longstrangetrip wrote:Q12543 wrote:MikeAz wrote:Kirk Hinrich anybody?
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Man, we're getting pretty desperate. We are so, so thin on the wing. I consider Jamal Crawford a liability at this point in his career. Yet he is our #1 backup wing and would have to step in as a starter if either Butler or Wiggins went down! Not good!
That's a huge concern going into this season. I'm also not sold on Crawford, and in no way is he a starter on a playoff team. I was pleased that Anthony Morrow was in town yesterday for a workout, and hope we can work out a deal for him that will give us a little more SG depth.
As you know, I've been worried about our bench at the wing position ever since we used the rest of our cap space on Taj and then used our one cap exception to sign Crawford. We have no one (except maybe Belly if he's healthy) who can come off the bench and play effectively at the SF position. Crawford can give some offensive punch in limited minutes at the SG position, but he can't be relied upon to start at that spot if Butler goes down and he can't be relied on for extended minutes off the bench at this point in his career. When I asked Thibs about our lack of depth at the wing position, he quickly mentioned that Crawford was 6th man of the year. Of course, that was 2 years ago. He's now 37 years old and history shows that every season beyond age 35 is a crap shoot for NBA players.
It comes down to Thibs and Layden overpaying for both Taj and Jamaal. As a result, we couldn't sign CJ Miles or retain Bazz. Now Bazz and Gerald Green seem to be the only SFs left who might be willing to sign with us for the vet minimum, but it looks like Bazz probably won't. We didn't bring Green in so it appears our front office isn't intersted in him. I'd like to see us sign Morrow for more wing depth and 3-point shooting. But I just cringe at the thought of who would start at either wing position if either Butler or Wiggins missed a stretch of games due to injury. I think we can make it work if Belly comes back 100% from his foot injury, but he was wearing a boot just a couple months ago and foot injuries are somewhat dicey. If he's healthy, I think he can fill in failure effectively as a wing starter in the even Butler or Wiggins goes down.
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