Off-Season Trade and Free Agent Ideas Thread

[isguros]

BTW, did you guys check Bonnell's tweet this AM?

Would that mean Dunlap's planning to put both Biyombo and Mullens at power forward?

[isguros]

Jeff Green...the guy who had the heart issues last year? I'm pretty sure he re-upped with Boston on an 8 per contract.

Sorry man, have been living under a rock the last couple of weeks/months, but if he was still a free agent i'd sign him in a heartbeat. . He's still listed as a free agent on hoopshype though.

[spectre]

Would that mean Dunlap's planning to put both Biyombo and Mullens at power forward?

A guy wrote a STELLAR blog post on the front page a couple of days ago about how we're building such a versatile lineup. When I get around to it I want to make it a thread on the main forum site.

But to answer your question, yes...I think Dunlap will utilize all sorts of different lineups and we'll be utilizing almost everyone on the roster.

Edit:

And to be clear, I wasn't laughing at your post or your question; I thought it was funny (yet definitely appropriate with how the thread has been trending) that you felt you had to ask for a "nice" answer.

Funny in a warped kinda way.

[captaincrunk]

Would that mean Dunlap's planning to put both Biyombo and Mullens at power forward?

There's also still Tyrus, and hell they could still sign Derrick Brown and stay under the cap.

[westbrook08]

There's also still Tyrus, and hell they could still sign Derrick Brown and stay under the cap.

I think dunlap and the front office both like biz as a center and mullens as a 4.I've heard dunlap clearly talk about both guys in summer league interviews and he was pretty specific that those were the positions he liked them at.And derrick brown was a 3 who occasionally played some 4.The reason we didn't bring him back is that we already have 6 wing players so there wouldn't be a spot for him.The point is that i think bonnell is saying that the cats are not desperate to bring in another 4 because they're gonna have to make decisions on mullens and tyrus after this season so they need to get them minutes.And if they had to they could just bring back dj white for the minimum as a 3rd stringer.We're still along way from being any good consistently so there's really no reason to sweat it right now.

[captaincrunk]

I think dunlap and the front office both like biz as a center and mullens as a 4.I've heard dunlap clearly talk about both guys in summer league interviews and he was pretty specific that those were the positions he liked them at.And derrick brown was a 3 who occasionally played some 4.The reason we didn't bring him back is that we already have 6 wing players so there wouldn't be a spot for him.The point is that i think bonnell is saying that the cats are not desperate to bring in another 4 because they're gonna have to make decisions on mullens and tyrus after this season so they need to get them minutes.And if they had to they could just bring back dj white for the minimum as a 3rd stringer.We're still along way from being any good consistently so there's really no reason to sweat it right now.

Still need more bodies. Brown is a competent third string forward.

[Plowright]

Okay so after the blockbuster trade, are Orlando have an absolute glut of power forwards, do you think this means they are open for business? Now currently Orlando have 6/7 power forwards on their roster. Glen Davis, Al Harrington, Josh Mcroberts, Gustavo Ayon, Andrew Nicholson, Justin Harper and Kyle O' Quin... thats not to mention Hedo Turkoglu and Moe Harkless who both can play at the 4.

Now the players that have just been traded to Orlando may trade that player straight up for another player immediately. If you wish to package that player with another and make a trade, you must wait 60 days.

Now I assume we can take Moe Harkeless of the list as he was the most valuable piece in the Dwight trade IMO. Kyle O'Quinn and Nicholson will be unavailable due to Orlando rebuilding. So that leaves us with Justin Harper, Glens Davis, Al Harrington and Gustavo Ayon.

Now we are selves are rebuilding, so I don't really see Glen or Al fitting or methodology as their contracts are both around 6.5 million and still have 3 years left on them.

This leaves us with Justin Harper, Josh Mcroberts and Gustavo Ayon as players who seem reasonably atainable and who could realisticlly help us. Now which one we go after for me depends on Cho's database. However I would rank them 1)Gustavo 2)Harper 3) Mcroberts... All are on cheap contracts.

Now I am not going to make up some elaborate trade on how to get these guys, but I could really see us contacting the Magic and seeing what we could do

[westbrook08]

Still need more bodies. Brown is a competent third string forward.

He's a competent 3rd string small forward which is not what we need right now.We need to sign a true 4.I wish him luck, but's there's no room on our roster for him.

[captaincrunk]

He's a competent 3rd string small forward which is not what we need right now.We need to sign a true 4.I wish him luck, but's there's no room on our roster for him.

I can't take you seriously when you don't know how to use the space bar.


We don't need anything, we're tanking bro.

[isguros]

At the beginning of last season I was a bit sceptical about trading for Mullens. From what I had heard he was a hobo's Dirk Nowitzki, and couldn't do anything but 3-point shooting. However, after the all star break I saw him more in the paint, and developed himself into a true center, which is not surprising if you consider he is 7 foot/feet (don't know which one it is) tall. I know we're in need of a power forward, and I also know some of the people out here won't like my following statement, but I rather like to see Biz play at 4 than to put Mullens on power forward.