StR Community Free Agent Board, Pick 4

Gonna go with BPA in Dirk Nowitzki. His game is age-resistant.

… but decided Johnson would upgrade the Beno/Garcia position more than Dirk would upgrade the Landry/JT position. Even though both would be huge upgrades.

Play a Little D… can Shoot the Three… can create own shot at end of games.

i feel we need him more than we need Dirk and will probably be more affordable. I would love to have Dirk but if we are trying to upgrade our team i would start with the area that is the weakest. Joe Johnson would help.

Dirk’s a prototypical “Petrie pick” circa 2002. Doesn’t fit what we’re doing now. Lee and Boozer will both be too expensive. Amare is not the role model we want around Cousins. As far as Joe Johnson? I’d rather slam my head in the door. He, along with a few other teammates, flat out gave up on Woodson and played like shit in the playoffs. That’s some garbage leadership from the best player on that team that’s hoping for max money. Joe Johnson can suck it!

How many wide-open jump shots do you think Diggler could make in one game? He could play with ‘Reke until he’s 45. He could just pick a spot on the floor that he liked, jog to it every time down the floor, line up his shot and wait for the ball. He might not always get the pass, but when he does it would be like warmups for him. Or, if the other team decides to stick on him no matter what Tyreke is doing, then either ’Reke will be making a lot of open layups, or Dirk will be making a lot of contested jumpshots (as he is wont to do).

I’d hate to see them disappear on the bench for Amar’e, Lee, Boozer or Dirk. We shouldn’t sign JJ either, he’s too old and too expensive. I’m afraid to vote :/

David Lee, it is not his fault that the knick sucked ass; he’d also be worth less money than all of them. He is the youngest, can rebound like a machine (better than all of them if you ask me) is not a softie and is also an offensive machine. His defensive game is not that good, but then again none of them have good defensive games; not bosh, not amar’e, not dirk, and definetly not boozer. If you wanna see a really good analysis of this, someone on bsots wrote a really good piece on their statistics.

On joe johnson he is def. not as good as people make him out to be; in other words, he is the most overrated underrated player in the NBA

While I would love to gain Amare, there is no need to clog up the development of our big men for any longer.

Joe Johnson is a good player, but he needs the ball in his hands to score and create shots. In other words, he is a SG version of Tyreke. There is not enough ball to share between the two of them.

And once again here is the link to the Free Agency Predictor Contest.
password is petrie
http://games.espn.go.com/bballfapredictor/en/group?groupID=355&entryID=14630

He’ll spread the floor, create his own shot, and rebound. One of the most unique talents in the game.

Joe Johnson is awesome, but he’s got a ton of mileage, he’s beat-up, and he duplicates a lot of Tyreke’s strengths. I would be very cautious about signing him to a long deal.

Too narrow of a list because these guys are all too expensive IMO.

Maybe we would be ready in a year or two years..

Career trajectory worse than Kenyon Martin’s. You talk about Dirk in 3 years? Will Amare still be playing?

It looks like our frontline is set. We’re good at the 3. We could obviously really use another guard that can defend well and be a spot up shooter. Why not just rent out the cap room to a team that wants to spend less this year and pick up an extra first rounder, where Petrie can surely find another guard that’s a decent defender and shooter in next year’s draft?

Or hell, just use next year’s late lottery pick on that type of player?

   I would say Joe Johnson because he is a guard and he would fit the best with the team. He can also knock down open shots with ease, and he has range from everywhere. Could the Kings ever win a championship with Tyreke, Johnson and Cousins as their big three. If Lebron signs with Bosh in Miami with Wade then the answer is definately no.
   I really believe the Kings could put together a team next year that won’t just be a solid playoff team that gets knocked out every year. A team that would legitimately have a chance to win a championship each year for a few years. It would be Tyreke, Anthony, and Cousins as the Big Three. Now if you can sign Joe Johnson and still have room to sign Carmelo next year, then I would definately do it. Since Tyreke and Cousins are still so young they probably can afford to do it.
    A starting lineup of Tyreke, Johnson, Carmelo, Thompson, and Cousins would give you a chance to win a chmpionship.
   

This would be a bold move-sign dirk and have him play sg; after all he is like a big shooting guard rather than a center

However, I hope they try really hard to build a team that isn’t just a good team, but is a great team…. Like Ainge did with Boston.