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Aaron Gray could be a reasonable center target!
« on: December 11, 2012, 04:40:58 PM »

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Guy is legit size (7', 270 lbs)  and has played well against Boston in the past.  He seems like a guy who won't break the bank (2.5m) , is still young, big body and doesn't appear to be an attitude problem.  KG, Wilcox, Gray and Collins gives you speed, size and fouls to give.  Thoughts?

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Don't mind him. He will get 5 and 5 every night

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I think his defense would have to be better for him to be useful to us. He is usually an all-world rebounder, but the rest of his game is pretty bad- I think the Celtics would have a better +/- with Sullinger and Wilcox taking those minutes.

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Their career averages are almost identical (Gray: 3.9 pts, 3.9 reb, 0.3 blk; Collins: 3.8 pts, 3.9 reb, 0.5 blk), but for some reason Gray seems better to me. Maybe I've just seen him at the right times. I like Gray's size, but I'm really hoping that if Danny brings in another big, it's someone who can rebound well.
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Their career averages are almost identical (Gray: 3.9 pts, 3.9 reb, 0.3 blk; Collins: 3.8 pts, 3.9 reb, 0.5 blk), but for some reason Gray seems better to me. Maybe I've just seen him at the right times. I like Gray's size, but I'm really hoping that if Danny brings in another big, it's someone who can rebound well.

And I think therein lies the problem.  Unless the C's bring in someone that is going to supplant Wilcox and/or the smaller ball lineups of Bass/Sully, what's really the point?  If they really wanted to play bigger merely for the sake of doing so, they'd be playing Collins regularly. 

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He is still with Toronto right?....if so, definitely not worth giving up anything for him....if he's now a free agent, the ABC theory (anybody but Collins) would apply

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he's looked serviceable against the C's in the past.  if he was a FA, might be worth considering as an option if no one better presents themselves.

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He is still with Toronto right?....if so, definitely not worth giving up anything for him....if he's now a free agent, the ABC theory (anybody but Collins) would apply

i was going to ask where hes playing cause i have no idea.

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Could we ship a 2nd rounder to Toronto for him if worse comes to worse? I say we wait to see if we can nab any other big fish first. If we could get Gray to replace Collins im all for it. Other than that I dont see a huge upgrade from him for us.

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Could we ship a 2nd rounder to Toronto for him if worse comes to worse? I say we wait to see if we can nab any other big fish first. If we could get Gray to replace Collins im all for it. Other than that I dont see a huge upgrade from him for us.
I just think he has some upside because of his age where Collins is what he is, Gray is making 2.5m I think which means salaries matching.  Toronto is playing him much at all so he might be able to be had cheap.  I always thought he looked pretty good against us.

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Could we ship a 2nd rounder to Toronto for him if worse comes to worse? I say we wait to see if we can nab any other big fish first. If we could get Gray to replace Collins im all for it. Other than that I dont see a huge upgrade from him for us.
I just think he has some upside because of his age where Collins is what he is, Gray is making 2.5m I think which means salaries matching.  Toronto is playing him much at all so he might be able to be had cheap.  I always thought he looked pretty good against us.

Yeah hes only played 8 games all year for Toronto. I dont see the appeal for Toronto in taking back Collins unless they just waive him to get an extra second rounder.

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is he any better than Jason Collins?
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is he any better than Jason Collins?

Not significantly, which makes me wonder why you'd give up an asset to get him. We don't have a good salary match anyway....
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this guy is so bad its hilarious.

aaron gray is a joke in the modern NBA, where power forwards play the center position.  Every contender plays a power forward at center. thats why the lakers are no longer contenders.

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is he any better than Jason Collins?
I would say Gray is different rather than better.

Both players are third string quality centers. Collins is a defensive orientated one and Gray is an offensively orientated player. They serve different purposes.

Collins a defensive specialist you can throw out against bigger front-lines but is a limited offensive player and rebounder. Gray a guy with good hands and footwork in the paint who can give you some role-player level interior scoring and rebounding but is a limited defensive player.

If the price was very low and better alternatives were not available, I would think this is worth pursuing ... but it would clearly be more of a fall-back option because the added-value is here but is fairly small.