Sessions probably gets matched by Milwaukee. They are stupid if they don’t. He is / will prove to be probably the best PG free agent value this year, next year or anytime soon. I don’t think Presti will deviate from his previous commitment to Westbrook even to snatch up a good value that could be useful in a future trade. Sessions is a better overall scorer, defensive rebounder, defender and most importantly passer. Not necessarily a great leader yet or maybe ever, I don’t know him up close. But he wouldn’t replace Russell he’d replace Livingston and Thabo- if he came and split time at Pg and Sg. But he isn’t coming unless they offered a good deal more money than anyone else. He’ll want to start. He isn’t coming but Presti probably would think Sessions isn’t clearcut his kind of guy but most of the league isn’t and most of the best players probably aren’t either. Having those standards is one thing, making it work like the Spurs did is another. The Cavs are probably looser about off court and the Spurs might be drifting that way.

my post yesterday was inspired by reading somewhere that Pollard says he’s healthy and ready to play, and I thought of the Thunder. Wouldn’t he be worth a modest one-year to play a little post defense? and as a Sacramento resident, I can tell you he’s fun to watch.

Sessions just depends on how much he expects to get paid. I’m afraid he’ll be to costly, but I’m worried about the back up position now.

Presti will look exactly the same if he continues to make smart decisions for the next 2-3 years, and then punts when the Thunder is on the cusp of cashing in on their talent.

As far as free agents, I’m pretty underwhelmed with the remaining prospects. My favorite of the bunch is Warrick. For his ability, he’s a good value for what he’ll likely be paid. Unfortunately, we don’t really have room for him. He’s like a skinnier Jeff Green that can’t shoot 3s but is a better defender/blocker. Not to mention that Warrick is likely the kind of player Ibaka will turn into, assuming he develops. Oh well.

Really, I’m just hoping we get out hands on a steady, veteran PG via trade. I’m not super stoked about our PG stable behind WB.

As for Presti: I wonder if he’ll get the Pritchard treatment in a couple of years: creating such high expectations that he’s blamed for not doing everything perfectly?

We are using it. We’re using it by not blowing it on overpaid free agents like most of the other teams tend to do. If Presti signs a FA to a multi-year deal it’s going to be on the books when it’s time to re-sign KD/JG/RW. I’d much rather the Thunder have room to maneuver than tell their fans they can’t resign a franchise player b/c of some FA contract from the summer of ’09. Every year I have to read about this team and that team trying to dump a bad contract(s) b/c they overpaid for a player (investment) when if they’d shown some patience (or ability to scout) they could’ve used that money on a much better piece to their puzzle. I was just reading this morning that the Nets have 15 players under contract and have limited options when it comes to FA. That’s just poor planning and as is the case with way too many teams, poor use of the salary cap. We don’t need Milsaps contract or Boozers or Lees or AI etc. etc. etc. We need to add the final “piece” AFTER we make it to the playoffs and are ready to fight for a berth in the Conf/NBA finals.