A FA guard nobody has mentioned

[Da_O]

His natural position is actually PG. He was recruited to Arizona as a point guard and was slated to be their point guard until an injury to their shooting guard caused them to move him over to fill that hole.

As for a championship window opening up, that's why I want Andre Miller. I don't think he needs to have lots of years left. I want him to be a steady hand at the wheel for those years where we can't have a developing player as the top option.

I think it's badly needed. Roy can't be the only one capable of doing it. Getting fouls on the opponent and getting points in the paint from perimeter players is gold.

Yeah, but I'd prefer a Miller/Blake/Bayless depth chart at point guard. I agree that Blake would be a great back-up point guard. And I'd be fine with Hinrich instead of Miller, but not at the cost of Bayless.

Could we keep Blake if we got Miller? Wouldn't that depend on how much he is going to be asking for?

I don't think it's badly needed, it is a need though. But, if you look at the elite teams in the league Boston, Cleveland, and LA.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stati...n=2009&seasontype=2&avg=pg&order=true&split=0

They're not at the top in FTA's a game. They're above us but not by much. LA is only 1.2, Boston is only 1.1, and Cleveland is only .4 more average FTA's per game. Plus we have the slowest pace team out of any of those. As our players get more experience they're going to get more calls to go their way. Especially Oden.

 

[Minstrel]

Could we keep Blake if we got Miller? Wouldn't that depend on how much he is going to be asking for?

Not totally sure, depends on the demand for his services. Portland, without renouncing Blake or Outlaw, can clear a bit more than the MLE. So they can out-bid any team that's over the cap. If a team with more cap space offers more, Portland may not be able to do it. Assuming Miller would rather go to a team like Memphis for more money.

I don't think it's badly needed, it is a need though. But, if you look at the elite teams in the league Boston, Cleveland, and LA.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stati...n=2009&seasontype=2&avg=pg&order=true&split=0

They're not at the top in FTA's a game. They're above us but not by much. LA is only 1.2, Boston is only 1.1, and Cleveland is only .4 more average FTA's per game. Plus we have the slowest pace team out of any of those. As our players get more experience they're going to get more calls to go their way. Especially Oden.

Yeah, that's a good argument. It may not be "badly needed," but it's definitely a valuable skill. His slashing is also a valuable tool in terms of play-making for others. If he can slash, draw the defense and find open teammates, he can be a valuable distributor.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

He's also back up to .413 from 3 and is a career .380 shooter from there. That's pretty consistent. Nobody bit on him because he was just coming off of injury. People weren't sure if he would come back and be the 06-07 Kirk or regress to the 07-08 one.

This year's shooting percentages is a outlier in Kirk's shooting, along with the 06-07 season. If he can shoot like he has this year in the limited number of games then he actually has value to other teams despite his contract.

Please don't make up stuff. They wanted to trade him, but it wasn't the hyperbole you make it out to be.

Uhh what? Nothing I said was inaccurate. The Bulls were trying desperately to trade him, even telling him expect to go to Sacramento but teams wouldn't bite on his contract.

Let's look at the facts. Hinrich plays good perimeter defense, he's a good outside shooter(career .380 is good), he's still fairly young(28), and despite what you think has a decent contract.

38% from the 3 point is pretty good, but it's silly to ignore the low percentage inside the 3 point line. There are other opportunities to capatalize on besides the 3 point shot when you're a point guard. His field goal percentage would be even worse if it wasn't for this season's outlier. We've already gone over him playing good defense, let's keep the discussion fresh and not repeat the same stuff. And it's not despite what I think, it's despite what other NBA teams think. The Bulls have tried to rid themselves of his contract for a couple years now, not just this year. You don't think KP could have acquired him for pennies on the dollar if he wanted to? Of course he could have, fact is he's not enough of an upgrade over Blake with the type of money he makes.

I'm always looking to upgrade the team and this is realistically the best option we might have. With a Hinrich/Blake PG tandem that gives Roy a PG that can take the pressure off and spaces the floor at all times. I think we could push 60 wins if we made this trade.

Of course it's a realistic option, because he's mediocre and his trade value isn't very good. He's not horrible, but he's just not very good either. Would he be an upgrade over Sergio and Bayless in the immediate future? Probably. Would KP sacrifice the potential of Bayless and his development to get a sure thing with not a very high ceiling? Probably not. Not at the price Kirk requires. There are better options out there including Sessions, Miller, and others.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

Blazers should push hard to acquire Andre Miller, I don't know if there is any chance they can acquire him as it looks like the Sixers pretty much want to re-sign him but he would make this team so much better right away.

 

[Da_O]

38% from the 3 point is pretty good, but it's silly to ignore the low percentage inside the 3 point line. There are other opportunities to capatalize on besides the 3 point shot when you're a point guard. His field goal percentage would be even worse if it wasn't for this season's outlier. We've already gone over him playing good defense, let's keep the discussion fresh and not repeat the same stuff. And it's not despite what I think, it's despite what other NBA teams think. The Bulls have tried to rid themselves of his contract for a couple years now, not just this year. You don't think KP could have acquired him for pennies on the dollar if he wanted to? Of course he could have, fact is he's not enough of an upgrade over Blake with the type of money he makes.

Hate to say it, but so is Blake's and Sergio's and Bayless'. Hinrich is almost better in every area than any one of our PG's. You stated that his field percentage is horrible, which it isn't great, it's about league average. Let me ask you something, is Billups a good PG. I would say he's up near the top of the PG food chain. Well his averages are lower than Hinrich's, does that make him a worse player? No.

I've stated the reasons why I don't like Miller. He's about to turn 33, he would take away touches from Roy and Aldridge, he's not a great half-court set PG, and we don't know what type of money he's going to be asking for this Summer.

Hinrich is still a pretty good player and since they have Rose, I'm sure we could get him for a bargain.

 

[Natebishop3]

Blazers should push hard to acquire Andre Miller, I don't know if there is any chance they can acquire him as it looks like the Sixers pretty much want to re-sign him but he would make this team so much better right away.

If you're Miller, which team would YOU rather play for? I don't think Philly is going to max him out or anything, so I don't think money would be that big of a problem.

I would also be interested in Bibby.