I like Chris Andersen...my concern is that he is not all that big, not as established/accomplished as a shotblocker and even more raw offensively than Foyle. He's got some crazy athletic ability as evidenced by last years dunk contest, and IMO he's a chance worth taking, but is ready for more than 15 minutes per game yet? And is he gonna be more expensive than Foyle?

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Posted by VDesai:

Posted by Bonn1997:

Did anyone see how bad Foyle was when he was even playing last season?

Wasn't he injured/coming off of injury? That's why I figured we could get him for cheap. Still he only got 13 mins per in the games he played b/c Dampier was finally having a good season, and he still got more than a block a game. He should be fully healthy and ready to this year.

His body was breaking down last year; so therefore he should be fully healthy this year? You're right injuries contributed to his poor play last year. He was a 3 pt/4 rb player last year when he's usually a 4/5 player. He'd be a steal for the LLE, but he's not worth a dime of the MLE

His body was breaking down? I thought his injury was early in the season and he came back in January and played out the rest of the year. He's 29, its not like he's 35. He was only playing 13 minutes per after he came back, and has this entire offseason, so yes he should be heeled by now unless he has some kind of Allan Houston situation. My initial post mentioned we should target him with the LLE anyway. I'd consider him if we were splitting the MLE, but there are some targets I'd go after first. I wouldn't give him anything over 2.5 mil per.

Another thing with Andersen is that he can play some PF and if we trade Kurt he'd be an athletic backup for Sweetney. Andersen is a projection though...I don't know if we wanna risk the full MLE on a guy like this. I would give him the 3mm per year for 3 to 4 years as someone above suggested. I'd be wary to go further...

Foyle is going to be 30 next year- and his free throw shooting makes shaq's look great.

And for the Chris Anderson fans out there- he is a hustle player- he is a Kurt Rambis, Stanislav Medvedenko, Mark Madsen type player- someone without any real skills, smart enough to listen and learn from the coaches and with an all out passion and hustle for the game that good things happen and his team mates go- wow, I better get my behind in gear.

and imho we should be out there trying to find our 'own Chris Anderson' as opposed to over paying a role player who might end up at the end of our bench in street clothes cause the minute after he signed with us he got hurt.

And I think IT is trying to do just that with his eye for bringing in local kids for summer camp and the likes of our 2nd round pick- guys with energy for the game who are going to be cheap.

If you're going to get Andersen for 3 years and $9 million, then it's not that big of a gamble. To have a shotblocking athlete like that in our frontcourt, I'd think that's worth it.

Vin Baker's a FA...you'll have to use part of the MLE on him if you want him...or the LLE at the very least.