What defensive big do you want?

[Yoki_IsTheName]

i posted this in an another thread, but Festus Ezeli is out there I think he could be had.

He's a solid Center, who's actually showing that his has good low post game.

[jambr380]

I think guys like Biyombo and Perk would be the easiest to acquire without giving up much of anything.

Milwaukee should be willing to give up one of Henson/Sanders - seems as though they are leaning towards keep Sanders. Same thing with Minny - Pek or Dieng should be available. In this grouping, you probably need to give up something of value, but nothing crazy (1st, expiring, bench guy).

I obviously would love to get Horford or Gobert, but the price is probably sky-high. I also think Utah is re-considering Kanter as trade bait.

Hawkeye brought up a good option in Lopez. BKN was supposedly looking to deal him this summer - obviously he is injury prone, but can be a legitimate 2nd star when healthy. He is still so young and extremely productive offensively. It's too bad we didn't grab his brother when we had the chance - he is all defense.

[fairweatherfan]

i posted this in an another thread, but Festus Ezeli is out there I think he could be had.

He's a solid Center, who's actually showing that his has good low post game.

He's Bogut insurance though, not sure if they'd want to let him go.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

i posted this in an another thread, but Festus Ezeli is out there I think he could be had.

He's a solid Center, who's actually showing that his has good low post game.

He's Bogut insurance though, not sure if they'd want to let him go.

They have Kuzmic, who Steve Kerr is high on. I think if we give them Tyler Zeller and a 2nd rounder I think it could happen.

I like Zeller, but I like Ezeli's toughness and defense a bit more.

[Celtics4ever]

Ezeli might do well in the EC.

[fitzhickey]

Anthony Davis or Andrew Bogut. Davis is literally unattainable, and Bogut would be extremely difficult to pry away from GSW, but those are two binkies of mine.

Noel interests me too, as do Hibbert and Sanders.

[Smartacus]

I'd support a trade for Sanders over the summer (the main attraction for Milwaukee being something like Wallace's expiring, KO and a Brooklyn 1st).

Outside of getting Okafor or Towns, my dream offseason would be finding a way to net both Stanley Johnson and Montrezl Harrell in the draft, trading for Sanders, re-signing Rondo and getting a backup PG.

We'd move forward with a rotation that looks something like this:

Rondo/Aaron Brooks
Smart/Bradley
S. Johnson/J. Young
Sully/M. Harrell
Sanders/Zeller

I'm starting to feel like that is the exact draft I'm looking for as well. Your team conviently ignores Green, Bass, Olynyk and Zeller. If we could work a combination of that that for Henson I'd be all in.

[Monkhouse]

Personally Hibbert is someone I'm interested in. KO, AB, and Wallace could be enough. Sully and Hibbert would be tough for most bigs to stop. Hibbert is doing well this year and looks more confident too. 3.7 BPG to boot.

[TheFlex]

I'd support a trade for Sanders over the summer (the main attraction for Milwaukee being something like Wallace's expiring, KO and a Brooklyn 1st).

Outside of getting Okafor or Towns, my dream offseason would be finding a way to net both Stanley Johnson and Montrezl Harrell in the draft, trading for Sanders, re-signing Rondo and getting a backup PG.

We'd move forward with a rotation that looks something like this:

Rondo/Aaron Brooks
Smart/Bradley
S. Johnson/J. Young
Sully/M. Harrell
Sanders/Zeller

I'm starting to feel like that is the exact draft I'm looking for as well. Your team conviently ignores Green, Bass, Olynyk and Zeller. If we could work a combination of that that for Henson I'd be all in.

? Green and Bass are free agents, I said we'd trade Olynyk for Sanders, and I list Zeller in my proposed second unit. Lol.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Here is what I would need to get Sanders (or something equally implausible like this):

Wallace & Green and our 2 2015 picks for Sanders and OJ Mayo (works in trade machine, although it's incredibly implausible that they would hurt their team's flexibility and get a player who is redundant with their new star)

Let Rondo ($12.9 million), Bass ($6.6 million) and Thorton ($8.575 million) expire at the end of this season.

