wow, just our luck. This is why many teams like Pacers/Nets stock up on MANY players that are versatile and can play both sides of the court.
Brewer and Iman our best 2 defenders and they are both out.
NO ONE comes close to what they bring, while Brewer can even defend SOME SF's as well, but now we have NONE.
We already don't even have a "Lebron/Durant" stopper, now we don't even have a Wade/Joe Johnson/Harden etc stopper *the 2nd star"
I hope James White was just REALLY out of shape in summer league, if not, cut him.
If he really is bad, we are not here to develop him, especially at the age of about 30.
River is drying up with FA's with guards but I am sure there still are some left.
Our best defenders at guard would be
Raymond Felton - having Tyson Chander and Camby behind him would be nice, but he still needs more defenders at the guard positions to team up together.
JR Smith/Kidd - JR Smith can probably defend some PG's better vs some of the bigger/athletic SG's like Wade. He can defend someone like Kobe and some PG's better than someone as gifted as Wade on the Heat. Not sure if he can defend Ray Allen, just have to pray he will miss.
Kidd I am not sure can stay in front of any guards at his age, he might have to defend SF's and selective SG's, almost NONE of the PG's. He is big and strong though, probably give the most trouble to Wade from posting up with Brewer out.
White???? I don't think he can defend the most SF's even the bigger SG's. From what I saw of him Summer League, I don't he can defend 99% of the starting material in the NBA period, he looked super athletic in the youtube highlights but I am not sure what happened, it wasn't too long ago. If it was injury, age, or if he was just out of shape as he admitted during the summer.
Even though his contract is guaranteed, WE MUST CUT him if he isn't prepared, be ready to have some quality camp invites, especially now with Iman and Brewer both out out of a 15 man roster, 13 left players left.
I know many players do now want to take the vet minimum, but camp is starting soon, so some will have to take whatever they can get, and with our injuries, we can give them some quality minutes to show case themselves.
Don't know if everyone is still available here but some have training camp invites and guaranteed contracts
Haven't really kept up with the FA and some players that were not drafted, this year and previous years as well, and D-League
G
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Jannero Pargo *good defender and looks to penetrate/set up team*
Tony Taylor JR
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Marquis Daniels
Jonny Flynn
Lester Hudson
Manny Harris
Armon Johnson
Terrel Harris
Walker Russell
G/F
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Terrence Williams *probably the most potential with much room for growth*
Damion James
Barnes
Pietrus
Josh Howard
MO Evans
Bobby Simmons
T-Mac?? *know he is old but he has still has a good passing game with his length, but missing the speed/quickness/athleticism he once had*
Kapono *Spurs invited him, with Novak back, probably don't need his services unless we will move Novak in the trade deadline*
Derrick Brown
Cory Higgins
F
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James Singleton *I like what he can bring as a forward, think he is suppose to go to a Euro League*
Dominic McGuire think he can play some G/F *Net's came invite but not a contract*
Leon Powe
DJ White
Al Thornton *thought he signed with Nets but don't think they ever officially signed him yet*
Brian Cook
Joey Graham
PF/C
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Anthony Tolliver *can play anywhere form SF, PF, C*
Ivan Johnson
Sean Williams
Darko Milicic
Louis Amundson
Kyrylo Fesenko
Mickell Gladness
Chris Anderson
9/7/2012 2:22 PM
