Just funny how EVERYONE on this board just ABSOLUTELY loved the free agent signing of Wood a few years ago. Rarely have I seen the board so excited. He played for Silas who was a terrible coach so he didn’t set screens correctly and had an attitude. Amazing how none of that (screens,attitude, etc) was mentioned when this board was going crazy that we signed this great athletic almost 7 footer. Still remember our announcers loving him annoyingly calling him CWood twenty times a game on several nights every time he made a good play. Remember he’s being signed as a legit backup….not a starting center. I like Brook Lopez and only mentioned Wood as a plan B with longer term upside. Otherwise, if Lopez resigns with the Bucks we’re stuck with Garuba as backup and there is no world where he is as good as Wood. Jaxon Hayes just signed with the Lakers so the decent backup centers are almost gone.
Not hard to understand at all, but what shot do we have if Lopez re-signs with the Bucks? This team is done for play-in contention if we’re stuck with two (smaller sized) centers in just Sengun and Garuba. We’d have a shot with Sengun and Wood (with Garuba as a third). If Lopez signs elsewhere we’re left with Plumlee or Bamba…..not exactly players I’d take over Wood.
Not hard to understand at all, but what shot do we have if Lopez re-signs with the Bucks? This team is done for play-in contention if we’re stuck with two (smaller sized) centers in just Sengun and Garuba. We’d have a shot with Sengun and Wood (with Garuba as a third). If Lopez signs elsewhere we’re left with Plumlee or Bamba…..not exactly players I’d take over Wood.
Sengun doesn’t play defense and I’m very happy he’s on the team. Udoka helped Brown and Tatum become plus defenders and could certainly do the same with the super athletic Wood. Remember that Udoka played center and can certainly coach players in that position. As far as selfishness, not sure there is a more selfish player in the league than Dillon Brooks and that doesn’t seem to bother the team. Again, name me a better backup center available if Lopez re-signs with the Bucks.
This would be like Melo signing with us a year after we unceremoniously dumped him. Is it theoretically possible? Sure Is there any degree of mutual interest? Absolutely not
Christian Wood simply can't get out of his own way. If he could he would probably get that monster contract, but his terrible defense and questionable intangibles are going to haunt him forever. It's going to have cost him tens of millions of dollars when it's all said and done at the end of his career. The potential is there, he just can't ever seem to reach it.
Sengun doesn’t play defense and I’m very happy he’s on the team. Udoka helped Brown and Tatum become plus defenders and could certainly do the same with the super athletic Wood. Remember that Udoka played center and can certainly coach players in that position. As far as selfishness, not sure there is a more selfish player in the league than Dillon Brooks and that doesn’t seem to bother the team. Again, name me a better backup center available if Lopez re-signs with the Bucks.
Now that Lopez is gone, we need to get a center whether it be Wood or someone else. Again, can anyone on this site name someone better. Please don’t say Grant Williams who I fear we are going to go after. Last thing we need is another short guy trying to cover the likes of Wembleyana.
just play garuba. There's no more potential for wood to be anything above trash tier, he is what he is. If you think garuba will be worse this season (i don't think so, but it's a reasonable take), who cares? why deal with the zero defense and selfishness that comes with wood.
