Diogu said "about 10 teams" have shown interest in him, including Atlanta, New Orleans, Boston, Dallas, Charlotte, Toronto, Denver and Washington. Depending on what transpires in the summer months on the free agency front or in terms of trades, the Kings – who have approximately $6 million in salary-cap room and are shopping for a frontcourt addition – could still be an option for Diogu. Diogu's agent, however, said he has no reason to believe his client is in the Kings' plans.Diogu could be a very nice addition for the Hawks, and, depending on the cost, could be a better alternative than David Andersen. Digou lacks Andersen's range but possesses both a useful face-up jumper and post game and should be a far better offensive rebounder than Andersen. Andersen is likely to be the better defensive rebounder and might be the better defender if only by default.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Hawks Interested In Ike Diogu?
Sam Amick of The Sacramento Bee checks in with unrestricted free agent Ike Diogu (HT: CelticsBlog):
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I don't really know much about Ike first hand, but looking at his stats and a few scouting reports, I would rather have a big that's more of a defender.
I wouldn't be opposed to bringing him in though. A post scorer would be a great addition to our second unit. I think him or Leon Powe are are best options at this point.
3rd option is Drew Gooden, but he seems like a bit of a headcase so I'm not sure if I want to get into that.
Powe would be useless for next season though, and the Hawks need someone to contribute now.
Why? is he injured?
Powe is out until at least February while recovering from the ACL surgery he had during the playoffs.
oh crap, I just assumed he'd be over that by the start of the season. That's a shame he seems perfect on paper.
Competing with the Mavericks too now after Gortat screw job; they will spend lavishly with Cuban's money now that they got swindled out of TWO big men.
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