Who do we get to help Emeka in the paint?

[ziggy]

Sean May is too unreliable (weight, knees, krispy-kreme donuts etc)
Othella is too old
Primoz is..... Primoz
Jared Dudley and Jemario Davidson are too young
Ryan Hollins isn't ready (unless he made huge strides this offseason)
Walter Herman and Gerald Wallace can do it, but I'd prefer not too since they are really small forwards instead of power forwards.

So, what are our options? I can't go through another year with Primoz at center... I just can't do it.

[Wallace15]

I think our best hope is that May gets healthy and stays healthy. That way we'd have Felton, JRich, Wallace, May, and Okafor.

[timang]

we move primo somewhere and get a big. like you've said, wilcox is a good big man to have here.

i wanted darko to be here, but since he'll be asking for like 10+/- million a yr, i'm not so sure now.

[pree]

Technically, you want a guy that can play in the high post when you have a player like Emeka in the low post. Herrmann looked like he was that player last season and with J-Rich coming in to provide some more perimeter scoring, defenses should be spaced out enough to give Okafor a more space to operate in the paint.

[Mustachio]

i think adding j-rich just helps us in so many areas besides SG.

Raymond doesnt have to worry about puttin the scoring on his back.
adding him fits our players strengths... ray and crash love to run. so our back court looks fine.
But adding a respected name back there also breaks up the front court and gives them some space, because like Pree said... you cant sleep on the back court now.

so as far as helping Mek.. i know ive always been against having small guys like hermann playing PF. but now, its clear we are gonna be a fast paced run and gun... so i think the more atheletic the PF the better. i like the rotation of May, Hermann, Hollins, Dudley, Davidson. between those guys we should be able to get it done.

i think its high time we clean house and get rid of Harrington and Anderson. I know Anderson tries hard and can produce some... but theres no upside there and they are both just takin up roster space and money.

[Defense]

Herrmann will be fine there this season, if you go back and look at the last couple months of the season the guy was dominating there. I will be happy to have him at PF for awhile until we get a true center and can move Meka to his natural position of PF.

Herrmann is also bigger than I thought at 6'9 225, so he shouldn't have any problems matching up with the PF's in the eastern conference.

And like said before he is a good compliment to Meka bc he can play that high post and stretch the defense with his ability to shoot long range. With Herrmann in we can also run the floor with 4 guys which will probably end up being this teams identity with all of these athletes.

Honestly if we stay healthy this is a 4-5 seed team in the east, especially with Herrmann blossuming into a star late in the season last year, hopefully he progresses even more and we lock him up.

So our lineup should look like this:

PG: Felton
SG: Richardson
SF: Wallace
PF: Herrmann
C: Okafor

I like the looks of that, especially with some of the backups we have.

[dvdbumpus]

I've always like Wilcox's game. However, I think that we've gotta give May another chance here, and have him in a rotation like you guys said, with Walter or even Crash from time to time.

I also hope that Hollins or Davidson(assuming they're not in the NBDL) come in better prepared than expected and can contribute 15 minutes a game.

[TheBeagle]

Herrmann will be fine there this season, if you go back and look at the last couple months of the season the guy was dominating there. I will be happy to have him at PF for awhile until we get a true center and can move Meka to his natural position of PF.

Herrmann is also bigger than I thought at 6'9 225, so he shouldn't have any problems matching up with the PF's in the eastern conference.

And like said before he is a good compliment to Meka bc he can play that high post and stretch the defense with his ability to shoot long range. With Herrmann in we can also run the floor with 4 guys which will probably end up being this teams identity with all of these athletes.

Honestly if we stay healthy this is a 4-5 seed team in the east, especially with Herrmann blossuming into a star late in the season last year, hopefully he progresses even more and we lock him up.

So our lineup should look like this:

PG: Felton
SG: Richardson
SF: Wallace
PF: Herrmann
C: Okafor

I like the looks of that, especially with some of the backups we have.

I agree with that lineup as things are now, but I think Dudley or May can make a push for the 4, as both are very good passers; Dudley has range, May has girth; both have a nose for the ball.

[rallydurham]

Wilcox is a career underachiever that doesn't play hard, block shots, or defend.


Other than that he'd be a great addition

[cltblkhscoach]

Hermann or May could be effective at the 4, and I think they both will be honestly. My question is who is going to be our backup point guard now?