I've heard very little regarding David Lee of late

by Bushka on Jul 6, 2009 6:50 PM CDT Comment 31 comments

Is it possible that he might consider an MLE deal? He is a good rebounder and works hard, he obviously doesn't space the floor and is not an ideal fit, but i'd certainly prefer him than a platoon of Gooden and Pachulia/Rasho.

He seems committed to defence, and whilst he might not have the range we require he would be a very handy big to throw into a rotation. His young and would be a banger you could rely on for a lot of years to come. I honestly don't see him doing it but no one is jumping out of their skin to offer the guy the kind of money he seems to have been after (around 9 -10 million per).

Obviously now that I have written this Adrian Wojnarowski will have some free agent buzz inking him to the warriors at 11 million per.

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He wants to much. And he is also short.

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by sw12 on Jul 6, 2009 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Taller than Blair and Davis

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by Bushka on Jul 6, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

True, but he’s still only 6’-9". Since I haven’t seen much of him play, is he capable of guarding 7-footers?

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by CapHill on Jul 6, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He played for the Knicks, so I doubt it.

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by sw12 on Jul 6, 2009 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He played for D’Antoni, so if he had any D in college, he probably doesn’t now.

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by Tim C. on Jul 6, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

his skills are exceptionally good D' rebounder

high % shooter (simply because he never really takes bad shots).

however he doesn’t really block shots and he is only solid Defensively in terms of man to man.

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by Bushka on Jul 6, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

high % shooter because most of his shots are layups/putbacks.
can run the pick and roll, but not the pick and pop.
no perimeter d.
post d is suspect.
help d isn’t there.
doesn’t block shots
his rebs # are a little inflated due to the fast paced d’antoni system

by FreshmakerDTM on Jul 7, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

his rebound numbers are actually pretty good

again i was talking about the things he did well.

The % of rebounds available that he grabs on Defensive glass is excellent. Really really good. As to the shot blocking, fab never really blocked shots, or hit anything from anywhere apart from layups.

Lee plays better D than that and rebounds better.

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by Bushka on Jul 7, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He’s not very good on defense.

by shoothoop on Jul 7, 2009 3:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can we get McDyess and Childress and call it a day

Or Marion failing one of those two

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by bren on Jul 6, 2009 7:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't really want Marion

Not a very good defender. I’m still waiting on Dyess

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by KA1Z3R on Jul 7, 2009 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought Marion was always heralded as a great defender

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Jul 7, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pretty much reputation alone. He did have some good games in a Scottie Pippen role, guarding a few smaller guards/point guards a few years back, and the press pumped him up because of it.

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by jollyrogerwilco on Jul 7, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also think that Marion is a good defender.

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by spurscitizen on Jul 7, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You've got guts, kid. I'll give you that.

Sporting a Karl Malone quote as your sig on PtR.

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by jollyrogerwilco on Jul 7, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We don't think too highly of Mr. Malone around here.

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by pollackj on Jul 8, 2009 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hahah very funny.

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by Manu-20 on Jul 6, 2009 8:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The chances of lee coming to the spurs in one in a million. We coudl never out pay new york. It wouldnt be worth trading for him neither.

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by Manu-20 on Jul 6, 2009 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

The Knicks won’t be forking out much though, at least not long term.

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by sw12 on Jul 6, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think they offered him 32 million for 4 years, so I think they would match any offer for the MLE

by shoothoop on Jul 7, 2009 3:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he’s not a spur

13 points in 39 seconds. Enough said.

by Duhoh on Jul 6, 2009 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Lee could help a LOT in one area of need: rebounding. Problem is, he cant defend a PTRer much less an nba player. Sorry but the guy sucks on defense. He is a double double machine yes, but I would prefer a less offensive player, maybe with worse rebounding prowess but who can defend to help timmeh avoid though matchups.

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by Chilai on Jul 6, 2009 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

“A less offensive player”

awesome.

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by Tim C. on Jul 6, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you sir are a cad and a bounder

apparently he may take the qualifying offer from the knicks.

Why not offer him the mid level for 1 season, gives him a shot at playing for a contender and he fills the rebounding need.

We have timmy as a front court scorer and plenty of other guys who can put up numbers round the perimeter?

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by Bushka on Jul 7, 2009 1:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

in answer to my own question

because he is a restricted free agent you wanker. Thus you tie up your money while the knicks pants about before saying welllllll yes i will resign this guy for 5.6 million and thanks for making life easy for Donnie Walsh and his travelling pistoleros.

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by Bushka on Jul 7, 2009 1:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Still Better Options

He is a servicable, (At Best) fit for the Spurs. He still doesn’t solve the problem of the size we need to add. We need a big 6’ 11"+ guy who can gaurd and be gaurded by the opposing center, giving Timmy more mismatches on offense.
I think a trade involving some our expiring contracts (summing to about $9 milly) is a much better offer. It opens the door to alot more, and better players.

by 32MemorialMiracle on Jul 8, 2009 1:42 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think we just need a guy who can guard opposing bigs

Most of the 2nd bananas that the spurs have had during title runs have not been enormous humans on an NBA scale.

K.T Gave some very serviceable minutes last year and he is more around the 6-9 mark. Fab likewise is more around 6-9 and was very serviceable.

I agree with you though i’d love some really big long intimidator. I just don’t think that guy is out there atm. If it does come via trade it would have to be from a team desperate to shed salaray. I just cant think of anyone at present.

So yeah..in essence i agree lol.

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by Bushka on Jul 8, 2009 1:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

fab is more like 6’10 or 6’11 (still he cant jump)

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by Chilai on Jul 10, 2009 3:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

David Lee is incredibly overrated

by Knicks fans. I read the boards over at Knickerblogger, and they want to marry the guy. The stats prove how “good” he is.

He sucks on defense (if you want to see how bad, the Seven Seconds or Less website has a video dedicated to him not switching on defense) and is basically Cedric Ceballos on offense. And back in the day I used to hear people argue that Cedric should get more shots, too, because he was such an “efficient scorer.” Uh huh.

I think even his rebounding is questionable. Somebody’s got to get some rebounds, and the Knicks were poor overall compared to other teams…

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by Slowpoke Rodriguez on Jul 8, 2009 10:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I like Lee, but its real that he is a bit overrated. After all he played on a D’Antoni team where NOBODY likes to rebound.

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by Chilai on Jul 10, 2009 3:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think there is something to say about the fact that he is not getting any offers whatsoever. He is essentially going to have to take the qualifying offer from the Knicks….

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by LasEspuelas on Jul 9, 2009 6:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs