2012 Free Agents, Ranked by Interest

[Rondo_is_better]

1. Carmelo Anthony - unrestricted FA
2. Chris Kaman - Unrestricted

Everything else is a jumble of average to good players and guys past their primes.

2. Leandro Barbosa - Unrestricted
3. Mikael Pietrus - Unrestricted
3. Goran Dragic - Unrestricted
4. Kirk Heinrich - Unrestricted
5. CJ Miles - Unrestricted
6. Raymond Felton - Unrestricted
7. Ersan Ilyasova - Unrestricted
8. Jason Terry (glorified Eddie House) - Unrestricted
9. Chauncey Billups (no role on this team, old as hell) - Unrestricted
10. Boris Diaw - Unrestricted
11. Randy Foye - Unrestricted
12. James Posey - Unrestricted
13. Eduardo Najera - Unrestricted

Now for the Restricted, and therefore very hard to get, FA's:

1. Brook Lopez - Restricted, not likely to pull him away from Prohkerov
2. OJ Mayo - Restricted, 50% chance with the right offer Memphis wouldn't match
3. Nene Hilario - Restricted
4. Courtney Lee - Restricted
5. Eric Gordon - Restricted
6. Danilo Gallinari - Restricted
7. Roy Hibbert - Restricted
8. Jason Thompson - Restricted
9. George Hill - Restricted
10. Robin Lopez - Restricted
11. Ryan Anderson - Restricted
12. Anthony Randolph - Restricted
13. Jerryd Bayless - Restricted
14. JaVale McGee - Restricted
15. Sam Young - Restricted
16. Kevin Love - Restricted
17. Derrick Rose - Restricted, no need and no chance
18. Russell Westbrook - Restricted, no need and no chance
19. AJ Price - Restricted
20. Brandon Rush - Restricted

Edit: 11. should be JJ Hickson, pushing everyone else down 1.


These are not complete lists of all the FA's, but they're pretty much the ones we'd wanna aim for. Anything lower in the barrel and I'm not happy. Age was also an important factor in who I left off -- 36 year old Mike Bibby didn't make the cut, for example. Neither did 37 year old Steve Nash.

[irish_celtic_fan]

Rondo and Carmelo could be a lot of fun to watch play together for a few years.  It will be interesting, once the rest of this offseason shakes out, to see what our cap situation will be like for the 2012 offseason.  Right now it sure seems as though Danny is working hard to clear up cap space for a run at a max player to pair with Rondo and a declining Pierce.

[Moranis]

Dwight Howard and Chris Paul shoudl be there.  And the only way Anthony is there is if there is a lockout otherwise he is opting out next summer.

[Who]

Now for the Restricted, and therefore very hard to get, FA's:

1. Brook Lopez - Restricted, not likely to pull him away from Prohkerov
2. OJ Mayo - Restricted, 50% chance with the right offer Memphis wouldn't match
3. Nene Hilario - Restricted
4. Courtney Lee - Restricted
5. Eric Gordon - Restricted
6. Danilo Gallinari - Restricted
7. Roy Hibbert - Restricted
8. Jason Thompson - Restricted
9. George Hill - Restricted
10. Robin Lopez - Restricted
11. Ryan Anderson - Restricted
12. Anthony Randolph - Restricted
13. Jerryd Bayless - Restricted
14. JaVale McGee - Restricted
15. Sam Young - Restricted
16. Kevin Love - Restricted
17. Derrick Rose - Restricted, no need and no chance
18. Russell Westbrook - Restricted, no need and no chance
19. AJ Price - Restricted
20. Brandon Rush - Restricted

Edit: 11. should be JJ Hickson, pushing everyone else down 1.

My rankings on that list would be:

(1) Anthony Randolph
(2) Brook Lopez
(3) Danilo Gallinari
(4) Eric Gordon
(5) Ryan Anderson
(6) Kevin Love -- could just as easily jump up to #3 on this list
[7] JJ Hickson
[8] Robin Lopez
(9) Nene
(10) JaVale McGee
(11) Jason Thompson
(12) Courtney Lee
(13) Brandon Rush
(14) Sam Young
(15) Roy Hibbert

No point in looking for starting caliber point guards with Rondo here but it would go (1) Westbrook (2) Rose (3) Hill (4) Mayo (5) Bayless

1. Carmelo Anthony - unrestricted FA
2. Chris Kaman - Unrestricted

Everything else is a jumble of average to good players and guys past their primes.

