I'm in favor of building something of a power team with Melo. Winslow or Mudiay fit that mold to me. So does Hibbert. And Monroe could fit in well next to Hibbert.

How about this lineup?

PG - Galloway / Shved
SG - Justice Winslow
SF - Melo
PF - Greg Monroe ($15M)
C - Roy Hibbert ($12M)

BigDaddyG wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

holfresh wrote:No thanks..He look horrible against ATL last playoffs..Literally couldn't play him..

Yeah, I can't tell if he just needs a change of scenery or what. When he's on he is one of the best defensive centers in the game.

I'd consider it at the right price. He's overpaid now and it's unlikely he'll opt out this year. He would fit in in the triangle and help protect the rim. He'd fit in as long as fan reign in their expectations.

I look at what Bogut does for GSW - not put up huge stats, but provide a presence and anchor for the defense. I think Hibbert could absolutely do that for a contending team. I'm not sure what went wrong in Indiana. It seemed to be mental somehow.

BUT he would be an upgrade on defense and a threat in the post. on tope of that hes a good passer from his georgetown days

CrushAlot wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

holfresh wrote:No thanks..He look horrible against ATL last playoffs..Literally couldn't play him..

Yeah, I can't tell if he just needs a change of scenery or what. When he's on he is one of the bestP defensive centers in the game.

I am not sure but there were rumors that something happened with Paul George and his girl. Hibbert's fall reminds me of when Nick Anderson couldn't ake a free throw.

smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing.

Hibbert kind of fell victim to the nba's hype machine- he's always been flawed and inconsistent and bad on defense, put that playoff series we faced them, the nba decided they were going to manufacture a star. We payed a the price, and later so did he. As soon as Stern left and Silver took over, he sent out a ref's edict basically telling them to stop with that pretend "he went straight up" crap, and from that moment on, Hibberts effectiveness was rapidly scaled back.

I actually don't think any of that is the problem. I think they just haven't used Hibbert the right way. He's not getting enough touches and shot attempts and certainly not enough in the Low Post where he's most effective. Here in the Triangle he'd be put in the best position to succeed. He'd get more touches in Point Blank Range and he'd be much happier.

Just look at his shot chart and you can see he's taking shots out away from his sweet spot much too often. Our offense is designed for him to be in his sweet spot most of the time. He can still step out a little but nothing like he's been doing. He should have WAY more FGA's in the paint.

crzymdups wrote:

smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing.

Hibbert kind of fell victim to the nba's hype machine- he's always been flawed and inconsistent and bad on defense, put that playoff series we faced them, the nba decided they were going to manufacture a star. We payed a the price, and later so did he. As soon as Stern left and Silver took over, he sent out a ref's edict basically telling them to stop with that pretend "he went straight up" crap, and from that moment on, Hibberts effectiveness was rapidly scaled back.

huh. didn't know the bold part? is that true? as a frustrated Knicks fan, i'd like to believe it... but oh well...

smackeddog wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

smackeddog wrote:If we luck out in FA, he's worth considering as a fall back, simply because he wouldn't cost anything. In fact the Pacers may be willing to give up something to take his contract off their hands. Bird has been desperately trying to get him NOT to pick up his final year option (he wants to rebuild the team and make them faster)- basically threw him under the bus in the end of season interview and threatened him that if he opts in, they will feature him even less on offence and will send him to the bench. I don't think mentally he can hack new york and the media, but I'd try him out for nothing.

Hibbert kind of fell victim to the nba's hype machine- he's always been flawed and inconsistent and bad on defense, put that playoff series we faced them, the nba decided they were going to manufacture a star. We payed a the price, and later so did he. As soon as Stern left and Silver took over, he sent out a ref's edict basically telling them to stop with that pretend "he went straight up" crap, and from that moment on, Hibberts effectiveness was rapidly scaled back.

huh. didn't know the bold part? is that true? as a frustrated Knicks fan, i'd like to believe it... but oh well...

Yup, after Silver became chief, I remember someone showed the letter sent out to refs (they do this regularly to clarify rules etc) and it was focused on the way they had started calling the "straight up" rule- i.e. most of the time the player wasn't even going straight up