Roster Improvement: Free Agents Now and Later?

The Lakers can still waive Morris. He's the cheapest AND the one with the least upside.

Please go, Mitch! Go!

Alright, Mitch... please



Signing him would be so awesome. Suddenly, our bench looks great with players like West, Meeks, Ebanks, Jamison, Hill, Sacre...

Omg lose Morris and Blake, get West.

I could see Brown playing him with Blake and taking all of Meeks'.

Get him Mitch, waive Morris over DJO and grab West.

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Will be NBA interest in Delonte West; plan for him will be to wait on teams that develop needs in early season and see where there's a fit.

we have the NEED now.

I sincerely doubt this happens, but I think it'd make our team a lot better.

In the last 3 minute I've decided not to get my hopes up.

The Lakers must pull the trigger on this, our bench desperately needs some help and Delonte can really contribute when given minutes. It will be a mistake to not at least try and get him.

Doc Brown wrote:The Lakers put Blake and Duhon on the trading block, meaning they don't like what they see. Delonte is available right now and it's an immediate and immense upgrade at the 1, takes a large amount of pressure off Nash, as Delonte can give you 20-25 minutes a night if need be.

The 2nd unit would be set and we did show interest him in the summer time before he went back to the Mavs.

The problem is Delonte is bat shat crazy and a mother (bleep), literally.

He's nuts, and nobody is denying that. Hell Delonte isn't even denying that he's bipolar and takes meds, LOL. But the dude can play. If we can pick him up, we should do it.

I don't know man, West and Artest, it will be unrest, put to the test.

Yes, he's nuts. But he's a really -- I mean really -- good player, who can play two positions.

Also, while the word "immense" sounds like a hyperbole in this sentence by Doc Brown: "...it's an immediate and immense upgrade at the 1", I actually think it's an understatement... because we're actually comparing West to Duhon and Blake. West is a 9/3/3 player, who plays tough defense and who has developed a really good jump shot. His FT% has improved so much, that he is now considered a very good shooter. He would look really good backing up Nash, not to mention you can play him at the 2 if necessary, and he can do things that Meeks generally can't. He can also give you a steal every game and maybe even 1 block per game, which is very unusual for a (backup) PG. If there's any way to sign this guy, we do it ASAP.

With him, we got versatile scorers and defenders off the bench, and it would be fairly easy to come up with alternative lineups that would be able to outscore their opponents (for change) while applying some defensive pressure. Mixing up West, Meeks, Ebanks, Hill and Jamison with 2 starters -- Kobe, Pau and Dwight -- should be deadly, because West and Ebanks can penetrate or shoot, Jamison and Meeks can hit the long ball, and Hill has improved his offense tremendously and can rebound really well too. Stretch the floor for Dwight and watch good things happen.

even if West is cut/waived wouldn't we have one of the lower priority when it comes to waiver claims?

Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

OX1947 wrote:Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

West already got waived.

Man, are you guys serious? Our roster is set for now. We aren't picking up crazy Delonte with a full roster and no money to spend.

I hope we eat the money on Morris, rather than cutting DJO to make room for West.

XXIV wrote:

OX1947 wrote:Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

West already got waived.

Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

OX1947 wrote:

XXIV wrote:

OX1947 wrote:Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

West already got waived.

Hey, maybe Cuban will give us a trade ex for Blake. It worked so well last year. DO IT MARK!

At first I thought you meant Blake for West + exception, but then I remembered you can't pair an exception with a player.

Can we waive Duhon and Blake?

Doc Brown wrote:Another name out there is Shaun Livingston, he was waived by Houston....

Houston waived 5 guaranteed contracts, talk about having too many players

Buss aint releasing Blake and nobody is trading for him. DJO is imo a decent propect worth keeping.

That leaves Morris and Duhon. Waive one and sign West.