I agree that Donte Greene does have potential but I feel you are overrating him a bit. At 6'11 he is an inefficient scorer and a weak rebounder, I think there are still better options out there. I wouldn't mind seeing DJ White backing up STAT though. I'm kind of sold that K-mart isn't coming here, if he wanted to come here he would've been signed by now imo. I don't see why you guys aren't mentioning Amundson more, he is the true definition of a hustle player and would bring energy, rebounding, and defense.
Good input as always bro...Valid points on Greene. Can't really argue what you said although for the price (sounds like this guy didn't even get a guaranteed contract from the Nets, even a 1-yr deal---for a guy with his upside, I find that hard to believe), and considering we have a need at backup forward (esp. a guy that can score), I think we should've taken a chance here. What's a one year deal on a player with his upside? If he didn't pan out, we wave bye-bye at yr's end. No harm, no foul. No skin off our back. No future salary tied up...My thing is what if he did pan out though? Then we just got a player with huge upside for next to nothing... 6'11" 230-ish, can play both forward spots...There's so much to like here..I know he hasn't proven anything yet, but has he really had a chance to do so? Played only 1 yr at 'Cuse, then only played sparingly for a poor team for a couple of seasons...To me, a player with Greene's ability will always be head and shoulders above a guy like Lou Amundson. Not a knock on Amundson at all -- I like hustle players and he's a good one -- I just feel with Chandler starting at C (the DPOY), the Brewer addition, Camby/KT off the bench (if Woody decides to even use Thomas and if he's even got anything left to offer), Shump due back around Christmas, etc. we have the defense & rebounding elements pretty much covered. Donte Greene, with his budding offensive skills and huge upside at that size, is a whole different ballgame. You can't even compare the two in my book. Apples and oranges...I'll let it go but bottom line -- we should've been in on this fellas, esp. considering the reduced price tag. I mean look at a guy like Jermaine O'Neal for a sec. Couldn't even get off the bench in Portland as a young guy then goes on to be a star in Indy. Can't judge Greene on the here and now (although I like what I've seen so far in limited duty), only on what he could be. And he could be a star imo or, at the very least, a guy similar to Tim Thomas, who wasn't a star but a guy who had a nice long and fairly productive NBA career..No guarantees that'll happen with Greene but I'm just sayin'. Lou Amundson has never been nor will ever be a star. That's the difference..
Moving on, any opinions on Rashad McCants? I mentioned him a couple of posts back. Cut by his French team after failing a team physical...I guess there's not a dire need for a 2G now after we signed Brewer but provided he's not hurt that bad, he might be worth bringing in, even if we had to rehab him for a little bit...Wouldn't be a bad insurance policy to have man, honestly. What happens if Brewer has little impact and doesn't pan out? What happens if JR never matures? What happens if Shump never gets back to 100%? What happens if Copeland isn't an NBA player?? McCants on a vet min. deal (or even a non-guaranteed deal like the one Greene just got from the Nets maybe) wouldn't be a terrible thing..Always had nice talent, he's had some prior success in the NBA and he's right in his prime. Only in his late 20s...Just a thought.