Backup PG we should go after

[tenforthewin]

Kyle Lowry is injury prone, who knows with Gay in town, Lowry might get excited but at the same time prone to injury, i can't watch JLIII play the starting PG, I personally think we need to go after a backup PG, let's say in the mold of

Fisher
Bibby
Boykins

or take a look at D-league PG
1) Bobby Brown
2) Scott Machado?
3) Donald Sloan
4) Jerel McNeal
5) Maalik Wayns
6) Andre Barret

[Matt52]

Kyle Lowry is injury prone, who knows with Gay in town, Lowry might get excited but at the same time prone to injury, i can't watch JLIII play the starting PG, I personally think we need to go after a backup PG, let's say in the mold of

Fisher
Bibby
Boykins

or take a look at D-league PG
1) Bobby Brown
2) Scott Machado?
3) Donald Sloan
4) Jerel McNeal
5) Maalik Wayns
6) Andre Barret

There it is.

[airforce1]

Yup,machado. Or ben uzoh

[stretch]

I haven't seen Machado play at all this year but I must say his D league stats are not that impressive.

http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfil...scott_machado/

39% FG%, 18% from 3, and 5.8 assists to 4.5 turnovers per game. He may have a long term potential but don't the Raptors need a back PG that's ready jump in and play right now?

[white men can't jump]

Horrible choices....just awful. None of them are worth a look. If they can't find anything before the deadline, bring back Uzoh and see if he's made any progress. I'd take Uzoh over Machado any day of the week. I think Uzoh is a much better fit. He plays D and rebounds, 2 of Lowry's biggest strengths when he's on the floor for us, but he's more pass-first than Lowry, albeit he still really needed to polish his game and shot.

[ReubenJRD]

Apparently Uzoh is having a good time in the D-League. Call em' up! Mr. Triple Double baby!

[CalgaryRapsFan]

There are lots of quality backup PG available as free agents this offseason, should BC decide to go with a stop-gap approach for the 2nd half of this season.

Ideally Bargnani can be used to acquire a solid backup PG. Ridnour/Barea from Minnesota are good options, as are Blake/Duhon from the Lakers. Duhon's contract for next year is non-guaranteed. Could be decent backups in a Bargnani salary dump.

[white men can't jump]

There are lots of quality backup PG available as free agents this offseason, should BC decide to go with a stop-gap approach for the 2nd half of this season.

Ideally Bargnani can be used to acquire a solid backup PG. Ridnour/Barea from Minnesota are good options, as are Blake/Duhon from the Lakers. Duhon's contract for next year is non-guaranteed. Could be decent backups in a Bargnani salary dump.

I really like the idea of trying to get Ridnour somehow, whether in a direct trade or multi-team deal. With Rubio, Barea and Shved, they don't really need Ridnour that much. He's got a good shot, is steady, and would bring a lot of things similar to Jose, but cheaper and as a sure backup behind Lowry so there are no playing time issues. Barea is a bit too ball-dominant for me. If he and Lowry are controlling the ball for 48 minutes, how are Gay, Demar, Ross and our bigs going to stay involved and in rhythm?

[CalgaryRapsFan]

I really like the idea of trying to get Ridnour somehow, whether in a direct trade or multi-team deal. With Rubio, Barea and Shved, they don't really need Ridnour that much. He's got a good shot, is steady, and would bring a lot of things similar to Jose, but cheaper and as a sure backup behind Lowry so there are no playing time issues. Barea is a bit too ball-dominant for me. If he and Lowry are controlling the ball for 48 minutes, how are Gay, Demar, Ross and our bigs going to stay involved and in rhythm?

Here's the easiest, fairest and most realistic (I think) straight-up Tor/Min trade I can think of: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ao5th5h

Minnesota upgrades their backup PF position, gets a starting SG (they've been playing PGs in that spot since Roy went down with injury) and gets to keep their primary trade chips (Williams & Pekovic).

