Hassan Whiteside

[rimrocker]

I think Whiteside is a pipedream.
Probably something more realistic would be Mihinmi or Hibbert.
Noah would be ok but wouldn't over commit to him.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

I think Whiteside is a pipedream.
Probably something more realistic would be Mihinmi or Hibbert.
Noah would be ok but wouldn't over commit to him.

If Mahinmi (mediocre, ex-Mav who we could have locked up for cheap) ends up being our primary center acquisition this summer, then I'm gonna PM you my home address so you can come kick me directly in the balls...

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by Underdog

If Mahinmi (mediocre, ex-Mav who we could have locked up for cheap) ends up being our primary center acquisition this summer, then I'm gonna PM you my home address so you can come kick me directly in the balls...

Agree Mihinmi is mediocre at best but what other realistic options are out there?

Point being that we spend all of our time and effort chasing these pipe dreams in FA and end up having to sign guys like Dalembert (twice) when that big one gets away.
I don't want to see the Mavs chase Whiteside while Zaza is signing with someone else.

Donnie and Mark need to forget FA and Draft picks and stick to the thing they do best which is trades. They did a decent job the past two seasons with the Chandler and Zaza deals.

Zaza/McGee/Powell center situation could very well be better than anything else we can realistically put together through FA.
If McGee pans out and Powell/Anderson continue to develop I don't really see any major areas that will need to be addressed in FA other than resigning the players we have.

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by rimrocker

I think Whiteside is a pipedream.
Probably something more realistic would be Mihinmi or Hibbert.
Noah would be ok but wouldn't over commit to him.

Everyone thought that DeAndra is a pipedream too.

Fun fact with the Heat: Because of just early birds they need cap space to offer Whiteside a max deal.

They have 50 million committed in Bosh/Dragic/McRoberts/Winslow. There was a headline they are going after Durant. They just cant offer on july 1st big contracts to Durant, Whiteside and Wade. I also doubt that Wade takes a huge discount.

So when the Heat are on Durants doorstep, go with the Jordan pitch to Whiteside. Jordan said the pitch was great and it basically worked..

Im also curious with Horford, he is pretty much in the LMA situation. If he stays in Atlanta, it will be pretty much for the rest of his career. The Hawks are the Hawks, solid in the east but never really had any real significance in the league. The arena is also completly dead during the RS...

I wouldnt be surprised if Horford would change teams...

[rimrocker]

Originally Posted by sefant77

Everyone thought that DeAndra is a pipedream too.

Fun fact with the Heat: Because of just early birds they need cap space to offer Whiteside a max deal.

They have 50 million committed in Bosh/Dragic/McRoberts/Winslow. There was a headline they are going after Durant. They just cant offer on july 1st big contracts to Durant, Whiteside and Wade. I also doubt that Wade takes a huge discount.

So when the Heat are on Durants doorstep, go with the Jordan pitch to Whiteside. Jordan said the pitch was great and it basically worked..

Im also curious with Horford, he is pretty much in the LMA situation. If he stays in Atlanta, it will be pretty much for the rest of his career. The Hawks are the Hawks, solid in the east but never really had any real significance in the league. The arena is also completly dead during the RS...

I wouldnt be surprised if Horford would change teams...

I understand your point but that strategy hasn't worked out for us yet and some of us are just losing faith that we will ever land a great FA center.
If we can lock up Zaza and have enough cap left then I say chase the dream FA center all they want because we are pretty much set everywhere else.

And Jordan actually ended up being a pipedream....the big fish Cuban caught but jumped out of the boat before getting back to shore