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I can't imagine Presti going for Chandler now. It seems to me that this year is about Cole Aldrich learning from Collison and supplanting Krstic. Probably not great minutes at the beginning of the season, but kind of like Ibaka, more and more minutes as the year goes along. Just can't see us taking a flyer on Chandler just because he's a final year player. Our supporting cast is very good the way it is.
I'd like to see a starting line up of Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka and Krstic (later Aldrich) and a reserve unit of Maynor, Sefalosha, Green, Collison and Aldrich. They'll probably keep Green in the starting line up, but we can all dream, right?

Plus side for Chandler last season:

career high TS%, FT%

Minus side:

Career high TO%, career low assist rate, career playoff low on rebound rates.

5 playoff appearances, 3 really sucked, 1 was good, 1 very good (but that one was 5 years ago).

It depends on health. Healthy- maybe. Not healthy- no.

@Anonymous
I think if we're considering Chandler at that point it will be because all of our centers are not performing at all. Presti's playing it long term, so unless Aldrich is a bust and all of our other options at center are absolutely failing, I think any move for Chandler will be a long time coming.

I am not that interested in Chandler, but would revisit in Jan. - Feb.

My bad.

@Crow
Oh, I didn't mean hilarious as a sarcastic comment, I meant it's hilarious that I couldn't find it when it's the most obvious answer. I checked it out as soon as it was posted and bought one immediately.

Article on Magnum Rolle, though based on just a few days of practice

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100704/SPORTS04/...

@Osano-Whoa

That is the link
http://nenadkrstichasaposse.com/

Tyson Chandler's been horrible the last two seasons, even if you ignore all the time he's missed with injury. He was horrible in the playoffs this year. Pass on him, Collison is better.

@dirkdajerk
Chandler would be our startng center. Green the starting PF. Ibaka would play behind Green. Initially I suspect Kristic would play ahead of Aldrich to ease him into the rotation, but towards season's end, Aldrich would get most of the supporting minutes behind Chandler. As much as I like Collison, he is a PF that we have been stretching to make our back up center. Chandler is an honest to god center- and when healthy, better than any center on our current roster.

@Anonymous
Hilarious. I was trying to look up the actual guy who was mentioned as making them in that article a bit back.

@Steve H
I suppose your assuming Krstic and Green start, Aldrich and Ibaka 2nd team. What does Chandler do that Collison doesn't with his minutes?? Collison is way underrated! Also with the Coll Aldrich Jayhawk connection I think Presti will keep Colli to make Aldrichs transition easier.

Prediction time- Come July 8th, we will send Nick Collison to the Bobcats for Tyson Chandler. Deal just makes too much sense not to go down. There is no doubt that Presti wanted Tyson 1 1/2 yrs ago, but his health issues made him too much of a risk to justify the remaining 2yrs/23 mill on his contract. Taking the last year of his deal however, will only cost us around 6 mill and the use of a quality back up 4/5 who would be losing most all of his minutes to the emerging Ibaka and newly signed Aldrich anyway. Remember, you heard it here first.

@Osano-Whoa
I think the URL is literally nenadkrstichasaposse.com

@Lefty
I want one of those shirts so bad, but I couldn't track down the guy who makes them online. Maybe I just suck at google-fu.

@B-RY

Daily Thunder is a pretty smooth running machine. I'm sure Royce will split time between dailythunder and cbs. Especially with all the great help he gets from the other contributors.

Then again, I guess we should hear the info straight from the source before we start speculating too much.

@Lefty
Made my day!

Guys guys guys guys. Guys. Check out the shirt Nick was showing off on his twitter:

http://tweetphoto.com/30694299

DizzyDai :@SebastianPruiti@KBerg_CBS@dailythunder
), CBS’ newest NBA blogger. Great hire.

Congrats Royce...... but, Uh oh.... who's gonna run this thing?

Here is a tweet: So, so, so deserving. RT @SebastianPruiti RT @KBerg_CBS Warm welcome to Royce Young (@dailythunder), CBS' newest NBA blogger. Great hire.

what CBS job are you talking about?

Sammy :
Royce! Congrats on the CBS job! Cheers and good luck.

HP and Royce too! Is CBS taking over the True Hoop Network?

Royce! Congrats on the CBS job! Cheers and good luck.

