People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?
Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?
Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.
Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem? At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.
Robert Williams?
Contenders should have a more reliable plan.
There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.
And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team, with rebounding, lobs, defense. We got a rookie in Daniel Theiss be able to contribute before he went down with injuries, I can't see why a rookie who's probably more talented and obviously more gifted physically and athletically cant.
Lastly, what if Dwight works out?