Comments on: Clippers Free Agency: Serge Ibaka Would be a Dream

By: jbugs

jbugs — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:06:22 +0000

I think Gallo would make a better stretch 5 than Ibaka. In the event we found a different back up center we liked, Gallo would make Mook and Trez expendable to make that happen. He’s much better than both of those guys and would solve a bunch of the team’s issues at the same time.

I don’t think limiting the conversation to what centers are available for the tools we have is the smartest way of fixing this team. Ultimately, we need to solve the team’s core issues regardless of positioning before finding the guys at the positions we have little depth.

Goran Dragic and Serge Ibaka in theory fill positions where we are weaker, but they are expensive and don’t solve the team’s actual issues. If we have 1 or 2 guys who could move the ball, rebound and play D along side PG, Leonard, Trez and Bev, everybody else is expendable, and our need for a PG becomes less pressing. Gallo fits exactly that profile and has expressed an interest to play for a contender and, possible, a willingness to return to LAC.

By: jbugs

jbugs — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:57:27 +0000

Very true. The sample size is small enough that I’d still want him on the team. Even if his shot isn’t falling, I’d still want him there for D, rebounding and facilitating.

By: jbugs

jbugs — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:56:10 +0000

I remember him being pretty durable in that last season with us. As a 3rd options, he’d be the best in the league.

In regards to 3 pt contest, I’d take him over PG and Leonard too.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:41:07 +0000

using the mMLE, I’d say center, just because I don’t think we’re going to get a guard at that price point who is better than Pat or Lou. Realistically, the mMLE PG is like Jeff Teague or Reggie Jackson, guys in that range.

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:02:47 +0000

I completely agree
We need playmaking guard and center
If you can only prioritize one using the tax payers mle
Who do u prioritize pg or center?

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:43:10 +0000

Also, Gallo has been awful in the playoffs each of the last 2 years. His game falls apart under that pressure.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:42:29 +0000

Where does Gallo fit? Unless you’re sign-and-trading Morris out, all you’re doing is adding another stretch PF to a team that needs guard and center help. The Clippers have extremely limited resources, they can’t afford to be spending them on positions of strength.

This was the knock on the Marcus Morris trade–not that Morris is a bad player, but that the Clippers needed help at guard and center more than they needed an upgrade at stretch 4. In the playoffs, the PG and C positions were the problem and reliable stretch 4 depth went underused in Green and unused in Patterson. The Clippers might only be able to add one serious contributor this summer, why would you add him at a position of strength where we already have depth?

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:37:11 +0000

Everyone should be on the trading block =/= making bad trades. Zu is one of the Clippers’ few young, valuable pieces left. I agree that the team should be open to trading him in the right deal but for everything Ibaka brings you as a shooter, he’s a worse rebounder and post defender than Zubac.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:32:30 +0000

Gallo definitely intriguing. Not wary of his durability JBugs? I know recently he’s held up well but this board really lambasted him plenty during that “glassinari” period of time. As for shooting, I’d take him in a 3 pt contest over Morris, JMG, Patterson, Lou, PatBev and KL.

By: Based Freestyle

Based Freestyle — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:29:56 +0000

And just like that, I’ve lost any confidence I had in the Clippers not screwing this up. I haven’t seen a single decent candidate mentioned yet.