Yes, without a question, he's much better than Bass. I doubt we can afford him, though. He's different - he has a very good mid-range jumpshot, but he excels in the post. He's one of the best paint players in the NBA, and the numbers back it up. He posted up 203 times last season, according to Synergy, so the sample size is large, and ended up 7th in points per play. That's really, really, really good, and is something that Bass struggles with. You can't put a guy like Battier on Landry and expect him to hold his own in the post, like you can against Bass. Defensively, he's come a long way and I think he's underrated there too.

He's a lousy rebounder, but so is Bass. Bass is probably a little better than Landry.

I just don't know if he's in our price range, coming off ~$9 million contracts.

Yes, without a question, he's much better than Bass. I doubt we can afford him, though. He's different - he has a very good mid-range jumpshot, but he excels in the post. He's one of the best paint players in the NBA, and the numbers back it up. He posted up 203 times last season, according to Synergy, so the sample size is large, and ended up 7th in points per play. That's really, really, really good, and is something that Bass struggles with. You can't put a guy like Battier on Landry and expect him to hold his own in the post, like you can against Bass. Defensively, he's come a long way and I think he's underrated there too.

He's a lousy rebounder, but so is Bass. Bass is probably a little better than Landry.

I just don't know if he's in our price range, coming off ~$9 million contracts.

Got to remember the $8.5 mil was a one year deal, so it was inflated to compensate for injury/off-year risk (similar to Jeff Green's one year deal, and the deals for Kris Humphries and Kwame Brown).

If NO wants hometown kid Bass, I think a sign and trade for Landry in the $6-$7 mil per range would be possible.

I'd be very keen on adding Landry - he'd be the first guy since Powe to be a non-KG go-to guy in the paint.

A nice 1/2 punch with Sullinger too.  Landry quicker and more explosive, Sullinger bigger and longer.  Both very aggressive in the paint and skilled enough to do damage outside it.

Quote from: StartOrien on July 02, 2012, 11:55:12 AM

With Garnett aging, Sullinger being a question mark, and without being able to rely on Fab Melo there's no chance we can risk it by paying Carl Landry.

Terrific player, and would be an ideal candidate if it wasn't for health concerns. Just way too big of a risk for us to take at this point.

What are the health concerns? I wasn't aware of anything significant.

Nothing significant, but he's had some trouble staying on the court throughout the years.