Where do we get a rebounding / defending big?

by Bushka on Nov 18, 2008 6:50 PM CST

Ian is possibly the only light on the horizon here, what about trades? Would a big like Nick Collison or someone who just boards and defends even be achievable via trade given the lack of / age of, our current talent.

Even when Manu & Tony arrive back the front court is not going to miraculously stop hemorraging rebounds.

Don't mean to disparage the athleticism of Fab, the old man savvy of Crazy Eyes, or Matt Bonners tenacious...will to live? I just don't feel confident they can keep the glass clean.

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Definately going to need help there.

How many games do he have against the Lakers in the regular season? 3-4.
They suck but they do have bigs in the peacock Gasol, Bynum and Odom.

Is Chris Mihn any good or too much of a stiff?

by werdnawee on Nov 18, 2008 7:18 PM CST reply actions

Knowing our front office, the player would have to be at least 30.

That is, even if a trade happens at all.

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by Linix129 on Nov 18, 2008 7:18 PM CST reply actions

Hey, you can’t call Crazy Eyes “savvy”. That’s The JV’s quality.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 18, 2008 10:28 PM CST reply actions

The search for bigs...

What about Washington? With folks raving about Javale McGee, they seem to have plenty of bigs on their books and not so many minutes to go around. Out of Haywood, Thomas, Blatche and McGee – you get the feeling somebody has to go.

by Rambling Man on Nov 19, 2008 4:11 AM CST reply actions

Even if we had a good big, Pop would have to play him for it to make a difference. When we’re going with Tony-Manu-Mase-FinDog-Duncan, it wouldn’t matter if we had a young Dennis Rodman on the team, he still wouldn’t rebound if he weren’t in the game.

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by tomasito on Nov 19, 2008 8:15 AM CST reply actions

Duh,

Off of the rebounding/defending big tree.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 19, 2008 12:53 PM CST reply actions

of course. Hold on i forgot to water it and the money tree this morning…will go out the backyard and juice it up with the hose.

by Bushka on Nov 19, 2008 6:58 PM CST up reply actions

we are in a drought. you have to be vigilant.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Nov 19, 2008 10:32 PM CST up reply actions

What about Joakim Noah? His future seems pretty uncertain in Chicago, with Drew Gooden likely confirmed at starter and Thomas and Gray increasingly taking his minutes. I could see him fitting in well on Pop’s team.

He is a young guy, who plays hard, cleans the glass and may be available. He has a couple of years on his contract, so Chicago might be interested in taking back a contract with less years on it. Bonner might get it done. Or we could include some draft picks. Or maybe one of our lesser expiring contracts like JV and the rights to Mahnimi or…I don’t know…something…

by Rambling Man on Nov 20, 2008 1:34 AM CST reply actions

He also sucks.

No, seriously. I love his energy, and his hair – but he can’t score. Can’t. His jumper makes Oberto’s look awesome. I prefer the mere possibility of Mahinmi to him. Or Tolliver, for that matter.

by LatinD on Nov 20, 2008 5:38 AM CST up reply actions

amen to the sucks part. and to the Mahinmi and Tolliver part. but i can’t stand him at all, mainly because he’s from florida, and i hate all florida college teams. and he was least likeable player on that team to me, in large part to all the hype he got from the media. i wonder how his teammate is doing these days, after he got hardly any hype at all compared to the Hair Man.

by znimrod on Nov 20, 2008 12:04 PM CST up reply actions

Haha. Fair enough.

Don’t get me wrong – I’d love for us to get a good, young, talented centre who rebounds like a monster, has a reasonable contract and a strong offensive game – I just don’t know where he would come from.

While we wait for him though – TD’s workload is way too much right now, and we need to find a way to reduce his minutes when Parker and Manu get back, so he is reasonably fresh for the playoffs. If we don’t do something about this situation soon, I think we’re asking for trouble.

Mahnimi isn’t going to help this year. Tolliver is a project. KT is old and undersized, and Fab is carrying injury issues of his own. Meantime, we are getting hammered on the boards most nights, our age is becoming a standing joke for the rest of the league and we are running our best player into the ground. I’d personally take a player who went to College in hell if I thought he could help us right now.

I do see your point though. Someone who had hit a jump shot in their career would be good.

by Rambling Man on Nov 20, 2008 4:40 PM CST up reply actions

I want McDyess. But I guess I’m a minority there.

by LatinD on Nov 20, 2008 5:46 PM CST up reply actions

I actually thought he was a nice kid. A bit bubbly, but still seemed down-to-earth during the media slander in his second championship run. And despite landing in the middle of a baaad situation in Chicago, at times he seemed the only one trying on the court.

But he can’t shoot the ball.

by LatinD on Nov 20, 2008 5:45 PM CST up reply actions