#1 and #2 might have been the top 2 defense to offense sequences of the NBA season, maybe not top 2 but definitely up at the top.

those plays jeff green just did just made my pants a little tighter..

What? Who didnt like Chucky Popcorn?

Chucky Atkins and Chris Wilcox were really sucky too.

@AD
Ah. Earl Watson. THOSE were the days.

I have to agree with Vega. Two months of Jeff Green bashing is wearing me out. It almost makes me long for the days we were united against Earl Watson. Got shivers just typing his name.

@John-o
Yeah. I didn't mean to say it like that. I'm just sick to death of every discussion on this website ending up being about Jeff Green.

@Vega

I think in his mind he's just being constructively insightful... over and over and over and over and over again.

Holy crap, justin. Do you HAVE to say something negative about everything Jeff Green does?

Any top 10 has to include Shoeless Kevin Durant.

@justin

That's a little dismissive of what was actually going on in both plays.

Against MIL, Ilyasova wasn't crowding, he was closing out.

Against ATL, Green was being crowded *at half court* Obviously had nothing to do w/ his shooting ability.

Green has some real strengths (specifically ball handling and finishing around the rim), but our terrible offensive schemes don't take advantage of them.

@justin

In both those Jeff Green plays he was being crowded by his defender... as the season went on I think more and more his defenders were giving him space.

Royce called us "Thunder buds".. I like that.

That #9 guy is pretty tall.

I don't usually watch these Saturday morning videos, but I have to admit that one was Beeaauuuuutiful.

@Mark!
Also, because Harden is left-handed, putting him on the right wing lets him drive away from the baseline as he heads to the basket, so he doesn't have that same problem Green does. I've always been a fan, in whatever sport, of playing your right-hand dominant player on the left and left-hand dominant player on the right. It puts your dominant hand closer to the middle of the court (field, whatever) and just makes more sense.

My opinion on the lineup, at least at the start of the season, is that it's more likely that Harden will start than that Green will come of the bench. Which may decimate our scoring potential for the second team, but will be very, very potent at the start. (No more under 20 point first quarters, hopefully!)

@Sas

Just another reason for Harden and Green to switch roles on offense. Harden has a lot of success from the corners but is forced to make plays from the top third of the arc b/c he's the primary scorer off the bench. Opposite true for Green.

@Sas

Yeah if they had included playoffs then play number one has to be Westbrook dunking over Odom. The Ford Center exploded on that one.

@Mark!
He seems to drive best when he starts in the top third of the arc. From what I recall, he tended to lurk around the deep corners of the arc. When he's got that room and teammates pulling defenders away from the middle of the paint, he definitely has a feel for it, but if he's deep on the right, his natural tendency drives him towards the baseline, which I don't think he's as comfortable with. I wonder if he's going to practice driving with his left hand, as that goes away from the baseline rather than towards it if he's deep in the corner...

#1 has to be up there for best plays of the season in the NBA.

Isn't next season supposed to start soon? COME ON!!!!! This off season is killing me!

Play #4: Green receives pass behind three point line, puts the ball on the ground and gets by Ilyasova and dunks right on Gadzuric's head.

Play #3: Green has the ball at half court, puts the ball on the ground and gets by Smith and dunks right on Smith's head.

A lot of my complaints about Green would melt away if he did that more often. For all of Green's weaknesses -- and they've been much discussed -- I think he's one of the better ball handlers on our team. Maybe 4th behind Westbrook, Harden & Maynor? He's strong, athletic, quick (both in general and especially at his position), finishes well around the rim.

It makes me sick to see him catch the ball on the perimeter, put the ball on the floor, take a single step inside the arc and brick a long two.

Maybe this is a coaching thing? Maybe if we put Harden in the starting lineup and bring Green off the bench for 30-34 MPG, and those two can have role reversals. Harden can start shooting 3's and spreading the floor and Green can start driving the lane and trying to cram the ball down someone's throat instead of the other way around.

I'm so glad I was in the building during that #1 play.

So happy Ibaka got on there twice. Especially since one was a defensive play. He's so great. *swooooon*

Good, good stuff.

I'm just sad because every top ten play list we see never includes that 8 point swing to tie in Game 3 v. the Lakers. Still my favorite play of all year.