench. Dooling and Arroyo are both solid backups, but like Bogans and Evans, they're really nothing we can hang our hats on.

A pass first PG (Calderon, I pray for you), and a better starting SG (I wish we could get Monta Ellis, but that's not going to be possible), and we would be stacked.

But, Calderon and Ellis are not really realistic for us. I still hope we can get players who are solid enough, though. We do need just a couple more upgrades before we start slapping the East around. I mean, we're not really far away. We're very young, and Boston and Detroit are both aging by the day.

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MickyEyez

to be honest i don't know if we need to bring in anyone else to become a powerhouse...

Maggette could happen, but livingston and wilcox aren't going anywhere...


the only reason that so many writers and reporters consider Cleveland a more "legitimate" contender is because they were able to pull off the miracle last year and everyone will just assume that with another year under Bron's belt, they are the better team. Truth is we have a much more complete team than Cleveland and i think that we are close to Boston and in a couple years will have a better core as they are relying on their old superstars to make a run this year.


obviously we will need to add a piece here and there, but for the most part i think that the only missing link is experience. The team has gotten progressively better together for the past 3 seasons or so and i think everything is coming together and it's only a matter of time before these guys build more chemistry and grow together to become a perennial powerhouse. just imagine if we had Tony all season...

arhie

You guys would be legit if you had Vince instead of Rashard Lewis.

Blue Magic

I was just browsing and there are going to alot of solid unrestricted free agents this summer. we should definately be able to land somebody good.....Just curious, what do u guys think of Ricky Davis or Steve Francis at SG?

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HB

^For a team that wants to contend, why would you wany any of those guys?

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Ruff Draft

Stay away from Ricky & Steve. You want to win...

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Babir

Ricky and Steve-DISASTER!

I hope we can get A.Jamison this offseason, it is at least realistic. Maggette, Ellis and other young and productive players are out of our price range. If we want to get quaility players then we have to trade Turk (no one will take Rashard), hopefully with Jameer, in order to get rid of his bad contract.

Ruff Draft

I'd look at a play-maker at the one. They don't need to be as lock-down as Keeyon, but defense is nice. A productive athletic 4/5 to pair with Dwight. An potentially a slasher that can get to the line, Corey Maggette.

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Blue Magic

Well they were the two biggest names of unrestricted FA SG's that we could probably afford(Ricky davis is an effective 2-gaurd who can fill it up & Francis is old but the last place he had a chance was here and he put up good #'s so idk it was just speculation). Some other players i liked tho that we can afford or maybe get are Jamison, J Will, Pargo, Rush, Ivey, Diop(not a bad backup option to replace Foyle), Najera, Barnes, Pietrus, Antione Wright, O'Bryant, Duhon,

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JNice

No and hell no.

I'd much rather see what JJ can do at SG than play one of those two boneheads.

I think we need to take a shot at a SG in the draft. And if possible make a move for another later pick, maybe 2nd round, and snag Mario Chalmers. I think that kid is going to be a real solid pro. PG/SG combo.

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NikesNextDynasty

No we wouldnt. That would be a disaster if we had Vicne instead of Rashard. Vince is old and cant do what he used to do, he dosent bring the same thing to the court every night like Rashard does. What we need to do to become a championship caliber team is to beat everyone in the playoffs. We just need to do what this team is built to do and that is win. We have all the right pieces, we just need to dumb down the dumb mistakes and make sure we play some sorta defense.

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charliexmurphey

I think for magic to be sweet

is that they need a two man pg

a great back up

like a jameer and conley or someone better

magic would be good

Blue Magic

I think that this years draft and the next will be key. Im hoping at least one of these guys will fall to us: Darrel Aurthur, Marreese Speights, Jason Thompson, or Rich Hendrix @ PF; and Douglas-Roberts or Brandon Rush @ SG. If we could get one of those guys i'd be happy cause they seem like the type that could come in right away and be ready to play..... This draft is stacked with talent tho and there could be alot of diamonds in the rough like Hickson or whoever else might come into the picture so i guess we'll see.

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