I loved the idea of signing harris but I didn't understand what would be the point of signing greg monroe who likes to play center. He is great offensively and mainly plays in the paint. He is not a rim protector though he is an above average defender. He mainly operates in the paint and does not stretch the floor. However monroe mainlyIf we had harris at the 3 who is a great offensive presence but weak on the defense. Which means that we need a defensive pf who can stretch the floor.
Who could the celtics trade for because we defiantly don't have that pf.
My suggestion
Scouting report
+ NBA's premier shot-blocker. Agile, if not always disciplined, defender.
+ Excellent finisher. Developed into top-notch midrange shooter and could add 3-pointer.
+ Reliant on teammates to set him up offensively. Struggles when asked to create own offense.
Analysis
Any lingering questions about Serge Ibaka's importance to the Thunder were answered during the Western Conference finals. Without Ibaka, Oklahoma City was blown out twice in San Antonio. When he returned from a strained calf muscle far ahead of schedule for Game 3, thanks to "God and ice" (his description), the Thunder won twice at home before losing the series in six games.
Offensively, Ibaka continues to hone his perimeter game. After adding a 3-pointer to his game in 2012-13, Ibaka improved from 35.1 percent beyond the arc to 38.3 percent. His accuracy on long 2-pointers dipped slightly, from 47.7 percent to 45.7 percent, but Ibaka still ranked 18th among players with at least 100 attempts from beyond 16 feet. In part because he's spending more time outside the paint, Ibaka's percentage of field goals set up by assists has increased the past two seasons. He rarely played without Kevin Durant on the floor, which protected Ibaka from having to create his own shot on a regular basis.
Anthony Davis narrowly surpassed Ibaka in terms of both blocks per game and block percentage. Still, Ibaka is rightfully considered the league's best shot-blocker. He excels at coming from the weak side to offer help in the paint. Overall, Ibaka is a good defender and not a great one. ESPN's real plus-minus, for example, rates him 28th in the league defensively. Ibaka is not an elite one-on-one defender and occasionally will over-help and take himself out of the play.
While Ibaka's advanced stats have largely held steady the past three seasons, incremental improvement and increased playing time could eventually make him an All-Star.
He would cost a hefty price but he is 25 and exactly what we need.
if we had a starting line up of
rozier
smart
harris
ibaka
monroe
they would put out 68 ppg assuming that smart puts up 13ppg next year and rosier puts out 7.8 in starter minutes
we had the best bench in the nba after all-star break putting out a whopping 43 ppg
I had guessed our bench would put out 40 points which would make us average 108 points per game.
I am assuming we keep Thomas and a good chunk of our bench
So I thought how would this team match up against this year's Cleveland team.
Ibaka can guard lebron
harris can guard love
monroe can take mozgof
smart on irving
rozier on jr smith
we would be able to score well with monroe who would do well in the paint and harris has scored well against lebrun.
So this team can be a very very good team considering how young it is
so what do you guys think. would this be a good team that could win in the east or just a stupid idea
I am giving up bradley,sully and picks for ibaka