Should The Lakers Get Delonte West If He is a FA?

KBJelleyBean24 wrote:De we even have the $/roster spot to do this?Has DJO and Mini Mamba been cut?

karacha wrote:Absolutely. Our bench is already better then last year, and he would make it even better. He can play both 1 & 2, can defend, can score... nothing wrong with that. We can always use extra depth -- and I mean real depth, because players like Morris & Glock do not qualify -- since we're very top heavy. I'm happy with Meeks, Ebanks and Hill, but the rest... I don't know. Jamison might start shooting eventually, who knows... we need him to be an 8-10 ppg guy for us on a consistent basis. If not -- West can provide scoring as well and is obviously better then Duhon & Blake in pretty much every aspect of the game.

XXIV wrote:

KBJelleyBean24 wrote:De we even have the $/roster spot to do this?Has DJO and Mini Mamba been cut?

We have two spots available, likely only one after/if Sacre makes the cut. Also, we can offer him the veteran minimum which I'm certain he'll take.

BadCoaching wrote:Yep.. would sign him easily for the min.

Our bench blows at PG, at least this guy is an athlete who shoots well.

jadej2 wrote:

BadCoaching wrote:Yep.. would sign him easily for the min.

Our bench blows at PG, at least this guy is an athlete who shoots well.

But we still have to move Blake or Duhon though.

BadCoaching wrote:

jadej2 wrote:

BadCoaching wrote:Yep.. would sign him easily for the min.

Our bench blows at PG, at least this guy is an athlete who shoots well.

But we still have to move Blake or Duhon though.

Yes, no need to keep repeating it.

dwighthowardsdad wrote:I don't care who we have to move; if he's available, you go after him, period. He's perfect to come off that bench. He'll solidify that backup PG position...

Snakell Beast wrote:Delonte West is WELL worth it. The situation in Dallas was more a playing time/salary dispute and management not only moving on to newer, younger players but also not wanting to expose young players to bad examples of behavior and attitude. We have an experienced, veteran roster. We don't/won't have that problem. SIGN HIM!!!

jadej2 wrote:The problem is that now we have too many guards we have to do something about that.

therealdeal wrote:

purp n gold wrote:If the Lakers are gonna take on a player who was dismissed for detrimental conduct, he's gonna have to be a lot better then Delonte West

Why?

Last season with Dallas:
9.6 points 3.2 assists 2.3 rebounds 1.3 steals 46.1 FG% 35.5 3P% 1.7 TOs (1.88 ast/to) in 24:06 minutes

For a bit of perspective-
Steve Blake last season:
5.2 points 3.3 assists 1.6 rebounds 0.7 steals 37.7 FG% 33.5 3PT% 1.4 TOs (2.36 ast/to) in 23:18 minutes

Chris Duhon:
3.8 points 2.4 assists 1.6 rebounds 0.6 steals 41.9 FG% 42 3PT% 1.3 TOs (1.85 ast/to) in 19:30 minutes

West gives you better defense than Blake, more assists than Duhon, and far more scoring than either in comparable time.

Snakell Beast wrote:

jadej2 wrote:The problem is that now we have too many guards we have to do something about that.

We have too many crappy, useless guards. We can waive Darius Morris in favor of Delonte West. TALK ABOUT AN UPGRADE

As far as Duhon and Blake, we are STUCK with them until next season, when their expiring contracts become an asset. Until then, they're gonna have to get comfy riding the pine, because they aren't what we need from the PG position off the bench.

After reports that the Dallas Mavericks would be releasing Delonte West to make room on the 15-man roster for newly acquired Eddy Curry, Mark Cuban is now saying there hasn't been a decision made on West's future with the organization.

West has been suspended twice this preseason for conduct detrimental to the team. This was allegedly stemming from an incident in the locker room, in which West semi-cryptically took to Twitter to voice his frustrations. And with the Curry being claimed off waivers despite the Mavs already having 15 players under contract, it was speculated that West would be the odd man out.

Cuban says not so fast (via AP):

Cuban said he will make the final call on whether West could return to the Mavericks after he was suspended indefinitely Thursday for conduct detrimental to the team.

''The best way to sum it up is no decisions have been made one way or the other,'' Cuban said.

''There's been no decision to waive him or anything like that,'' Cuban said. ''It could go either way. I haven't made any decisions.''

At this point, something has to happen with the roster. Mavericks have 16 players with Curry and there are three players who would be the most likely candidates to leave. West, Brandan Wright, and Bernard James have contracts worth less than $1 million dollars. James' deal runs through 2015 but is only fully guaranteed this season.

Wright and West both have just this season on their contracts. Considering the Mavericks just claimed Curry because of a lack of depth inside, it's unlikely they'd turn around and get rid of Wright and James because of a numbers game. This makes West seemingly the odd man out.

Technically, they could just get rid of Curry like he never signed, but a lot of that decision probably would be based on the severity of Chris Kaman's injury. Kaman strained his Achilles, presumably prompting the Mavericks to find a replacement big man for the short term. If Kaman is healthy enough to play this coming week, the Mavericks could keep West and pretend this whole thing never happened.