New Writer Allan Marcus weighs in on the not-so-great NBA Stars. Take it away, Allan!
Thanks, Mr. Thief
Here's a list of people who have not officially been signed and aren't bad pick ups.
- Gilbert Arenas - Leandro Barbosa - Matt Barnes - Mike Bibby - Carlos Delfino - Derek Fisher - Jonny Flynn - Willie Green - Carl Landry - Roger Mason - Jodie Meeks - CJ Miles - Troy Murphy - Jannero Pargo - Mickael Pietrus - AJ Price - Michael Redd - NATE ROBINSON - Brandon Rush - Ish Smith - Anthony Tolliver - Bill Walker - Martell Webster - Shawne Williams
The riskiest players to be signed or have been signed already:
- Brandon Roy - The risk with brandon is his knee.
- Michael Beasley - He will need to stay healthy, work on his defense and shot selection if he wants to exceed with the suns
- JR Smith - Don't get me wrong here, JR Smith is a great offensive talent from 3, mid range and inside game. He really has it all. But he needs to understand how to use it. He is a selfish basketball player on the offensive end of the floor. JR is a score first, pass second player, and his defense is a work in progress.
- Brook Lopez - Lopez has a nice post game and can play some defense. The one thing that scares me with him is the injury he had last season, the broken bone in his right foot gave me flash backs to Yao Ming.
- Matt Barnes - His tenacity, poise, and focus are all on the defensive end. His offensive game isn't as close to his defense. Matt tends to carry an attitude with him wherever he goes.
- Tracy McGrady - Happy to still have legends like him around. Two simple problems to signing him: first: he's old and second: who knows how much longer his knees will be working.
- Landry Fields - Landry tries very hard and has a lot of hustle and I give him a lot of credit for that, but unfortunately that wasn't good enough for him last year. Shooting only 25% in threes, he really struggled at the free throw line at only 56% his rebounds dropped and points dropped. I hope he can do better in Toronto and earn that ludicrous contract (NOT).
- Lamar Odom - Come on lets face it, Lamar's year in Dallas really wasn't what we were expecting, as a matter of fact it was quite disastrous. His numbers pretty much dropped in every category. I think he should do better on ground he's used to, and thats in LA.
- Derek Fisher - The dude is just old, slow and really won't be able to thrive on the defensive end of the floor or really any end of the floor like he used to.
- Jeremy Lin - After starting exactly 25 games with the Knicks, all of a sudden people put Linsanity in their heads. The money was pretty good for only 25 games. Actually, it was AMAZING for 25 games. We'll see if Linsanity can prove to everyone he can carry a dying rockets team and be worth that very generous paycheck.
Allan
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