This is the post you guys probably wish I had written. Should the Cavs want Antawn Jamison?
Brian Windhorst has this to say:
“Obviously, the Cavs want Jamison in the worst way. He fits everything they want and need at the moment. A great shooter with size, a smart player with playoff experience, a strong character in the locker room, a willingness to fit into the team concept.”
That all sounds great, right? But then BW adds this:
“[Jamison] is not a great defender, he’s had some injuries and he’s owed $28 million over the next two years. With next summer’s free agent haul, there aren’t many teams willing to take on that sort of commitment. Especially for a 33-year-old, even if it does look like he’s got a lot of gas in his tank.”
Okay, so he’s all that stuff in the 1st paragraph, but he also can’t defend, has dealt with injuries recently (shoulder), is 33, and is owed $28M.
If those aren’t a bunch of reasons NOT to want Jamison - precisely all of the things I’ve been thinking about ever since Jamison’s name was mentioned - then I don’t know what is.
The combination of Anthony Randolph AND Corey Maggette addresses two of the Cavs issues much more directly and more intriguingly … if those guys are still available.
I’ll let Holland advocate for Troy Murphy over Jamison. That argument can definitely be made as well.
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