StR Community Free Agent Board, Pick 12

And again, dude lies through his teeth. I don’t want him around my rookies, and I don’t want to overpay an undersized PF to come be a malcontent for 2 or 3 years and then leave. Especially when we already have all the bigs we need.

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However, I’m going to vote based on talent alone. I think Boozer will be past his prime by the time Reke and Cousins hit their’s. But a guy with his talent might drag this team into the playoffs and get them some big game experience

just sign a guard who adds value and skip the middle man?

Cost is a real thing and Boozer is way up there. Since we have a few more years before we really compete most people, me at least, seem inclined to wait until we are almost there. We will have a new CBA and players will be cheaper.

Timing getting a FA is pretty damned important. We get the wrong guy at the wrong time and we are screwed. We won’t be able to trade him as you suggest because he will be so damned expensive given the new, lesser, salary levels and we could hurt ourselves. What if they don’t pan out? What if they do? We need more time to see and then plug our holes when we are ready to make a run for it. Cousins and Whiteside might be our next dynamic duo and they are worth checking out.

Our long term success is also contingent upon have many talented players. We can’t afford to give up young talent if we are rebuilding through the draft. That being the most economical way to build a team and the stated method the Kings are using means that Boozer or similar don’t really fit. If we are going to build long-term and have long-term success then we need salary flexibility to sign the guys than pan out. Tying up our salary would mean we can’t sign those guys and we will end up bleeding talent and making other teams better by harvesting our good young’uns.

There is no hurry. I don’t get the hurry or feel like I want to be part of a FA frenzy that leaves teams with very expensive contracts that they won’t be able to move later if they need to do that. Been there done that.

I also disagree that people are voting Felton just for his sake or for his talent. I would say that people are narrowing down some parameters around making decisions. Kind of like what making a positives and negatives list can do for you.

This is, IMO, apples to oranges compared to what you are doing. You are looking at this, it seems, as if it is the draft. In the draft the salary is all set and it really is just the talent that drives the decision. Just get the BPA, but signing FAs is completely different. You don’t just get the BPA. You have to consider A LOT more factors.

I will take a chance of Effing because I have always thought that is a lot of fun and a Effing talent that can be had for a reasonable expense, that doesn’t tie up huge long-term salary amounts, and that provides a team positional need that fits within my lists of positives and negatives or pros and cons.

It isn’t so much who the player is, but what they represent in terms of a lot more than just talent.

But yeah technically I would absolutely want Boozer over the rest of these guys. All of these guys are going to be overpaid, I would rather take Boozer for the talent and try and move Landry. If I could get away with paying Boozer a massive amount of money for the next 4 years (yes I know I am fully assuming something that is likely to not happen but then again this is part of the reason why I could care less about signing anyone) and trading Landry for a guard, frickin awesome.

Boozer would likely not help us win a championship but who gives a shit. We would be winning more games which tends to help out in it’s own right. It’s not selling out the future either. I don’t think he would be such a massive hinderance to JT or Cousins (given Dalembert would likely be let go the next year. And yes I would rather have Boozer than Dalembert). If you are really worried about Whiteside then I can’t help you. Anyway, after four years you move on. I don’t see how he would hurt us.

Landry will cost a lot after this year and has little more to offer. He is who he is.

Boozer 17.2 ppg, 10.2 rpg, .5 blk, 2.5 ast
Landry 12.2 ppg, 5.3 rpg, .5 blk, 0.7 ast
JT 11.8 ppg, 7.9 rpg, .8 blk, 1.4 ast

Look, I like JT, but I’m not sure how much higher his ceiling will be. He could be great, but his top potential is probably about where Boozer would be right now.

As wally said, Landry gets expensive after this season too. And Landry is only 2 years younger than Boozer.

whatever pierce is too old anyways and wouldnt want to come here

I dont get why Gooden has bounced around so much. He can score and rebound. I think he is a great fit for the Bucks.

My guess is John Salmons goes back to disappearing in games almost immediately.

Learn something new every day.

but Memphis did get Marc Gasol, cap relief, and a a few other pieces in that trade. Still a huge win for L.A., but Memphis actually came out of the deal OK.

You see, Pau was under contract. So Memphis could trade him. Farmar is not under contract. So L.A. can’t trade him. So, uh, yeah, I’m not sure how much more I can add to this.

is the fact that Francisco Garcia’s “horrid contract” will end up looking a lot less horrid in relation to these ones.

I hope David goes to a team that’ll treat him like a star. A place where he’ll be respected, I’m happy that this guy isn’t going to stick with the knicks; NY isn’t going to get any free agents, NONE! there i said it.

I recall it being a way to stick it to Hawks management when they tried to stick it to Childress.

He left the NBA to undergo a business oppurtunity.

 If you make that big of a leap in your career you should take rather than go and maximize you profits.

I get that the talent in the European leagues is less than in the NBA, but how is getting paid more to do the same thing you were doing a demotion? especially when you choose to do it?

Last time I saw a picture, he looked pretty blurry eyed.