Id be estatic if we got Lee Bosh and Livingston--and maybe an Etan Thomas as a back up with our FA $$$$$$$$

I think a Lee Gallo Bosh frontline would be a top 3 frontcourt.

a guy can dream.

If LeBron James says no, I'd sign Bosh and Brendan Haywood. And save the rest of the money for next summer or sign veterans like Steve Blake, Raja Bell and Kurt Thomas to short contracts and continue to develop Toney Douglas, Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari.

BRIGGS wrote:
I think a Lee Gallo Bosh frontline would be a top 3 frontcourt.

I agree with this. We've got to get a better guard than Livingston though. Got to. Maybe we can use Curry's expiring somehow.

iSergio wrote:I like Sergio Rodriguez as a backup PG but $2.6M is too expensive. I'd sign Steve Blake to the minimum but I'd continue to start and develop Toney Douglas.

Why do you think Blake would play for the minimum when he is better than Duhon?

iSergio wrote:If Chris Bosh was a shotblocker and an interior defender, I wouldn't mind him at Center next to David Lee. But he isn't so it's not a good idea. And Shaun Livingston does not shoot the ball well enough for be the PG in this system.

If LeBron James says no, I'd sign Bosh and Brendan Haywood. And save the rest of the money for next summer or sign veterans like Steve Blake, Raja Bell and Kurt Thomas to short contracts and continue to develop Toney Douglas, Wilson Chandler and Danilo Gallinari.

I think Livingston can hit that mid range jump shot very nicely and I like the possibilities of having a 6-7 PG next to a 6-8 guard.

If we did get pick 24 and scored a Fredette Babbit or Elliot Williams -then maybe a Landesberg Willie Warren Vazquez etc..--I mean there is a lot of ways to go. I do want to save pick 39 for Marqus Blakely. There are many good guards--I just made examples that I like.

crzymdups wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:I hope some of you realize Bosh doesnt like playing center.

just tell him dlee is the center.

Maybe David is working on his defensive stopping skills right now and come July 1st Donnie will know that next season will debut David's l33t shot blocking.

Then again...maybe not.

martin wrote:For all of you who do not like a front court of Bosh, Lee... how is it any worse than Okur, Boozer?

I do think that Okur, Boozer obviously have a different type of backcourt around them, but those 2 guys are kinda mirrors of Bosh, Lee, right?

Bosh is way better than Okur

TMS wrote:

martin wrote:For all of you who do not like a front court of Bosh, Lee... how is it any worse than Okur, Boozer?

I do think that Okur, Boozer obviously have a different type of backcourt around them, but those 2 guys are kinda mirrors of Bosh, Lee, right?

you answered your own question

If you have Bosh Lee and Gallo upfront---all we would need over the next year or so is to upgrade the backcourt and find some back ups. We could probably get Etan Thomas as a back up big who brings force and Barron at the vet 1mm I think we need one intangible energy defensive type player and I think that kid Balkely would be great as a wing you can bring off the bench to play some tight D and make some things happen with energy and D. If we kept Rodriquez or Livingston etc..?--we ahev Douglas--we could easily get two guards out of the draft---then we could start looking at using Currys contract

For example

C- D Lee[signed fa]
F- C Bosh[signed fa]
F Gallo
F Chandler
G Livingston or Rodriguez[signed fa]
f/C Etan Thomas[signed fa]
F Blakely[pick 39]
F Walker
G Douglas
G E Williams [pick 24]

4 of the rest
Curry
Landesberg [pick 38]
Barron [vet min]
Jeremy Lin[undrafted rookie]

TMS wrote:

martin wrote:For all of you who do not like a front court of Bosh, Lee... how is it any worse than Okur, Boozer?

I do think that Okur, Boozer obviously have a different type of backcourt around them, but those 2 guys are kinda mirrors of Bosh, Lee, right?

you answered your own question

Bosh is not my first choice, I would MUCH prefer Amare first but signing either and putting them next to Lee is a win.

Briggs, you like Livingston but what about Mike Miller? He's 30, but he can handle the ball and run the offense like a PG, and do so from the SG position. That lets you start Douglas at PG, where he can 1) defend opposing PGs and 2) play off the ball on offense.

I think this type of move helps us improve on both ends. We need a playmaker and Miller really plays a PGs game. He can also shoot with anyone in the NBA. If you did that you could bring Chandler off the bench for 30+ minutes a game like Harrington did last year.

martin wrote:For all of you who do not like a front court of Bosh, Lee... how is it any worse than Okur, Boozer?

I do think that Okur, Boozer obviously have a different type of backcourt around them, but those 2 guys are kinda mirrors of Bosh, Lee, right?

Jerry Sloan > Mike D'Antoni.

Amazing Utah was 8th in the NBA in FG % defense without a shotblocker.