NBA Forwards Still On the Market
If you can’t have J-Smoov, who do you want?Even if we’re approaching the end of summer and your team is still a little light in the frontcourt, don’t despair. There are a bunch of serviceable NBA forwards still on the market. And we’re not just talking about the Andre Iguodala’s and Josh Smith’s who are going to play somewhere for a $10-plus million per year pricetag.
Of the following NBA forwards, who would you want your squad to go out and get?
Carl Landry (Restricted)
Bonzi Wells
Shav Randolph
Nick Fazekas
Kasib Powell
Dorell Wright
Austin Croshere
Louis Amundson
Yakhouba Diawara
Demetris Nichols
James Augustine
Mickael Gelabale
Ryan Bowen
Paul Davis
Jeremy Richardson
Linton Johnson
Othella Harrington
Juwan Howard
Sean Marks
Devean George
Pat Garrity
Ira Newble
Source: Yahoo! Sports
August 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Franchise Baller says:
Demetris is a sharp shooter and killed in my hometown Syracuse, Any team would get better with him comin off the bench
August 7th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Young Lebron 23 says:
I would take Iggy over J-Smooth because Iguodala doesn’t have any attitude problems.
My sleeper is Dorell Wright. A lot of people don’t know much about him but I saw him play in HS at South Kent in Conneticut. I wish the sixers can take a chance with him but I said the same thing about Gerald green but look what happened
August 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Luigi says:
gimme Dorell. hes a beast. n Nichols is a baller a SU. Garrity is not a bad option on the bench if ur lookn for threes. n Carl Landry is a hustle player i REALLY like
August 7th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
A-Slam says:
yakhouba diawara, not much offensively but is a premier defender
August 7th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
devo says:
too bad diawara just got picked up by the Heat.
i’d go with landry for best all around, bonzi for being batshit crazy, and nichols
August 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
nick says:
linton johnson is decent but never sticks on teams for some reason. i remember hearing a rumour that he can’t remember plays which is why he hasn’t stuck on teams.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
D-NICE says:
either Dorell wright or bonzi wells to tha RAPTORS
August 7th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
MoxWestCoastRep says:
The Rockets are always in the market for a good forward and I’m sure MJ will be calling half of those guys cause they were on good college teams. lol.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
D.H. says:
Othella Harrington is still considered a serviceable forward? I remember back in the 90’s when this guy was playing with the Grizzlies.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:21 pm
Baby Jordan says:
I’ve heard he might have some injury problems but Landry was a beast when he played last year. I would definitely throw him a couple million and hope the Rockets don’t match, I think he could be as good as Milsap or Dave Lee in that energy off the bench role.
Shav was a solid backup for the Sixers I hope they can hold onto him.
Croshere can still shoot the lights out, he could help for 10-15 minutes a game.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Scott says:
The Raps gotta try to get Bonzi, he’s got that edge/craziness that they’re missing, and missing even more with Delfino and Garbo gone.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Brown says:
I wouldn’t want any of these guys on the Warriors. We got enough forwards.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Tha Boddy says:
Bonzi Wells come on over to the Wizards
August 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Kobeef says:
Shavlik Randolph shoulda stayed in school….wow that kid has fallen far since high school.
Louis Amundson seems like the kind of bench player that most teams could use. The guy is ripped and hustles when he is on the court.
Jeremy Richardson deserves a contract. The kid has nice size for the SF and can score.
The rest should take a lesson from JChill and “Head to the Med”
August 7th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
BxBaller says:
For points of the bench, I’d take either Nichols or Bonzi. For defensive purposes, I’d take Diawara. I’d watch out for Dorell Wright, he could be a solid player on a playoff team. You know those high school cats take a while to develop and be servicable.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
miamiVIS3 says:
why the hell did the Heat sign Diawara when they have Matrix, James Jones, Beasley(?) and Dorell Weight(?) at the 3? Do I smell a trade?
August 7th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
miamiVIS3 says:
Oh yeah and I forgot D-League MVP Kasib Powell in the SF log jam the heat have.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
kobeef says:
Clipps just signed J-Dub!
Is this the best clippers off-season ever? THe Brand loss was huge but Boom Dizzle, Camby, Novak, JDub, E Gordon, DeAndre Jordan is a pretty good haul.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
imung lolo upaw says:
diawara is legit on defense, kind of like a young Udoka.. wow, how far haas wright fallen off? last year, people were calling him a corner stone of the heat future together with wade, now he’s still unsigned…
August 7th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
weezy f says:
jason williams signs with the clips!
http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8425280/Clippers-keep-revamping-roster,-sign-PG-Williams?FSO2&ATT=MA
August 7th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
miljan23 says:
gelaball, wright and wells without question…
who is kasib powell? never heard of him…i heard of josh powell, if thats what you mean…
August 8th, 2008 at 12:18 am
miamiVIS3 says:
No I don’t mean Josh Powell you’ve never heard oof Kasib because he played in the D-League but the Heat signed him at the end of the year also Dorell Wright is a restricted free agent and singed a qualifying offer once free agancey began.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:07 am
kevin c. says:
no not “NBA Forwards on the Market”
Try: “Future Europeans”
August 8th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Homeless J says:
Demetris Nichols. I remember during that draft, I watched the whole thing and was really hoping the blazers would pick him up in the second round because he’s super athletic and a decent scorer. They eventually did, but traded him off to the Knicks and then the Knicks either traded or cut him and he’s been bouncing around ever since. He must be retarded or something because he looked like a good player when he was in college so he must just piss a lot of people off for being stupid or something because he has no other excuse for not having latched onto an NBA team by now. I wouldnt really want any of these other bums on my team, especially not Dorell Wright, he had all the chances he needed to succeed in Miami and now it looks like they don’t even want him anymore. Demetris is like Dorell without the stench of failure reeking off of him (yet).
August 8th, 2008 at 3:47 am
Homeless J says:
actually I partially take that statement back, it’s really late and I’m really drunk so I overlooked Carl Landry (even though he’s the first name, what the fuck.) Carl may shoot his free throws like an absolute retard but he tries really hard at everything else, and he was a pimp in the playoffs for getting his tooth knocked out and playing through that, so I’d take Carl or Demetris on my team, the rest are fucking bums and will end up trying to be in europe like the dude above me said.
August 8th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Kev says:
Josh Smith still has plenty of room to improve…
http://www.squidoo.com/JoshSmith
August 8th, 2008 at 6:45 am
shake&bake says:
Do I have to take someone from the list? I’ve heard good thing about Amundson, about how he’d be a good hustle player, but I’ve never seen him get too much tick in the League.
I wish Dorrell Wright would have gone to DePaul like he was supposed to.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Prof. TX says:
The Rockets should be signing Landry and trading one of their other PF’s. Artest will start, Scola will backup, Landry would then be third. That means that Chuck Hayes and Mike Harris (and Dorsey?) need something to do.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Justice says:
damn how long was garrity on the magic?