With the rise in cost for fool and oil who can blame a guy to want more cash money?

He’s 29 and has never signed a big contract before, this is really his once chance to get a good contract. I think we should offer him 6 million for 2 years or even 9 for 3 years with the 3rd year being a team option.

BONZI TIME!

Here’s a list of FA’s courtest of Hoopshype, http://hoopshype.com/free_agency.htm

Here’s a list of guys who could help. Devin Brown, Kareem Rush and Kirk Snyder.

I noticed Dahntay Jones had a very good summer league. I’ve always been puzzled how he hasn’t been given a chance, the guy at the very least could be a super defensive specialist with his athleticism. We could stick it to the Blazers and bring back D Miles who has supposedly looked good at workouts. If he’s on a team I believe it hits the Blazers cap room. I almost want to do this to eliminate some of their cap space. Or we can trade a 2nd round pick for some of the guys they have on their overcrowded bench.

going back and doing a trade with the Knicks now?

And what’s up with Baron’s mojo, by the way?

It sucks that we missed out on Buike, but we should have offered him $4M per year. We went cheap and we got burnt. Oh well. I think we should sign Q Ross and Liv to replace him. They can play a role and fill a need. Ross was burdened last year by being a second or third option on offense and that is not his game. Now he will be the 5th option on the floor and he can focus on his strengths – solid defense. Livingston is a gamble, but I have waited for two years to see his potential and I would hate for him to achieve that with a team other than the Clippers. It will be nice to see a few familiar faces in this years lineup as well.

New CS stuff up top and CB are right—does this mean that QRoss comes back?! Not happy about that at all.

I’m down on Liv too. It’s not at all clear that he’s going to be able to help the Clips or any other team this season, and he’s not the guy to solve this new problem. They shouldn’t offer him any extra money. Unless someone makes him a nice offer-and a really nice one-he should take the minimum, maintain the continuity in his rehab treatment, and stick with the Clips, who have his Bird rights.

There’s got to be some one better than Q Ross. I don’t mind him so much in a vacuum, but I really don’t like the option he provides Dunleavy. Unless I’m mistaken, Azu wasn’t really on any of our radar, so maybe now that Dunleavy has to go out trolling again he’ll come up with something great. Fingers are crossed.

Really bummed about Azu. Kind of wanted to see CS break down the problems with Azu getting playing time up in GSW up top, just to feel a little bit better.

We need to make a run for him—maybe 3 mil for 4 or 5 years?

He can back up the PF position too, which is a plus.

A wing that can hit 3s

how about a sign and trade for deng? mobley and a pick

Only reason Warriors matched the offer is to pi$$ of the Clippers and Baron Davis which I posted one week before.

You know Buke won’t get that much playing time over there. So that gives the Warriors trade bait so at least they’ll get something in return (how about a conditional second round pick? :))

The Warrior management team read his post on “Important information on Azubuikie” and realized how good he was, so they signed him.

Thanks zhiv.

The situation in Chicago is not at that point where they would trade Deng (and there really is nothing the Clips have other than maybe Thorton and/or Kaman that would interest them). Deng, if not signed to a LT, could be traded for more at the deadline, and so have more value then.

I like the D Miles idea, if he is as healthy as everyone says. Think about it- incentive laden contract, he is out to prove himself. Comes back to the team where it all started. Can’t play the 2, but you might be able to pick up Rush for the min. to back up Cat (although would Rush sign for the min. w/ the clips as opposed to another team).

Denver would match any offer to JR, but I would not even make an offer. He has talent, but is a selfish player who is lazy on D (and MDsr would end up benching him most of the time).

So do D Miles, and Rush… and if you have room Livingston.

Dunleavy will have to craft another nifty trade again to get a backup SG/SF

The deal for Monte was definitely an aggressive move, locking the guy up for so long. Losing out on Buke hurts, I think the Clips have to think about a Devin Brown or a Bonzi. Both are SF’s with somewhat versatile games, though as everyone knows, Bonzi is well known for being out of shape, etc. Whether we can afford either is a different question.
They could also consider getting a smaller SG like kirk synder or flip. Both can score, and it would definitely add a veteran presence behind the 19 year old Gordo, with Cat and Marcus williams taking on most of the backup SF duty. Right now, that seems logical…as there appears to be more talented SG’s we can afford…possibly like a giricek or a freddy jones.