Any chance of Blake/Outlaw (both expiring) for Prince on Detroits end? They save money and retain some flexibility for sure and remove a player largely unproductive for them?

I have loved the thought of grabbing Tayshaun Prince for quite a while now. He no longer fits on Detroit, a team which doesn't need a complimentary vet of his type and features more isolation play and less emphasis on team defense. However, he's an olympian, extremely versatile, high IQ player, that I think could contribute in a ton of ways not on the stat sheet.

 

Though his game has slipped a lot in the last few years I really believe the experience he'd bring would be extremely helpful in the stability of our team (offense and defense) and he's a capable shooter and defender who can really help our flow. Between him and Miller our team could really have a boost in IQ this season.

 

I think some of our early struggles are definitely due to guys lack of understanding in their roles and each others games and will eventually not be a big deal. I believe half our problems would go away with a shorter rotation and experience, but I also think Roy really needs to learn to make his teammates better by playing harder off the ball and feeding the hot hand instead of being in such a limited mindset. I also believe that losing Outlaw would really help in team defense (we can't play zone with him in there) and offensive spacing and IQ.

 

If we could somehow swing Outlaw and Blake (as expirings) for Tayshaun (whose contract goes next two seasons) I think it would be a great move that could help to shorten our rotation, improve overall team IQ, help our defense, and give more clearly established roles to our team, while also giving Bayless a little burn.

Miller/Roy    (Bayless)

Roy/Fernandez

Webster/Prince      (cunningham)

Aldridge/Prince       (Howard)

Oden/Pryzbilla 

 

That's a really solid 8 man rotation with clearly defined roles and plenty of time for everyone (IMO)

 

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