Our Options For a Starting PF

[BRNC]

I agree...Fabio is listed as a SF for a reason...but he really is another tweener...and that's not what we need...if we're going to try someone (and I'm a Frye fan) I'd like them to be a legit PF with a face-up game and at least enough defense that LB won't run them out of town...

My feeling was that if we were going to get Frye it was going to be on draft night...or if Portland really wants to move contracts we have a chance...but then what do we have to take back with Frye and will Portland be satisfied with an expiring like Hollins or May?

[BRNC]

The talk before/during the draft was Portland wanted to move Jack, (which they did), Frye, and Outlaw....Frye-Outlaw is a 7 million investment...if we send our cheapest contract tof not need (Hollins) we have to bite 6 million...what does that do to our cap and who thinks that Portland will really make this deal?

[BIGCatBobcat]

What about Dudley. I know he's short, 6'7", but he's 225. He had 3.9 rebounds per game playing 19 mins? I mean that's solid. I don't want to say it, I really don't. HIGH BBIQ, ok sorry, you say Dudley you say high BBIQ, if JDBBIQ rolled off the tongue a little better that'd be his nickname. Dudley, Davidson, hope May can roll his big ass out there and play, hope for the best in Ajinca. I say we're set. I loved Banana Hands, he was like having a mascot play but he's not a starting anything let alone PF. He had no chance in Detroit. I think Dumars, like a lot of people, had him on his fantasy team or got beat when he went on that string late in the 06-07 season with the 3's. He's not starting talent. His defense was excruciating to watch. Just run around get that freakin first basemen's glove up in peoples faces run run spaz when you get near somebody. How he didn't get more fouls called on him I don't know. I think PF is as good as it is going to get this year, and it's not bad.

[jpf_v2.0]

The talk before/during the draft was Portland wanted to move Jack, (which they did), Frye, and Outlaw....Frye-Outlaw is a 7 million investment...if we send our cheapest contract tof not need (Hollins) we have to bite 6 million...what does that do to our cap and who thinks that Portland will really make this deal?

We're over the cap so our days of being able to take on a ton of extra salary to get a player we want are over, so we can't just "bite" 6 million. The salaries exchanged would have to be a lot closer to even than that.

[mrtarheel]

I myself would love to have CV but if we could squeeze Frye, Outlaw, and Webster away from Portland for Ammo and Matty C it would work wonders. I would hate to lose Carroll but the only thing I see Portland missing on their team is shooters. Ammo could feel a void of a scoring sf while Carrol is lightemup backup sg for Roy. Outlaw is their only sf I see and they wanted him gone draft time. Maybe like someone posted earlier if they wanted some like bonzi wells or a sf we could get him for them and then just send him and Ammo and maybe a second rd pick. It works for me. Our line gets more athletic and we have a supporting cast for backups.

[BRNC]

Reality is....no cap space....no one is going to hand us a starting PF (or for that matter better than what we already have)...it may come to McMay getting injured the first practice...Davidson and Duds have to try and be the PF duet because I'd really rather not have Gerald there(imo easier for him to get hurt playing PF with the big boys)...

I like Davidson and Duds but more as rotation players this year....but it is them or trade away and hurt ourselves at another position because what little is left on the free agent market is not going to help...

[jpf_v2.0]

if they wanted some like bonzi wells or a sf we could get him for them and then just send him and Ammo and maybe a second rd pick.

We couldn't sign Bonzi Wells, then turn right back around and trade him.

Once you sign a free agent you can't trade them for 3 months or until after Dec. 15th, whichever is later.

[spectre]

Not saying he's starter material, but if we're going to "platoon" the PF spot would we be interested in Josh Powell? He just got cut by the Clips.

[BRNC]

I know he's suppose to be a good rebounder...but I have no idea if he has a jumper 12-15...

[spectre]

I know he's suppose to be a good rebounder...but I have no idea if he has a jumper 12-15...

Hopefully an NC State fan will chime in...

http://clipperblog.com/index.php?itemid=400

Powell is a monster rebounder who, according to Givnoy, is "a freak athlete" who "left N.C. State too early and would've been a Top 20 picks had he stayed in school another year." Powell is a technically sound player with a nice mid-range jumper. "There's a reason that the best scouting teams in Europe keep giving him offers," says Givony. While he's doesn't exactly have a traditional back-to-the-basket game, Powell is a heady pick-and-roll player who can "play off other guys," according to Givony. "He hasn't gotten the playing time he needs to develop."

Givony is the President of Draft Express.

http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/sto.../10/21624/5626

A GSW "report card" from the '06-'07 season.

From the fans comments:

Grade: C
We really didn't get to see much from POWell this season, but those few times he did play I liked what I saw. He has a nice midrange jumper, hustles on D, and is a tough forward. I'm not sure why Nellie didn't give him more burn. Maybe he didn't practice hard? This one still puzzles me.

Grade: B-
I would have liked to see more of JP just because he seemed to have a great work ethic, solid outside shooting, and one of the few muscular builds on this team. He probably deserves an incomplete too.

It should be noted GSW's coach seems to never play young bigs excpt Biedrens.