Poll: Trade Deandre Jordan for Jason Kapono?

Is Rasual still available (and willing)?

Hollinger’s scouting report on Kapono says about what we might expect:

[Kapono’s] jump shot provides his entire worth as a basketball player. He handles the ball OK for his size but can’t elevate at the rim or beat defenders off the dribble, and he’s useless on the glass (61st out of 63 small forwards in rebound rate).
Defensively, Kapono’s limited lateral movement leaves him vulnerable to anyone with halfway decent quickness. His size is helpful against bigger wings and he’s an OK team defender, but coaches mainly try to hide him against a non-scorer and cross their fingers.

less than a third of his shots came from beyond the arc. He has a maddening habit of cutting in toward the basket when a teammate drives and ending up with a midrange jumper instead of a 3.

Reading this, I feel heavy pangs of nostalgia for Rasual’s adequate all around game. Lest we forget, the team tended to play its best with certain squads that included him out there. It’s a good reason to resign him, especially ahead of Kapono. He gives us flexibility at the 2 and 3, as well as a veteran presence in the locker room. And we certainly don’t have to start him.

I just hope we haven’t already burned that bridge.

Gotta have bigs.

dont think we need to give up that much, but i do think kapono will help us more than DJ. It just shouldnt take that much. DJ’s 40% FT% kills him, he cant stay in important games. Doesnt have a post game. I’m very hopeful he improves playing alongside his buddy Griffin, but still have no reason to believe it.

I think with the present of BG, DJ will be more effective when the duo is on the court together. BG ( if who we all thought who he would become to be) will demand double team. Leaving DJ open with in range of the basket. Plus Dj is still young. He needs a better C position coach to help develop his game (like Patrick Ewing) or someone of his caliber. We all know DJ is not a starting C. But everything aside. Kapono doesn’t make us better of help AFA game. I say sign R Butler. And see where this squid can go. If it need a lil tweeking later in the season then there’s other option. Even if we have a void in the SF position, trading DJ for Kapono will give us a void in the Center position. I saw we play the patience game and see what this roster will take us come trade deadline………