I’d be fine with it... although... mikes buddies are 0/2 so far.
I think Udoh would say no. He can make a lot more money in China or Europe and seems to like it.
Same here. I would like to see his last ride in Utah.
No we shouldnt.
I honestly feel like this is picking a name out of a hat. A guy whose name we may recognize, but are not at all impressed by, but we'll do some kind of "deep dive" and maybe find 1-2 things that are interesting, and we'll laude it as a great signing, then it will result in being very "meh" as our initial impression. Signings like Francisco Elson come to mind. As I glance over the free agent list, here are those kind of guys that I see:
Add John Henson to that list. He's the most intriguing to me of the super duper "meh" guys.
And that’s where I’m at with this. I’d rate Udoh as being an upgrade for us over Bradley. Cy says we can get someone better. What I’m saying is that those guys “better” than Udoh are those caliber, whose improvement over Bradley is arguable.
The more I’ve thought about backup center the more I’m thinking we should change the way we play when Rudy is out of the game. There aren’t a lot of minimum guys you can funnel to that will protect the rim and handle that defensive pressure. It’s also helpful if we have a system that requires more from our perimeter guys when teams pull Rudy away from the basket.
@Wes Mantooth had already said this, but even if we did nothing but grab Shaq and Udoh, I think that's a pretty solid off-season because it's actually an organized direction and addresses our needs. It would need to be coupled with moving off guys we'd be tempted to play like TB.
(“Too many question marks”) But we might already have that guy in Morgan. He’s mobile enough and has excellent hands... He could definitely play up on the PnR and space the floor on offense.
This is the spirit of what I am trying to say. If Morgan can do some Favors-y things at a bargain cost then you can do other stuff with our exceptions... but we don't really know.
Yes we do. He can't do Favors things.
I wouldn’t want him to try (and I don’t think that is precisely what HH is suggesting either). On defense, I’d want him up on the PnR or switching. On offense, I’d want him spacing, pick n popping, etc. I want his skills to be leveraged into a different defensive scheme. With Favors, we’d be running the same **** all game, for the most part.
All of this. I kinda wanna see what we got if we can't make a no-brainer signing.
Besides shot-blocking... what things exactly? On everything else, I honestly think Morgan has an edge if he gets a chance to develop. He's certainly a better three-point shooter.
