I’ve checked a lot of sites and no sign of this trade at all.

Nice find LAC…but just who is Steve Novak…can he hit the off speed pitch, is he any good against left handers? Does he play a little basketball in the off season?

But the burning question; is he worth a second round draft swap? I mean we got Camby for a second round draft swap…we shouldn’t be throwing those second round draft swap away like they grow on trees. Heck if we save enough of them, we might be able to bundle them up and trade em for T-Mac or Lebron…wouldn’t that be something.

If you type in Steve Novak on youtube, you can be assured to see a bunch of 3’s being shot. Seems to be his only NBA “skill”, and being 6’10”. Can’t complain for a bottom of the barrel find. By this move, seems like they are committed to an up-and-down style with plenty of 3’s being shot. Not sure if the Fazekas QO debacle is directly related to this or not, but it sure seems like it. Haven’t really seen this guy play…seems to be like a 1 dimensional TT. Then again, we are talking about the 13th man, so nothing to get too excited or worried about. With Skinner as the backup C and Fazekas apparently gone, looks like the Clips are committed to playing D Jordan a few minutes a night now.

looks to me like an upgrade of fazekas. i think the reason the clips signed fazekas in the first place was so cuz he was suppose to do wat novak does, spread the floor and make threes, but surprisingly fazekas scored a lot of his buckets inside and rarely shot it from downtown. good move, one of the underrated shooters in the league

they might still be in negotiations. But if this is true it is a good move.

He’s probably the BEST SHOOTER in the L right now. I’m not really trying to exaggerate either, his stroke really is sweet. It’s too bad he has cement feet, I wonder if he can stay in front of a statue.

Novak game winner against Sacramento
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzzN4exB8tg&feature=related

10 points in 2 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSUOsY2kr6Q

No one is a bigger Fazekas fan than I am, but with Camby, Skinner, Thomas and Jordan the minutes for a backup PF/C with great hands and a knack for rebounding are fairly limited. Fazeke’s defense, lack of a postup game and lack of athleticism are critical weaknesses. Add to that the fact that he seems to have an incredible touch around the basket and capitalizes on offensive rebounds, but he never really showed the perimeter game where he was supposedly so solid, and it certainly didn’t stretch out to the 3 point line.

Steve Novak appears to be a completely different player.

He has height (6’9”-6’10”), but his draft measurements show a short reach. He’s really not much of a power forward at all, as he lacks the heft to rebound and play defense. He appears to have a varied offensive arsenal and the all-around skills and work ethic of a coach’s son. There seems to be a fair comparison to Adam Morrison in some ways, from the same draft class. Novak was taken two picks ahead of Paul Davis.

The thing that Novak can do is shoot. And I mean, he can really shoot the ball, and shoot the three. In 266 minutes, he made 34 3pt shots in 71 tries. As a comparison, Dan Dickau made 36 3s in 1042 minutes and 108 tries. Clipper 3pt s were abysmal: TT 30, AT 33%, CMo 35%, CMa 38%. And the totals are just as bad. Tim Thomas made 83 3s in 271 attempts. Novak appears to be a Kapono-quality 3 pt shooter.

So when defenses collapsed on Yao Ming, Novak was able to knock down the open shot. With Kaman inside and BD breaking down defenses, the more shooters the better. This seems to be another strong move.

...why did the Rockets give him up? It’s an obvious question… are they so overloaded that they’d cut a shooter before training camp? Is it salary issue? Can’t be, can it?

I hope they play him more at the 3 then the 4 because he seems more like a perimeter player then a post up guy.

Is Novak a guaranteed contract? Or is he a training camp decision? Anyone know? I like this acquisition. A shooter on the bench? When have Clips had that luxury? The only thing that concerns me is depth at the 4-5. Kaman has never been a forty minute player. Camby’s old and has been injury prone. Jordan is an unknown. TT is TT. Brian Skinner is the only legit backup with a contract. Does that mean Paul Davis and Fazekas (if he’s still around) fight it out for the 14th spot in training camp? It doesn’t seem like Dunleavy will carry fifteen, and I think they have to carry a 3rd pg, given BD’s history. According to my math, that leaves Livingston without a roster spot.