Toronto gets a solid backup PG, unloads Bargnani's contract and clears the logjam at the wing positions. 1.5 years of Roy's $5M contract is much easier to deal with than Bargnani's contract, especially if/when Kleiza's $4.5M salary is amnestied in the offseason - or they could get lucky and Roy could simply retire. Plus, Toronto saves $1.75M this season (pro-rated, of course).


Another option would be to do this as part of a 3-way trade with Minny & Lakers, with Bargnani going to LA and Gasol going to Minny.

[white men can't jump]

Here's the easiest, fairest and most realistic (I think) straight-up Tor/Min trade I can think of: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ao5th5h

Minnesota upgrades their backup PF position, gets a starting SG (they've been playing PGs in that spot since Roy went down with injury) and gets to keep their primary trade chips (Williams & Pekovic).

Toronto gets a solid backup PG, unloads Bargnani's contract and clears the logjam at the wing positions. 1.5 years of Roy's $5M contract is much easier to deal with than Bargnani's contract, especially if/when Kleiza's $4.5M salary is amnestied in the offseason - or they could get lucky and Roy could simply retire. Plus, Toronto saves $1.75M this season (pro-rated, of course).


Another option would be to do this as part of a 3-way trade with Minny & Lakers, with Bargnani going to LA and Gasol going to Minny.

How is this fair for Minny? They could use a SG like AA, but their season is already pretty much in the crapper and Bargs isn't going to salvage it. Bargs is also a terrible player to have on the same roster as Love, when Love comes back healthy. This deal looks like Minny doing us a favor. We get a backup PG through next season and save a ton of money. THey get a redundant player on their roster, and a SG/SF who will be gone after the season is over without saving them any money.

It would definitely take a bigger trade. Minny has no use for Bargs. They want Pau. I also don't know that LA will get Bargs and be able to sell that to their fans. I feel a 4-team trade coming, with those 3 plus the Hawks.

[Raptor_11]

I'd go with Uzoh unless he can acquire someone better via trade

[Papa Burgundy]

Gotta look at a higher calibre imo ... no interest in seeing any of that list playing minutes.

Backup PG is so crucial in making the 2nd unit roar - and for injury relief, you want Mike Bibby covering that starting spot with JL3 as a backup?

I'd raise the bar and expand to the trade market with one of our wings. Go after: Sessions, Udrih ... little more reliable.

[white men can't jump]

Gotta look at a higher calibre imo ... no interest in seeing any of that list playing minutes.

Backup PG is so crucial in making the 2nd unit roar - and for injury relief, you want Mike Bibby covering that starting spot with JL3 as a backup?

I'd raise the bar and expand to the trade market with one of our wings. Go after: Sessions, Udrih ... little more reliable.

I also like Sessions...though not a big fan of Udrih. Udrih is actually an undersized, unathletic SG.

[Axel]

Ideal back-up for this team would be Kirk Hinrich. Don't know what Chicago's plans are with Rose coming back, but one would think that any team that is running Rip Hamilton these days in it's rotation could use some help on the wing.

[RAPresenting]

Ideal back-up for this team would be Kirk Hinrich. Don't know what Chicago's plans are with Rose coming back, but one would think that any team that is running Rip Hamilton these days in it's rotation could use some help on the wing.

Allan Anderson for Kirk Hinrich would be a solid deal

[psrs1]

Allan Anderson for Kirk Hinrich would be a solid deal

You really think Chicago would make that trade? No way.

[Rapstor4Life]

Go with Uzoh has been here already. knows at least some of our rooks played well in D League too and summer league at least has a gist of coach Casey's system.

I want no part of Fischer or Bibby...

[japetas]

Allen Iverson is The Answer

[CalgaryRapsFan]

Allen Iverson is The Answer

To a question Toronto will never ask.

[japetas]

To a question Toronto will never ask.

I think they should try to ask Yes, he's old, but if I remember well, Raptors offered 30M/3years to a guy who's even older. Not saying that we can compare Iverson with Nash, but I'm sure he would accept to play for a little smaller salary like, for example, vet minimum on 10 days contract