Knixkik wrote:I'm a huge fan of this upcoming free agent class. Is has a lot of pieces that would fill needs. Hopefully we can land one impact player with the 5 million mid level and one impact player with the 2 million bi-annual.Camby potential back up center
Allen potential SG (depending on where we are planning Shumpert)
Hill potential backup SG/SF
PG Nash, Felton, Augustine, Nelson, Miller (if Davis doesn't work out or if we can convince him to resign as a backup.)
those are all nice players to look to acquire, however, who remains to come at a discount will probably determine our positions needed to fill.
I thought Grant Hill, Mike Dunleavy, and Shannon Brown would be great targets to add this year, till Tyson Chandler became an option.
I haven't really watched Phoenix play but Hill's stats and minutes don't look very impressive so far. I think Ray Allen still can play another 2-3 years with his 3rd year declining.
Like KG, they are both professionals that work hard in practice and at the gym, will continue to play at a high level, pair up with their high BBALL IQ at their ages.
Our PG situation would be interesting, with Nash's experience with Dantoni. I guess how Baron Davis does this year and if he is open on returning with an extension of Dantoni would play key factors. If Baron Davis does return, I am not sure if Nash would be ideal at his age or a younger PG with speed/quickness, someone like Ramon Sessions would fit better?
As for a PF/C, KG would probably be my first option. With Camby and Ak47 being a close 2nd because all these players would be a great pairing to play with Tyson Chandler.
On top of it, it fills the need to play the center position when Chandler gets in foul trouble or gets rest on the bench.
Again, I think a lot of it will be determined by who will be coming to New York for a discount for a chance to compete for a ring. They are quite a few teams that can offer the opportunity of being contenders, so $ could be the deciding factor. Playing in MSG is a great opportunity that not all players like all the attention of. Some players like the spotlight and attention, while others might not like the pressure and media that comes along with it. Ultimately some other deciding factors will include
1) Whoever our coach will be, to pair with their philosophy
2) if Baron Davis plays well this year and would he return for something under the MLE. Like Felton, Baron Davis can increase his stats in Dantoni's system and if he does well, MLE money could be thrown at him by some teams.
3)how our players develop and perform this year, especially with Fields, TD, and Jorts
especially for Fields, he doesn't seem like hes worth using the MLE on, but if we can give him the bi annual exemption, acquire his bird rights, then revisit and extension...
But with if we had to choose between an Bi Annual exemption for Camby or Fields? Did we use our Bi Annual Exemption last year? Because I don't remember using it unless it was for MosGov, and we never mentioned using it this year yet. This strategy for keeping Fields could be used for Jorts as well, for the following year. 2nd round picks can be great for teams under the cap but for teams over the cap, it sucks if you can't keep the player you invested the money to groom and develop. Especially for us because we loss our depth in the deal for Melo and we have all our cap on 3 players.
