Should we sign JR Smith?

he can be a headcase also. he might disrupt the chemistry that we have right now.

in my opinion, he’s a high risk, high reward player though. if we can control him, i think we can really go deep in the playoffs but history tells us that he will, sooner or later, be the jr smith that we all know which is not good.

pass for now.

Because Hansbrough is freaking terrible of late, AJ can’t shoot to save his soul, Lance is still too undeveloped, and Dahntay is too inconsistent. We really need another scorer off the bench.

I’d trust that anyone that comes in would toe the line with David West and his redwood-tree sized arms policing the locker room. Bring in a guy that can score, please.

Saw a report earlier on espn but I am thinking it’s just a bargaining ploy. He can provide some scoring off the bench. But of course it all depends on what NOLA does with him. Does anyone have any update on the Kaman saga?

Starters: Roy, David, Paul, dahntay, Darren.
2nd unit: Lou, Tyler, Danny, lance, aj.
Reserves: 2 jeffs.

PG has been scoring much better of late anyway. D. Jones can replace the defense that danny brings while Danny will score on the opposing team’s bench and still provide good defense. Tyler will be option 2 in that unit.

What do you guys think? Should I start coaching or just continue blogging?

Please be gentle.

Our bench is not looking pretty as of late, and the starters are really playing heavy minutes because of our bench play. Not good if we’re going deep in the playoffs.

if you subtracted the crazy from his brain

What kind of deal would we be looking at taking on? Would he be expensive and such? I mean if it isn’t too bad, I’d take a gamble. If you look at the team chemistry we have, I really don’t think one guy is going to break up that cohesiveness. Seriously. Those dudes are ALL on the same page. Even pine riders can’t stop smiling and jumping around with excitement. They are all feeling it. All J.R. Smith would do is come in, and pack a nice punch offensively and defensively. He’s super athletic. Can score in bunches sometimes. I think he’s an awesome perimeter defender. He always does really good on Kobe. He’d fit right in skill wise. If he got to be a problem you say bye, and we still have a heck of a squad at our disposal. J.R. Smith would be enough of a name to shoo him away next year. Some team will want him. Everyone knows he’s trouble, yet teams are still clamoring right now…. He’s a valuable commodity, and I guarantee Larry will be in on it at least. I think it’s a little bit of a gamble, but a no brainer. It’s kind of like holding on 16 or 17 in Blackjack. It’s in in the rulebook, but it always makes ya a little nervous. Most of the time it’s in your favor though.

Don’t get me wrong. Teams are noticing. They are already not looking forward to meeting us in the playoffs. But if we signed J.R. Smith to come off the bench, and he panned out….AND we got a quality backup center that could give ya some quality minutes…..We’d seriously be a force.

Don’t trade Tyler, he’s just in a slump, we’ve all seen how well he can score. Trade Jones or Price if anybody, we need someone to back up Granger, another scorer to take over when Hansborough or Hill is slumping.

He always plays better when he gets involved early. His teammates will have to help him out there.

I think we should give Jeff Penedergraph more playing time over Amundson. I think he can give us more offense than Amundson. He does the hustle thing and I believe his offense would be somewhat better. As far as JR Smith goes, I also hope the Pacers at least consider him. Outside of his maturity issues he brings what Bird hoped OJ Mayo would contribute.

As long as he is willing to come off of the bench