I definately agree with all the posts saying we need to add some offensive fire power to this squad, someone who can light it up. I wouldn't mind a Mike Miller or Kyle Korver type as an assasin off the bench for sure.
I wouldn't mind re-signing Nate Robinson for that reason either. Let him get comfortable for a full season and give him the green light to let it rip offensively as well off the bench.
But to be honest, I am suprised that people disagree with us needing to add some real nastiness to the front line.
I am not talking about dirty players, I am talking about smash mouth players. There is a big difference between the two.
KG, Pierce, Ray, Rondo, Baby, etc. These guys are more skilled players, we just need to add a Mike Miller or kyle Korver for some more fire power. Obviously, if there was some way, however remote, that we could sign a Joe Johnson type somehow, that would answer alot of offensive issue for us.
But the bottom line is our bigs played like chics on the boards and it cost us the title. They are tenacious and play great ,hard defense. But outside of Perkins, nasty tough they are not.
A Kurt Thomas type wouldn have layed some hits on Howard and sent some messages. He also would have introduced himself to Gasol, no way Gasol would get 18 boards with Perk and or a Kurt Thomas on him. NO WAY.
Do you think that for one minute, guys like PJ or Posey or Powe would have stood around and had it shoved up their back side on the boards like our guys did in the first quarter and pretty much for that entire game seven.
No way. NO WAY.
That would've have turned into a major brawl under the boards after about two minutes of that BS we saw in the first quarter of game seven.
NO WAY those type of players would have stood around for that crap. Bodies would have been flying. You need more than just Perkins who's willing to get dirty for the ball.
I am not saying our guys arent't tough and I am not saying I want dirty players. This isn't an indictment of our current bigs, they are admirable for their own particular skills.
Just like Perkins, having one more Kurt Thomas type who really likes to mix it up wouldn't have been huge for us.
We do need to add offense, but we need to add toughness as well, without question.
We need to compliment the skill sets of KG, Pierce, Ray, Rondo, Baby,e tc. with some real hard hitting guys who revel in clearing the lane and getting "into it" undeer the glass.
It was a hallmark of our 2008 and it was a major reason we were so dominant, we controlled the paint with a very balanced combination of skill and level 10 toughness with Perkins, PJ, Powe and Posey, sprinkled in with some KG and Pierce.
