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Originally Posted by SMC0007
Have there been any reports about Odens health and improvement? I have been underwhelmed by him since he got in the league.
It's a huge gamble depending on him to stay healthy and only having Sarge as the backup.
Also, in that lineup you listed, I'd like to have another option at the wing. Allen and Marion are great defensively but we need someone else who can knock down the 3 ball and provide some mid to outside shooting... aside from Carter.
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Oden is a huge gamble, we'd clearly have to take a look at him physically. But several teams are reportedly interested and it looks like
someone will be picking him up this year. With Cuban talking about the stretch provision, he'd be exactly the type of player to take a chance on which wouldn't be a financial albatross if it didn't work out due to him likely coming pretty cheap (vs Bynum). Clearly, with the risk we'd either have to get a quality second round pick would could contribute or look to a cheap free agent. But offering a max contract to Paul doesn't leave room for much else. Regarding another wingman, we could re-sign Morrow on the cheap to bring in when we need some 3 point action.
So it would be something like this:
CP/Schroeder/Cunningham
Carter/Tony Allen/Morrow
Marion/Crowder
Dirk/Wright/2nd rounder
Greg Oden/Sarge (Wright depending on matchup and Oden's health)