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Mediocre Man said:
So the suspects

Kosta Koufos CJs high school teammate

Greg Monroe another missed 2016 target

Kenneth Faried for smaller lineups

Amare Stoudemire because they were at a workout
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PtldPlatypus said:
FTFY
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Monroe would be fine. Compares pretty favorably with Kanter, but has kind of gotten buried the last couple of seasons. He did produce when given minutes with Phoenix last year and Philly this season though and isn’t that old.

Career comp

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Could do a lot worse for a backup/third stringer.
 
Amir Johnson?
Could do worse. A hustle big who can defend a little, decent rebounder, willing passer.
 
well, Jason Quick says the Blazers will sign a C and call it an off-season

here are the remaining free agent C's according to spotrac:

Timofey Mozgov
Kosta Koufos
Nene Hilario
Ekpe Udoh
Amir Johnson
Zaza Pachulia
Joakim Noah
Salah Mejri
Pau Gasol
Andrew Bogut
Isaac Humphries
Greg Monroe
Tyler Zeller
Angel Delgado

now, if I was to eliminate those I wouldn't be interested in:

Kosta Koufos
Joakim Noah
Salah Mejri
Pau Gasol
Greg Monroe

knowing how seldom I've agreed with Olshey on bigs, I wouldn't be surprised if he signed one of those I eliminated...or one I didn't list at all
 
wizenheimer said:
well, Jason Quick says the Blazers will sign a C and call it an off-season

now, if I was to eliminate those I wouldn't be interested in:

Kosta Koufos
Joakim Noah
Salah Mejri
Pau Gasol
Greg Monroe

knowing how seldom I've agreed with Olshey on bigs, I wouldn't be surprised if he signed one of those I eliminated...or one I didn't list at all
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I would prefer to stay away from any additional centers who are coming off of injuries. Pau is 39 and coming off a stress fracture in his foot.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
BTW, Faried was used as a center last year, but Noah rebounds a little better, blocks shots quite a bit better and has four times as many assists per 36. And Noah has a DBPM of 3.6 while Faried's is negative.
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If Quick is correct, I think it’s pretty predictable, it’ll be one of these four; listed most likely to least

Monroe
Noah
Gasol
Howard

I listed Monroe first because Olshey has been interested in the past and he only fits in certain systems, Portland’s being one. Noah probably has more interest around the league.
 
Quick is about to do a chat on the athletic I’ll post if he says anything noteworthy about this theoretical center.
 
If you're going to take a risk Amar'e Stoudemire would probably be a good one. I bet he could still play.
 
Monroe makes some sense as a big to fill the role kanter played. Someone off the bench that can get you a bucket in the post, is a really good rebounder, while defending like crap.
 
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Besides the comments about Portland looking for a center, Quicks answers seem more like his own observations rather than stuff he’s heard. For example, the team being completely comfortable at PG after summer league. We’ll see.
 
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e_blazer said:
It's not as if he can avoid playing against those guys in today's "positionless" NBA. Guys get switched constantly so he'd spend time against them even if he's playing center. He's just going to have to learn to move his feet better and keep himself vertical.
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Sounds nice in theory until we have a situation 5 mins into the game and we have Bazemore guarding Lebron because Zach just picked up 2 quick fouls. We need a PF who can swing to 3. Strictly for defensive purposes. Maybe the team has more confidence in Mario than expected?
 
BigGameDamian said:
If you're going to take a risk Amar'e Stoudemire would probably be a good one. I bet he could still play.
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During a business trip I have seen Amare being dominated in an Israeli league game 2 years ago. I do not think he has anything left at this point.
 
illmatic99 said:
Sounds nice in theory until we have a situation 5 mins into the game and we have Bazemore guarding Lebron because Zach just picked up 2 quick fouls. We need a PF who can swing to 3. Strictly for defensive purposes. Maybe the team has more confidence in Mario than expected?
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Not a lot of players can guard LBJ one on one, but yeah you might as well try Mario on him. Who has worked best on LBJ for us in the past? Maybe you try Skal as well and back off him a little on the perimeter. LeBron is only a 34% career 3 pt shooter.
 
B-Roy said:
Who else would you start at PF?
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Have to start Collins but it won't be pretty defensively at times. I think Mario and Tolliver will both get legit minutes this year. It's why the most obvious move for us at the deadline will be to trade Whiteside for a SF/PF to move Collins back to C as our 2nd/3rd "big"
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Not a lot of players can guard LBJ one on one, but yeah you might as well try Mario on him. Who has worked best on LBJ for us in the past? Maybe you try Skal as well and back off him a little on the perimeter. LeBron is only a 34% career 3 pt shooter.
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No one. Lebron has some of his more efficient numbers against Portland. I get the worry after losing Aminu, Harkless, and Turner, but I expect another jump from Collins physically, as well as just having another year of experience. The third year is typically where players make their mark in the league. Bazemore is a solid defender. Hood looked much better than his reputation/numbers would suggest, so maybe it was just a matter of being locked in/comfortable. If Skal gets in the rotation he will contribute defensively as well as he’s a pretty good help defender. When Hassan is locked in he’s a game changer. Hezonja isn’t useless on defense either. He’s got size and shows good instincts in passing lanes. Will be interesting to see how he does in a more structured environment.

There’s maybe one dude in the league that can guard a LeBron James. Defense is so much more than individual, so a lot will just depend on how much the group buys in.
 
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Guys I'd target at the deadline after the obvious names like Blake/Love/Gallo/Porter, etc:

Gay
Hayward
Covington
sigh Iggy ( I don't particularly like him)
Kyle Anderson
DeMarre Carroll
Taurean Prince
Cedi Osman
 


I'm honestly surprised Neil didn't get in on this-- it's his kinda move. But he's prolly getting more than the minimum in Russia.
 
illmatic99 said:
Sounds nice in theory until we have a situation 5 mins into the game and we have Bazemore guarding Lebron because Zach just picked up 2 quick fouls. We need a PF who can swing to 3. Strictly for defensive purposes. Maybe the team has more confidence in Mario than expected?
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Oh, I agree. I think against small ball lineups we’re definitely going to miss the D that Chief, Harkless and even ET provided. I think the Blazers are better offensively, but there is a glaring weakness defensively. Collins is going to have to grow up quickly defensively, and it may be asking more of him than he can do to take on the guys you listed. I just don’t see a lot of other options. Hezonja and Skal will get some burn, but don’t fill me with confidence.
 
e_blazer said:
Oh, I agree. I think against small ball lineups we’re definitely going to miss the D that Chief, Harkless and even ET provided. I think the Blazers are better offensively, but there is a glaring weakness defensively. Collins is going to have to grow up quickly defensively, and it may be asking more of him than he can do to take on the guys you listed. I just don’t see a lot of other options. Hezonja and Skal will get some burn, but don’t fill me with confidence.
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excuse me?
 
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