CrushAlot wrote:Its funny because Kevin Seraphin seems to have stayed positive throughout the season and I can't imagine he thought he would get so little playing time.
I seem to be in the minority here on Seraphin but just from what I saw: Seraphin should've played more. I'm not saying either guy is Karl malone, but Seraphin's flat out a better player than KOQ. Hands down. I think every phase of his game is better--post offense (in a big way--too bad because this aspect of KS's game could've been perfected into a real weapon for us), better mid range jumper, and he's a better shot-blocker. I think I prefer him as a rebounder as well...Somewhere early on (say a month into the season give or take) a determination should've been made (but sadly wasn't) on KOQ vs. Seraphin.. After awhile, I wanted to see Seraphin get 20+ mins/gm EVERY GAME. The big 3 rotation up front should've been Rolo/KP with Seraphin picking up the backup minutes at each spot. No need to ever have extended it beyond that...O'Quinn only should've gotten mins. if one of these 3 ahead of him wasn't available for some reason. I think if we went about it like that, we could've won more games, if only just a handful. I mean to go the whole season and not make a decision between Seraphin or O'Quinn = mistake. It was O'Quinn early on, then Seraphin got a chance right around the Paris bombings (against N.O. & Anthony Davis at the Garden I think, right?) and he really responded that game (big reason why we won that afternoon--I remember KP playing poorly that day), then all of sudden he was out again, then neither of them played...I mean it was a joke. One of the two should've been established as a regular rotation player. Instead, Fisher/Rambis jerked both guys around the whole season, and the result was two ineffective players.
I've said this before -- one of our first moves this coming offseason should be to find a taker for O'Quinn. A future 2..Even for just cash.. Give the dude away, man. I'm telling ya, we'll be better off. Nothing personal with him--I just thought he would've been a much bigger impact player than what he really is. He played like he doesn't even belong in the NBA this year. I want his salary wiped off the books. That would be a big plus. We're not moving Calderon--only if we decide to stretch him which I wouldn't do after thinking about it clearly (why extend the Calderon problem to future seasons? One more year and then he's gone--you only do it if Kevin Durant agrees to come here beforehand. Maybe for DeRozan too--although I don't really want DeRozan to be honest..). Unloading O'Quinn is our best play to free up some more cap room. We've got Willy coming over, even a guy like Justin Harper from the DL I think would be a better alternative (Harper goes 6'9"+ 225 and he can really shoot the ball -- a cross between Chris Copeland/Channing Frye. I think Harper, with his outside shooting alone, could give us more than O'Quinn did this year).
