Please Tell Me Jeff Bower is On This

by Rohan on Dec 18, 2008 7:58 PM CST

The (potential) answer to our back up woes just (potentially) fell into our (potential) laps. The Golden State Warriors just released second round draft pick Richard Hendrix, a guy I was absolutely salivating for in the draft. And by salivating, I literally mean I was spewing large volumes of spittle all over the place.

There were really only two bigs I loved this draft- Hendrix and Marreese Speights, who is now tearing it up in Philly. Hendrix finished 5th in NCAA in PER, 5th in WIN Score, and 8th in EFF before leaving before his junior season. So pretty much every system of analysis loved this guy. He finished second team SEC, before shedding 20 pounds of weight in the offseason and putting in a few dominating workouts. He's by no means the most polished scorer out there. But at 250 pounds, he's exactly the banger we gave up in Brandon Bass and that Utah has in Paul Millsap.

The Warriors, being the Warriors, have yet to use him in a single game this season. So Hendrix has been toiling around in the D-League. Well, toiling may not be the right word. 31 points, 14 boards in 32 minutes to open the season. 16 boards in his most recent game. He's averaging around 14 points on 10 shots a game. The icing on the cake is that he can shoot threes. Yes, I know this is the D-League, and Hilton Armstrong could probably average 10 points a game here.

Still, how can you not take a flyer on a guy projected by many to be the next Paul Millsap when your bench woes are as bad as ours? That's right, you can't. Please, please, please let's capitalize on this. I don't know what other teams' interest in Hendrix will be, but it's obvious ours should be high.

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i was thinking the same thing today when i heard he was released

we need a bruising workhorse rebounder on this team. like houston have with carl landry. i remember scott saying how strong he was. we have a roster spot we can use. i hope we’re not saving that spot to make a trade and take on another bad contract. i guess we’ll find out soon. get on the ball bower.

by Ace Boogie on Dec 18, 2008 10:54 PM CST reply actions

You remember Scott saying how strong Hendrix was?

That’s gotta be a good sign right? Maybe Byron can tell Bower he wants him.

by Rohan on Dec 18, 2008 10:59 PM CST up reply actions

come to think of it i had the wrong player

scott was talking about joey dorsey. i still hope were at least looking to bring in hendrix. is it too late to give him a non guaranteed deal to see if they like him before it becomes fully guaranteed?

by Ace Boogie on Dec 18, 2008 11:50 PM CST up reply actions

Different player.

But if you could get Antoine Walker for the minimum, would you?

by m-W on Dec 19, 2008 8:34 AM CST reply actions

NO!

Please NO!

Why would we want him? He hasn’t done squat in the past few years and he’s so overweight, Shaqtus could run circles around him. I know we play a slow pace and all, but Eddy Curry is the only big I would want less on my team. I think.

http://www.hometownhornets.blogspot.com/

by hldomingue on Dec 19, 2008 10:27 AM CST up reply actions

Can't disagree

He’s worth a shot without a doubt. West needs some rest before the playoffs at a minimum besides a real backup. As stated the Hornets need a banger off the bench. So many pro’s – can’t think of a con.

I'm no commie, but the Reds shall be the best again!

by RedHopeful on Dec 20, 2008 3:42 PM CST reply actions

Especially if they can get him on the cheap.

Which they probably could.

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by m-W on Dec 20, 2008 3:55 PM CST up reply actions

we need a backup pf in the worst way

someone who will be workhouse rebounder. there are options that are currently out there. they need to be able to make some sort of baseline j or any j for that matter. i have a feeling we will do something after this rough stretch this week which will tell us where we are as a team rotation and roster wise.

by Ace Boogie on Dec 21, 2008 4:25 PM CST reply actions