I'm thinking about this strategy of us looking for the best player available or best asset. (Of course there is one difference when seeking a free agent and not a draftee, the free agent doesn't have to sign with you if they don't think it's a good situation for them.) But in general I think it is a good idea; and it seems clear that signing Turgoglu would not have been acquiring a good, appreciating asset. I think it would almost always be a mistake to sign a guy over 30 for five years. I know Joe Dumars hasn't always made the best moves, but look how he jumped on two free agents this year, Gordon and Villaneuva, both entering the prime years of their careers. Seems like that's the kind of guys you want to sign for five years. I guess of the remaining free agents, Trevor Ariza or Josh Childress or Ramon Sessions (if available) would fit in that category best, maybe I am forgetting others. Even if we decide to trade the signee a year or two down the road, it's gonna be a lot easier if he is in his prime than if he is declining.
Oh, obviously I forgot the power forwards entering their prime, like Milsap and Lee.