2. Leandro Barbosa - Unrestricted
3. Mikael Pietrus - Unrestricted
3. Goran Dragic - Unrestricted
4. Kirk Heinrich - Unrestricted
5. CJ Miles - Unrestricted
6. Raymond Felton - Unrestricted
7. Ersan Ilyasova - Unrestricted
8. Jason Terry (glorified Eddie House) - Unrestricted
9. Chauncey Billups (no role on this team, old as hell) - Unrestricted
10. Boris Diaw - Unrestricted
11. Randy Foye - Unrestricted
12. James Posey - Unrestricted
13. Eduardo Najera - Unrestricted

(1) Carmelo Anthony
(2) Ersan Ilyasova
(3) Mikael Pietrus
(4) CJ Miles

With Rondo here there isn't enough minute available for a player like Dragic.

[Rondo_is_better]

Now for the Restricted, and therefore very hard to get, FA's:

1. Brook Lopez - Restricted, not likely to pull him away from Prohkerov
2. OJ Mayo - Restricted, 50% chance with the right offer Memphis wouldn't match
3. Nene Hilario - Restricted
4. Courtney Lee - Restricted
5. Eric Gordon - Restricted
6. Danilo Gallinari - Restricted
7. Roy Hibbert - Restricted
8. Jason Thompson - Restricted
9. George Hill - Restricted
10. Robin Lopez - Restricted
11. Ryan Anderson - Restricted
12. Anthony Randolph - Restricted
13. Jerryd Bayless - Restricted
14. JaVale McGee - Restricted
15. Sam Young - Restricted
16. Kevin Love - Restricted
17. Derrick Rose - Restricted, no need and no chance
18. Russell Westbrook - Restricted, no need and no chance
19. AJ Price - Restricted
20. Brandon Rush - Restricted

Edit: 11. should be JJ Hickson, pushing everyone else down 1.

My rankings on that list would be:

(1) Anthony Randolph
(2) Brook Lopez
(3) Danilo Gallinari
(4) Eric Gordon
(5) Ryan Anderson
(6) Kevin Love -- could just as easily jump up to #3 on this list
[7] JJ Hickson
[8] Robin Lopez
(9) Nene
(10) JaVale McGee
(11) Jason Thompson
(12) Courtney Lee
(13) Brandon Rush
(14) Sam Young
(15) Roy Hibbert

No point in looking for starting caliber point guards with Rondo here but it would go (1) Westbrook (2) Rose (3) Hill (4) Mayo (5) Bayless

1. Carmelo Anthony - unrestricted FA
2. Chris Kaman - Unrestricted

Everything else is a jumble of average to good players and guys past their primes.

2. Leandro Barbosa - Unrestricted
3. Mikael Pietrus - Unrestricted
3. Goran Dragic - Unrestricted
4. Kirk Heinrich - Unrestricted
5. CJ Miles - Unrestricted
6. Raymond Felton - Unrestricted
7. Ersan Ilyasova - Unrestricted
8. Jason Terry (glorified Eddie House) - Unrestricted
9. Chauncey Billups (no role on this team, old as hell) - Unrestricted
10. Boris Diaw - Unrestricted
11. Randy Foye - Unrestricted
12. James Posey - Unrestricted
13. Eduardo Najera - Unrestricted

(1) Carmelo Anthony
(2) Ersan Ilyasova
(3) Mikael Pietrus
(4) CJ Miles

With Rondo here there isn't enough minute available for a player like Dragic.

Why so high on Randolph and so low on Kaman?

