I could be off but IMO the "come and mentor" **** is overblown. Guys don't want to come and be some ones coach. Given the circumstance where say a player has already achieved success and is on his last contract, perhaps. But most want to win and think they can contribute (not by coaching a youngster). I think this is far fetched. Especially if you think a player will for less $.
These guys think they can still compete.
And as far as defense, my point goes back to what I analyzed a month back when we were bumped. If we are to be taken serious, our team must be built to compete with the HEAT, at least our starting 5 must be.
Minus TC (DPOY) & Melo, no one left can berelied upon on D. How can we rely on Lin when he's hurt? When healthy he was a bit soft on D.
Or Shump... knee injuries? That's no good. My point is even when HEALTHY they needed improvement.
And STAT has the matador defense down pat.
So is Nash an improvement in the areas we need? No, IMO he may improve the offensive flow, but on D no. So why would we want to spend the little remaining $ to get something we don't need? That's not wise IMO.
I've had enough of the courting the "vets" who state their interest and use that as leverage. We must use whatever assets we have (sans TC & Melo) to improve our back-court or we will fail. That means trade, draft, or open up to sign a F/A. And that player must be an IMPROVEMENT (on O & D) or what's the point?
The problem with that strategy is that we have very little wiggle room when it comes to who we can sign. Our best bet to sign someone halfway decent is the MLE if we get Bird Rights for Lin and Novak (highly unlikely) and even with that there aren't too many players who can play both sides of the ball who would accept that, including Nash. I'm hoping we get lucky and draft a decent PG (Scott Machado is what everyone is raving about on here so hopefully we can get him) to back up Lin but I would certainly take Nash if he was willing. I'm betting that he's just pulling a Lebron on us though.