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I am not a Clippers fan by any means, but they have the best raw talent in the league along with the Bulls. Just because they need a quality starting point guard, should not mean that they have to give up the farm, to get either Miller or Davis. I would have thought that a straight up trade for either Odom or Miles, for either Miller or Davis would be sufficient, along with a future #1 draft pick, given by the Clippers.
If no trade could be arranged, the Clippers should not be disheartened this season. My attitude to the team, would be to go big and athletic and just run and gun. Consider this starting line up:
Centre - Olowokandi
Power Forward - Brand
Small Forward - Miles
Shooting Guard - Maggette
Point Guard - Odom
Yes, they shoud go big on opening night and just see what happens. They can either replace Maggette with Q-Richardson, but I believe that they would prefer Q's energy as a quality 6th man. This squad would cause all sorts of trouble for other teams on offence and defence. let Odom go to work and use his creativity on offence. let him post up. Tell me which NBA team can start a 6'10 and 6"6 players in their backcourt at the same time. Sure Odom has had some problems, but smoking marijuana does not mean a single thing. Whenever i go to clubs, everyone is doing it anyway, and it does not count for anything.
On defence, Odom and Maggette, can use their height as an advantage. this height can be used to smother the offensive sets and crowd the space that the offence can operate in.Miles, will be an A-class defender in the future. he is long, quick, a solid shotblocker and fast on his feet. these are the tools you need to be a great defender. he just needs the minutes to consolidate. That is why this starting lineup needs to be used. he needs to get 30 minutes a night to fully develop. They Clippers have a star on their hands in Miles. Everyone is always talking about him being an above the rim kind of player. But I am thinking about the impact that he can have on defence. In the future I can see him taking the other teams best scorer, and being able to guard the offence's point, two guard, shooting guard, small forward or power forward.
Resigning Kandi, is also important.If he wants the max, I would baulk at it. Possibly a 60 million 6 year contract would be the maximum that I would pay for him. But you can just not ignore the progress that this guy has made during his 4 years in the league. he has developed his offence and his jump hook is solid.
Sure the team will struggle a little bit without a quality point guard, but there are other options and positives to come out of it. As I said they can go big in the backcourt, which will help on offence and defence. it is funny that whenever I hear about people making up trades, it always revolves around trying to pry one of the Clipper guys away for nothing. I mean a trade for Odom, or Miles and the #8 and the #12, is just too much for a point guard, when the Clippers can have the starting lineup that I have projected. Anyway, Wilcox can back up Brand at the four spot, and if he can become at least half as good as McDyess, the guy that he was assumed to play like, can only help. Believe me, Ely is a great prospect. he is big, strong and plays with passion and heart, regardless of what people say about him. Players at my old college were flat out scared of this guy, and his strength He can be a great backup to Kandi, immediately.
To conclude their is no reason to give up the farm to simply make a trade. This team is going places, they almost made the playoffs in the west last year, without Odom. Getting rid of guys like Maurice Taylor, Derek Anderson,Lamond Murray, Lorenzen Wright, Troy Hudson, Tyrone Nesby,Loy Vaught, etc was a step in the right direction. Good luck to the Clippers, they are going places!!!
If no trade could be arranged, the Clippers should not be disheartened this season. My attitude to the team, would be to go big and athletic and just run and gun. Consider this starting line up:
Centre - Olowokandi
Power Forward - Brand
Small Forward - Miles
Shooting Guard - Maggette
Point Guard - Odom
Yes, they shoud go big on opening night and just see what happens. They can either replace Maggette with Q-Richardson, but I believe that they would prefer Q's energy as a quality 6th man. This squad would cause all sorts of trouble for other teams on offence and defence. let Odom go to work and use his creativity on offence. let him post up. Tell me which NBA team can start a 6'10 and 6"6 players in their backcourt at the same time. Sure Odom has had some problems, but smoking marijuana does not mean a single thing. Whenever i go to clubs, everyone is doing it anyway, and it does not count for anything.
On defence, Odom and Maggette, can use their height as an advantage. this height can be used to smother the offensive sets and crowd the space that the offence can operate in.Miles, will be an A-class defender in the future. he is long, quick, a solid shotblocker and fast on his feet. these are the tools you need to be a great defender. he just needs the minutes to consolidate. That is why this starting lineup needs to be used. he needs to get 30 minutes a night to fully develop. They Clippers have a star on their hands in Miles. Everyone is always talking about him being an above the rim kind of player. But I am thinking about the impact that he can have on defence. In the future I can see him taking the other teams best scorer, and being able to guard the offence's point, two guard, shooting guard, small forward or power forward.
Resigning Kandi, is also important.If he wants the max, I would baulk at it. Possibly a 60 million 6 year contract would be the maximum that I would pay for him. But you can just not ignore the progress that this guy has made during his 4 years in the league. he has developed his offence and his jump hook is solid.
Sure the team will struggle a little bit without a quality point guard, but there are other options and positives to come out of it. As I said they can go big in the backcourt, which will help on offence and defence. it is funny that whenever I hear about people making up trades, it always revolves around trying to pry one of the Clipper guys away for nothing. I mean a trade for Odom, or Miles and the #8 and the #12, is just too much for a point guard, when the Clippers can have the starting lineup that I have projected. Anyway, Wilcox can back up Brand at the four spot, and if he can become at least half as good as McDyess, the guy that he was assumed to play like, can only help. Believe me, Ely is a great prospect. he is big, strong and plays with passion and heart, regardless of what people say about him. Players at my old college were flat out scared of this guy, and his strength He can be a great backup to Kandi, immediately.
To conclude their is no reason to give up the farm to simply make a trade. This team is going places, they almost made the playoffs in the west last year, without Odom. Getting rid of guys like Maurice Taylor, Derek Anderson,Lamond Murray, Lorenzen Wright, Troy Hudson, Tyrone Nesby,Loy Vaught, etc was a step in the right direction. Good luck to the Clippers, they are going places!!!