[Who]

Now for the Restricted, and therefore very hard to get, FA's:

1. Brook Lopez - Restricted, not likely to pull him away from Prohkerov
2. OJ Mayo - Restricted, 50% chance with the right offer Memphis wouldn't match
3. Nene Hilario - Restricted
4. Courtney Lee - Restricted
5. Eric Gordon - Restricted
6. Danilo Gallinari - Restricted
7. Roy Hibbert - Restricted
8. Jason Thompson - Restricted
9. George Hill - Restricted
10. Robin Lopez - Restricted
11. Ryan Anderson - Restricted
12. Anthony Randolph - Restricted
13. Jerryd Bayless - Restricted
14. JaVale McGee - Restricted
15. Sam Young - Restricted
16. Kevin Love - Restricted
17. Derrick Rose - Restricted, no need and no chance
18. Russell Westbrook - Restricted, no need and no chance
19. AJ Price - Restricted
20. Brandon Rush - Restricted

Edit: 11. should be JJ Hickson, pushing everyone else down 1.

My rankings on that list would be:

(1) Anthony Randolph
(2) Brook Lopez
(3) Danilo Gallinari
(4) Eric Gordon
(5) Ryan Anderson
(6) Kevin Love -- could just as easily jump up to #3 on this list
[7] JJ Hickson
[8] Robin Lopez
(9) Nene
(10) JaVale McGee
(11) Jason Thompson
(12) Courtney Lee
(13) Brandon Rush
(14) Sam Young
(15) Roy Hibbert

No point in looking for starting caliber point guards with Rondo here but it would go (1) Westbrook (2) Rose (3) Hill (4) Mayo (5) Bayless

1. Carmelo Anthony - unrestricted FA
2. Chris Kaman - Unrestricted

Everything else is a jumble of average to good players and guys past their primes.

2. Leandro Barbosa - Unrestricted
3. Mikael Pietrus - Unrestricted
3. Goran Dragic - Unrestricted
4. Kirk Heinrich - Unrestricted
5. CJ Miles - Unrestricted
6. Raymond Felton - Unrestricted
7. Ersan Ilyasova - Unrestricted
8. Jason Terry (glorified Eddie House) - Unrestricted
9. Chauncey Billups (no role on this team, old as hell) - Unrestricted
10. Boris Diaw - Unrestricted
11. Randy Foye - Unrestricted
12. James Posey - Unrestricted
13. Eduardo Najera - Unrestricted

(1) Carmelo Anthony
(2) Ersan Ilyasova
(3) Mikael Pietrus
(4) CJ Miles

With Rondo here there isn't enough minute available for a player like Dragic.

Why so high on Randolph and so low on Kaman?

I think Randolph has the potential to be an All-NBA level player. The physical tools, the skills, the rebounding, the potential. Excellent prospect.

I don't think Kaman is much, if any, of an upgrade over Perkins. The last couple of years haven't been kind to him. He's improved his offense but his defense has fallen off badly + his offense still isn't efficient enough (TS% 53%) to be a quality go-to scorer.

Another two years in Clipper land, 30 years old at that stage ... a lot of bad habits to work through ... I'm not feeling it. Too old, too much money, too many flaws. Past the redemption stage.

[manl_lui]

Melo and Dwight should be top 2...imagine a fast break between rondo and melo and a regular alleyoop pass to Dwight =)

i hope this lockout can help us land at least of them

[MR.BOMB]

Its never a good idea to rely on free agents.

What are the chances of us landed either of these two. (a prayer)
Just look how the Knicks and Nets struck out this year.
(and Stoudemire's deal will look terrible in 2 years for sure)

Build through the draft and trades.

[Corey]

Its never a good idea to rely on free agents.

What are the chances of us landed either of these two. (a prayer)
Just look how the Knicks and Nets struck out this year.
(and Stoudemire's deal will look terrible in 2 years for sure)

Build through the draft and trades.

Tell that to the Heat 

[MR.BOMB]

Its never a good idea to rely on free agents.

What are the chances of us landed either of these two. (a prayer)
Just look how the Knicks and Nets struck out this year.
(and Stoudemire's deal will look terrible in 2 years for sure)

Build through the draft and trades.

Tell that to the Heat 

Exactly my point. The Heat scenario will never happen in Boston.