Allanfan20 wrote:

holfresh wrote:

Nalod wrote:

holfresh wrote:

smackeddog wrote:

holfresh wrote:Ten years in the NBA and as a 7 footer he doesn't have one post move??..Not a jump hook in the lane, Not a turn around, nothing??...His blocks shots numbers aren't impressive either, alittle better than 1 per career??...I mean Wilson Chandler had similar block shot numbers if not better last year...6 boards in two games, COME ON MAN!!!!...It's early, the team is getting their sea legs...I'm really not worried...Just saying...13 mil per for this dude is a bit much...We paid the highs...

Assuming we didn't get Chandler, and had the cap space for the offseason, who would you sign instead out of 2012's unrestricted free agents? Cross Deron Williams and Dwight Howard off the wishlist as they'll be elsewhere, and remember we would only have had about 13 mil.

I would not have offered him 13 mil per...Maybe 8-9 mil with have enough space for other signings...Do you think he is a 13 mil per year player?

After two games, your right.

But that was his market value. Are any of them "worth it"?

On nites they win it is.

Before Chandler played here, did you know he had zero offensive game other than the alley hoop?

I think you are fooling yourself if you really think Chandler had much of an offensive game before we signed him. Everyone and their mothers knew there wasn't much there besides setting good screens, cutting to the basket, cleaning the offensive glass and once in a blue moon, hitting an open shot.

He was brought here for his defense.

We all know why he was brought here...He fits perfectly into the front line...But did you think we were getting a guy who averaged 1 or 2 attempts at offense per game??..Or a guy who will show nothing other than a catch and dunk??

The GS game was fine when Chandler was not in foul trouble. On nights that Chandler picks up quick fouls I can see this team struggling big time. We also need a 3rd scoring option which hopefully Bdiddy will bring. Reality is that when Melo and Stat are off on their shooting, this team is in deep trouble. Unfortunately they are the types of players who could be off enough for us to lose 50% of our games.

Like many have said, a PG will hopefully get Amare to rely less on his shooting and more on attacking the rim, that would help a lot.

Until we have someone who can spread the floor for Melo and Amare this team is going to have some pretty rough games.

I would also pay whatever it takes to get Ewing in as a big man coach.

Also, to point out Chandler after watching how we have zero guard play is also not fair. I really do not think we need to worry about the front line too much. Right now, our Big Three are playing without the benefit of decent guards -- without a starting-caliber point guard, and without a starting-caliber shooting guard. You need guards in the NBA. We don't necessarily need great guards, just solid NBA starting guards. And right now we have no one on our roster who is even close to being a solid NBA starting point guard or shooting guard.

And I won't drag D'Antoni into this at this point -- I have promised myself to give him a bit of time this season before I really start slamming him.

He is basically an older Deandre Jordan and Jordan got 9 million per.

loweyecue wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:Yup. Chandler is a good player but we bought high - right after the championship. I'm not convinced he's more valuable to a team than Billups is, especially when this team was fine with Amare at C.

The team had almost no offense and no defense last year. It was still Melo and Amare trying to create for themselves and TD chucking 3s. How that was better I don't know and sure as heck was killing Amare with the physical strain. Chandler's rebounding will go up when our perimeter D picks up and he doesn't have to fly all over the place. He is barely ever in position for rebounds trying to fill in gaps left by our guards on defense.

A team with 2 guys in the top 6 in PPG had no offense?