or, dare I say, Hedo

Greene will never be a good rebounder. Casspi??
I doubt we can pry Camby, Randolph or Kaman away from the Clips.
I still think we should have taken Blair with the #31 pick and kept him. He IS a rebounder!
Charles Barkley was a great rebounder and he was 6’6 at most. I would rather have Blair than a backup point guard from Spain and a bouncer from Washington.

a legitimate center or 4-5 added to the roster. That may be Diogu. If so, so be it. But it’s not Calvin Booth. He and Simmons and certainly McCants need to go away. And a 4-5 who can eat some quality minutes must be added.

Is the idea here that this group of SF’s shouldn’t be messed with for now? If so, I don’t know if that needs to be the same argument. There are a couple roster spots that need to be filled, and the appropriate filler is big sauce.

The fact is, we need a strong PF/Center now more than anything. Spencer Hawes is a Brad Miller clone. He is all offense that doesn’t come over to help on drivers or block shots particularly well. We need a Tyson Chandler or someone like him to clog the lane and DEFEND THE PAINT!!!
I was so frustrated watching the big men of yester-year more or less giving up the lane to anyone who could get by our guards.
Also, I think the Clippers would make a great trading partner for us. Now that they’ve added Blake Griffin, they’ll be looking to unload one of their bigs who is eating up a considerable amount of salary, i.e. Chris Kaman or Marcus Camby. I’d say throw a package deal of Kenny Thomas and Francisco Garcia at either them or the Hornets, who, by the way, are looking to shed as much salary as they can and need a decent small forward due to how often Peja Stojakovic is (which, as we all know, is most of the time.) It would address several needs of their team while giving us Chandler. Ditto for the Clippers and us getting Kaman.
Then, there’s always the remote prospect of possibly putting together a package for a more marquee name such as, say, Elton Brand. The Sixers played much better without him last year and would be more than happy to get his contract off the books if they plan on going on without him. Personally, I think that if we can get the Sixers to take on Thomas’ expiring contract, Greene (who is on rookie salary) or Garcia, and someone else, I’d say go for it. That would give us a front court rotation of two up and coming young bigs and an experienced all-star veteran who plays defense.

Ideal starting lineup consisting of
PG- Evans
SG- Martin
SF- Nocioni
PF- Brand
C- Hawes

Not only that, with Shareef and Brand as professors, our kids just might start surprising everyone with how many new post moves they start throwing at people.

1. I agree Hawes did get better after Miller left, but he’s still not an interior defender. I’d rather have Kaman or Chandler defending the other team’s big if we can get one of them.

2. Camby would be a great trade asset if we can claim him because of his golden expiring contract, which I failed to notice is up at the end of the season. I did, however, simply mention him to prove the point that the Clippers are looking to unload a big. I’d rather have Kaman, anyway, and they probably wouldn’t mind having Thomas’ contract to possibly just let expire along with Camby’s to pursue a big name free agent next year.

3. Brand is still one of the premiere PF’s in the league. He was in a system surrounded by players who do not fit his style. With Hawes as a high post center, it leaves him room down low to do what made him an all-star so many times and post up as opposed to Dalembert who plays in the same area as he does. And again, the guy will be able to mentor Thompson. I do see the point about the 5 year contract (which, if I’m reading it right, is now down to four), but I really think he’ll be a valuable asset for those years he would be with us. And I’m not saying break the bank to get him, but if we can pull a deal that makes sense (in my deal, I’m only suggesting swapping Garcia and Thomas for him, not any young talent that would set us back in that area) I would seriously consider it.

4. Francisco has been a major disappointment to me. He was supposed to come in and be a three point shooter, but from what I have seen of him, he doesn’t do that particularly well. I’d rather have Nocioni and that “never stop” mentality and sheer toughness he brings out on the court. Plus, we have an abundance of small forwards now with him, Nocioni, Greene, and now Cassmi. Out of all of them, he’s the one I’d rather see go the most.

I now realize I did include Greene in my original proposal, and maybe he would be a good one to give the Sixers instead of Garcia, but I’d rather see how we can develop a completely raw talent, such as him, instead of keeping Francisco. Also, Garcia’s real contract kicks in next season which, if I recall, is somewhere in the $5 million per year range, which, combined with Thomas, is almost an exact match to Brand’s. I forgot this when I put this deal in the ESPN trade machine and included Greene to make the deal work. Maybe throw in a future second round pick or something like that and we may have a winner.

I think Geoff is just talking about a backup C or PF. The current roster doesn’t have many options.

I’m not sure GP was indicating the team needed a dominate rebounder. Improved, perimeter defense should greatly help JT and Hawes pick up some slack on the boards. It’s tough to get in position to rebound when you have rotate over to prevent the constant layup line. The guy getting the rebound was typically the guy JT or Hawes had to leave underneath the hoop to contest a shot.

Lets bring danny schayes back. Hes only 5 or 6 years out of the league, i potentially think that would be a strong signing and would maybe generate more of a fan base with israel and the jew nation! what do you all think!

Hey, BY THE WAY, IS DRAKE the rapper jewish…Man we are taking over! Lets go Casspi!

As it stands, we do not know whether Brockman can play in the NBA (most 2nd rounders can’t). Even if he can, he’s a very limited player at best – good rebounder but not very quick/agile and will be a huge liability playing defense away from the basket. With that in mind, and also keeping in mind that K9 could be traded at any point this season (and I’d want to get the best return possible not be hand-cuffed by the fact that we would need a big PF/C in return), our depth is almost non-existent.

Nocioni is capable of playing limited minutes at PF, but that really only makes sense against certain matchups (read: small PFs). If either Hawes or Thompson misses a few games this season, which is also a certainty (how many frontcourts make it through the year with both guys playing 82 games? did any of them last year?), we would be left starting Nocioni at the PF with either K9/Brockman having to play significant minutes or playing small ball regardless of matchups – that’s scary.

Ok, the only legit centers the Kings have are……Spencer Hawes. That’s it!

Jon Brockman isn’t a center. He’s 6’7". I don’t care how talented you are. If you’re 6’7" playing against 7+ footers, you’re going to have a hell of a time trying to grab a rebound or contest shots. The only guys that I can think of who might be able to play Center would be JT or Greene, but they’d really need to bulk up.

Unless GP signs Diogu, Petrie will need to sign a Center.

…Maybe the Kings could pick up Heytvelt off training camp or summer league.