LOG

If only we could get super lucky and daft Anthony Davis, our front court would be unstoppable for years to come. I bet that JV+AD would dominate the boards and blocked shots.

pzabby

and Bargs suddenly poofs into thin air?

LOG

I don't see a big problem Starting one of the of the bench (guessing Davis he's very young anyway) And after year or two we trade Bargs

pzabby

you'd keep the unibrow over an Italian stud? sure, they're both talented, that means the choice comes down to looks which means...

LOG

Well Davis is much younger and he will probably end up being better than Bargs.

pzabby

and why's this? You hardly know that, in any way.

MrClutch

I say keep all 3 of them if its possible

carp

There's a higher probablility that he won't.... and Anthony Davis may not either.

Superjudge

Lets Bargs play the three even if he does get beat you have two really tall and athletic kids waiting, AND he's fast enough to recover....

LOG

I am talking about Anthony Davis

LOG

Don't you think it would be better to play AD 3?

carp

Oh, my bad... though it's hard to say until we see him versus NBA players.....

LOG

That's why we should keep Bargs for couple seasons, and see if JV and AD are really that good. And if they are we trade Bargs while he is still fairly young and has high value.

carp

It's a pipedream for AD..... and JV and AB are going to be so good together already.... trade the pick now for a young stud, add him to JV next year and this lineup gets pretty good very quickly

Also, those advocating getting another pick this year need to be mindful that too much youth can be a bad thing and this team is already one of the youngest.

DanH

Who’s the Oldest Team in the NBA 2011-12 Edition

We are the 11th oldest team in the league based on a pure average, and 13th oldest if you take minutes played into account.

Just saying.

'trane

lose magloire and Carter and i'm sure we're nowhere close to 13th. drop barbosa and maybe calderon, and we're probably within the 10 youngest teams.

DanH

Magloire and Carter have very little impact on the minutes-averaged value. Calderon and Barbosa definitely have a big impact.

Of course, remove the four oldest players from other teams and maybe we don't gain so much...

'trane

it's not just about removing the 4 oldest, it's about removing 3 guys that probably won't be on the team next year (2 of whom hardly play at all), and a 4th that many speculate could be gone.

i suppose my comment was to say that our core is young, and the guys that get most of the minutes (calderon aside) are very young.

DanH

Well, my comment is that the statistic I quoted above (minutes-weighted average age) don't bear that out. Even taking minutes played into account, the Raps are still in the top half of the league in age. And although I agree that Jose and Barbosa drive some of that, I also think that any team with young players has a couple vets playing big minutes as well, so ignoring those players might not gain us the ground you assume it will.

'trane

sure man, whatever.