Bass vs Humphries

[kozlodoev]

I'd prefer to keep neither.

Lol. You satisfied with sully, olynyk, bass and fav upfront?

Humphries and Bass aren't addressing the issue we have up front, which is that all of these guys are patently incapable of being legitimate starting centers. They can all be solid contributors, but you have to move some of the dead wood for positional need. Humphries and Bass seem like the leading candidates at this point.

[Bankshot]

He appears to be an intelligent player and makes all the right plays. 

I have no idea where you see this in his game. Humphries is consistently a dumb player, bad reads and bad rotations. Has been pretty much his entire career, he's a good rebounder and garbage man and that's his limit.

I haven't seen this "dumb" player that you talk about.  I see a player that does the right things when he gets on the court.

[kozlodoev]

He appears to be an intelligent player and makes all the right plays. 

I have no idea where you see this in his game. Humphries is consistently a dumb player, bad reads and bad rotations. Has been pretty much his entire career, he's a good rebounder and garbage man and that's his limit.

I haven't seen this "dumb" player that you talk about.  I see a player that does the right things when he gets on the court.

He's been ok, but he really hasn't been put on the spot too much in terms of decision making. Most of his work has been cleaning out the garbage under the basket, and taking short jumpers (which he makes with surprising regularity).

Not a bad player to keep around on a team-friendly contract, but between him and Bass one will have to go -- Sullinger cannot play C forever.

I'll be happy to have Humphries at Bass' contract, though. I like the rebounding punch he gives us when you put him on the floor with Faverani on the second unit.

[2short]

Bass you can argue is the mvp so far
Bass as someone put has improved his limited game but he is still limited
great ft shooter, good pick and pop guy to run with rondo, his defense is much improved, better d than humphries
humprhies good pick and pop, better rebounder
both guys run the floor well
humphries has a bit more size, both guys are backups to sully once a true center shows up
sooooo I'd be fine with bass at his current contract level or hump resigned at a better contract

if bass + sg (brooks? i joke) or draft pick can get us asik great
keep hump as expiring or resign him to pf/c backup role with fitting contract or trade him later on this season as well, fav and ko can give you backup pf/c minutes also
so i think i just talked myself into trading both 

[vjcsmoke]

I like Bass don't get me wrong, he's having a good year, but I'm hoping Thursday he's traded for Asik truthfully. Helps us in the long run.

Hump it is then I guess. Productive off the bench, productive as an expiring

If I can move Bass in a package for Asik, I do that deal in a heartbeat.  If we give up a draft pick it has to be lotto-protected though.  No way I'm giving up a lotto pick for Asik.

And as for Humphries he is gone either way.  Maybe we just keep him so we can capitalize on that 12m expiring and land a nice free agent in 2014.  I'm definitely not resigning him if Asik is coming in and we can use that 12m in cap space to land a premier player.