Roster Improvement: Free Agents Now and Later?

last stand wrote:

lakersin4 wrote:

Ariza3 wrote:

Adrian Wojnarowski: Free agent Jason Kapono has been working out with the San Antonio Spurs this week, league sources tell Y! Sports. Twitter

if he gets picked up by the Spurs i bet he'll bomb 3's for them unlike what he did for us...

Wouldn't be shocking at all.. The Spurs system gets guys open shots like no other offense.. Great coach & strong veteran leadership.. Role players thrive on teams like that.

Look at Roger Mason Jr. He was a lights out 3 point shooter & great role player in SA.. Couldn't sniff the floor in Washington.

He had the best shooting season of his career in washington and actually his best season if you consider points per minutes

lakerfan2 wrote:Still looking for a young, hardnosed PG to backup Steve.

That would be most ideal for us. We can live with a SF rotation of Metta, Jamison, Ebanks.

We can't live with a PG bench of Blake, Duhon, Morris.

Ariza3 wrote:i think Blake will be a good backup to Nash. Last season his offense was terrible, and was forced to play SG which is NOT him.

with guys like meeks jaminson and hopefully an improved ebanks, blake should be able to do what he should instead of being required to be an offensive threat and scorer as a SG which hes not. i think he'll be fine with the 2nd unit running it. now we have offensive options coming off the bench and jordan hill on defense and boarding so blake will just be required to just pass to the open guy and to SHOOT the open 3 rather than being an offensive threat. he cant be passive when it comes to open 3's...let it fly bc he's actually a decent 3 point shooter when he actually does.

other than the 06-07 season where he jumped between 2 teams, and last season with mike brown; steve blake has shot over 37% from 3 every season of his career.

career stats: 24.8mpg 40.4% FG 38.73PT%

Ariza3 wrote:i think Blake will be a good backup to Nash. Last season his offense was terrible, and was forced to play SG which is NOT him.

with guys like meeks jaminson and hopefully an improved ebanks, blake should be able to do what he should instead of being required to be an offensive threat and scorer as a SG which hes not. i think he'll be fine with the 2nd unit running it. now we have offensive options coming off the bench and jordan hill on defense and boarding so blake will just be required to just pass to the open guy and to SHOOT the open 3 rather than being an offensive threat. he cant be passive when it comes to open 3's...let it fly bc he's actually a decent 3 point shooter when he actually does.

other than the 06-07 season where he jumped between 2 teams, and last season with mike brown; steve blake has shot over 37% from 3 every season of his career.

career stats: 24.8mpg 40.4% FG 38.73PT%

Report: Andray Blatche Still Considering Signing With Heat



Despite reports of an agreement in principle with the Brooklyn Nets, two sources say that Andray Blatche is still considering an offer from the Miami Heat.

Blatche worked out for Avery Johnson in Houston last weekend.

“Nothing is finalized," said one person close to Blatche.

dj vitus wrote:Not sure where to post this, but has anyone seen the new schedule? We have 18 Sunday games out of a possible 23. And 3 Saturday games all season. Weird.

V.V.V.V.V. wrote:Yeah, Blake does really well matching up against 2nd team guys, and occasional pestering of 1st team guys.

Along those lines, how do you see Dwight and Kobe fitting together? Kupchak: They're going to be just fine. I mean, Dwight's the future, and Kobe and Steve and Metta and Pau, they're the present. There shouldn't be any problem. Pau can play anywhere for anybody, Steve and Kobe, all they want to do is win. And Metta is completely comfortable being a complementary player. If he gets eight to 10 points a game and is a great defender and wins, he's so happy. So I've got no problems thinking that these guys can work it out and play together. When the clock gets short, Kobe will end up with the ball in his hands and Steve, regardless of the offense we play, will control the pace. We're not talking about introducing a new offense to a young, unproven team. It's a veteran group, and they'll figure out how to do it.

Raja Bell Continuing To Work On Buyout With Jazz



Raja Bell has yet to give the Utah Jazz a decision on a contract buyout as the two sides continue to work toward reaching an agreement, his agent told RealGM on Tuesday.

“We’re talking to their new GM [Dennis Lindsey] and working on it,” agent Herb Rudoy said by phone.

Contrary to multiple reports last month that Bell had been refusing the buyout proposal from the Jazz, Rudoy confirmed that "he hasn’t rejected or accepted anything.”

Bell signed a three-year deal with the Jazz in 2010, but has made known his displeasure and desire to part ways since the middle of the 10-11 season.

Regarded as a quality outside shooter and a gritty defender, Bell, 35, has averaged almost 10 points on 40.6 percent from three-point range over his 12-year career with six different teams. Bell averaged 6.4 points last season, playing in 34 of 66 games.