A Euro hybrid of Taj Gibson, Ak47, with a blend of Ilyasova, and capable of playing the SF or/and PF.
this is the type of playing we desperately need.
I hope Linsanity spread all the way to europe, and will affect his agent and his feelings about coming over.
Unfortunately, we probably will need to dig in to our MLE to sign him, but he looks like he is worth the risk to me.

Breaking our MLE to 2 players seems to be our best choice, given our situation.
We just might have to let Fields walk because every dollar makes a difference since Stat, Melo, and TC are making 53million themselves with being over 74-75m losing our MLE.
Maybe even trading TD for cap relief, 2nd round pick, and even though he was a bum this year, I fear we can develop in to a good backup combo guard in the right system.

The more I think about it, the more I would entertain the offer of Joe Johnson for Amare, because Joe Johnson has the ability to play backup PG as a G/F.
That will allow players like TD, Iman, JR Smith, Melo, and even Lin, to have another threat on the floor.
Allowing these players to spread the floor and take good shots vs Amare being horrible of defense, and part of the problem with poor spacing.

I think STAT can be replaced in production by these type of players, improve us a team, allow Melo and TC to be better, maybe even excel our defense, and open up the games for us....

Printezis

Kenyon Martin

Reggive Evans

Reggie Evans

Jared Jeffries especially if healthy, do we have his early bird rights as well, with 2 years of minimum contracts? Do we get his full bird rights next year if he signs another 1year?

Mahimi

Brandon Wright

Odom *if he goes to play for the Olympics, he will at least be practicing, be in better shape, and come back hungry. Either breaking up the MLE or with the bi annual exemption*

The first would be his very quick first step, which he used on numerous occasions to make some very strong moves to the basket. He doesn’t have great body control or explosiveness to contort himself in traffic and finish super creatively around the hoop, but he is intelligent enough to usually get the job done. Having a prototypical frame for an NBA small forward, complete with excellent strength, he is able to finish strong even after taking contact. Printezis crashed the glass pretty well also, showing nice quickness in the process and the toughness and aggressiveness to get the job done.

Where Printezis was at his best in this game was probably behind the 3-point line, though—knocking down shot after shot when left open on the perimeter. He’s not the kind of guy who will openly look to create shots for himself from behind the arc, but if given a second to square his shoulders and set his feet, he showed that he has the ability to hit his shots at a very nice clip. He made a living in this game off the catch and shoot.

Something we came away still unsure about following this camp was Printezis’ ability to defend athletic small forwards on the perimeter, even if his lateral quickness does not look all that poor. This is something that NBA teams might want to take a closer look at if they bring him in for NBA private workouts leading up to the draft. Printezis did a very nice job here, going from being almost completely off the radar to giving NBA scouts we spoke with plenty of food for thought regarding whether he might be worth investing a 2nd round pick on. At the end of the day, that’s what camps like this are really all about.
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2007 RBK Eurocamp: Day Two (Part Two)
June 12, 2007
The Greek forward is looking good in this camp. After a whole year playing the power forward spot, he's getting playing time at the three position and is faring pretty well, taking advantage of his very nice combination of strength and athleticism.

Actually, his physical profile seems tailor-made for a small forward, standing somewhere around 6-8, with broad shoulders, a strong upper body, but also relatively quick and light feet. Most of the positional concerns about him revolve around his skill repertoire, certainly a bit limited for what you would like from a wing player.

Starting with what he can do, Printezis is a decent shooter with three-point range, but only in static situations. He can also put the ball on the floor to attack the basket, looking aggressive and incisive. He can go all the way to the rim taking advantage of his explosiveness to dunk the ball or leave a high layup. His first step is quite good, although he needs to find a clear path since his ball-handling skills are not that good. He can also pass the ball off the drive showing nice criteria. He's runs the court very well, being able to explode towards the rim. He's also nicely aggressive on defense, with lateral quickness that seems to work against orthodox small forwards.

On the negative side, his average ball-handling skills limit his off-the-dribble abilities. He's not a good dribbler in traffic, he doesn't seem to be able to pull-up for a mid-range jumper, and in general he seriously lacks some ability from inside the arc.

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franco12 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Why not trade him and Douglas/S&T Fields for a second round pick to someone with cap space?

this is the only way I see him being used by us- as packaged in a deal- though I might try to get a late first rounder - perhaps Douglas, him & our 2nd rounder for a late first rounder...