Hope Smart can handle being a starting PG next season

Use the Rondo and Thorton money to offer Kawai $20 million + a season, hopefully the new TV deal gets worked out and we can offer more than anybody else.

Then have:

Smart / Pressey
Mayo / Bradley
Kawai  / Young
Sullinger / KO
Sanders / Zeller

KO = 6th man

Then hope Brooklyn falls apart and we have a super young team with a couple lottery picks added in over the next few years.

[celts10]

I want brook lopez. give Brooklyn one of there picks and a young prospect back for him.

he scores 20 points a game and avgs 2 blocks

he is 26 and would be the second star

If we somehow get Lopez, we'll also have to pair him with a defensive minded PF in order for it to work.

[bmac934]

Which big would you want patrolling our paint for defensive reasons?
Hibbert (but I don't want him at all)
Which big would you want primarily for offensive prowess?
Monroe
- Al Horford would be the best combination of offense and defense
Which big is most realistic/easiest for us to trade for this season?
John Henson - hes been burried on milwaukees bench.  With Giannis playin the 3 and Jabari playing the 4 there is about 4 players in bucks backcourt that are ahead of him.

All in all; 1. Horford 2. Monroe 3. Henson 4. Hibbert

[Who]

Tier One
* Al Horford -- one of the best centers in the league. Talented all-round center.

Tier Two
* Roy Hibbert -- very good starting center. Talented defender with competent offense.
* Greg Monroe -- good starting center with lots of room for improvement. Best one-on-one scorer on this list. Probably 2nd to Al Horford as overall best offensive player. Also one of the weaker defensive players on list but has room to improve and become useful defensive player although will never be a high level defender.
* Larry Sanders -- good starting center with potential to become very good. Uber-talented defender. Character issues make him likely to under-perform relative to his talent.

* Rudy Gobert = adequate backup center with potential to be very good starting center down the road. Not a short term fix but a good long term solution. Very interested. I would aggressively pursue this option.

Tier Three
* Enes Kanter = starting quality center. Lacks high end potential.
* Festus Ezeli = strong defender/rebounder with no offensive game. Like a young Perk.

Tier Four
* Kendrick Perkins -- wrong fit as starting center next to slow footed PF like Sully or Olynyk. Only capable of successfully filling bench role as backup center for Celtics. So, Perk could be useful in a smaller role but is not capable of fixing Boston's problem in starting lineup.

Tier Five - Not interested
* JaVale McGee -- the man is an idiot who has underachieved throughout his entire career. Has proven with multiple coaches that he is not coach-able. Lowers standards of professional and teamwork within entire team. Terrible example for young players to be around.
* John Henson -- looks like a career backup to me. I liked the Brandan Wright comparison someone made in another thread. So no interest in him. Not a solution to problem.

[CFAN38]

Thought I would add to this post rather then creating a new,

Looking through league box scores this morning and I found this.

Biyombo 14min 3-4FG 5-6FT 10reb 4PF 11Pts


Aside from 3 min against the lakers this is the first minutes he has received all season. I still think this kid is worth giving a shot. The bobcats are playing Marvin Williams 26min a game and he is averaging 7pt 4rb. I would think Bass is an upgrade for them at the PF. Why not do a Bass for Biyombo and Taylor deal? Then Cs just release Taylor (who plead guilty to domestic abuse).

The Cs save $$ and gain a young center to compete with Zeller for minutes

The bobcats upgrade their starting lineup. 

Everyone involved is in the last year of their deals so no risk involved.

[Celtics4ever]

The Cs save $$ and gain a young center to compete with Zeller for minutes

KO has been our C a lot not Zeller.

Biyombo is a tweener, he is only 6-9.