We beter offer him all that money. Close to the full MLE. Having Dyess could actually mean we dont need to trade for any new bigmen.

People might be worried about Hickson's minutes, but he will still get some. Mostly at the end of blowouts but as the season goes on, Hickson could easily work himslef higher into tha rotation.

SIGN DYESS FERRY! NOW!

Nov 5, 2008 -- 10:45PM, godfather(He hit it! He hit it!) wrote:

No Offense, you won't like this.

 

Thinking ahead: Former Cav Drew Gooden is comfortable in Chicago, he is now the starting center and new coach Vinny Del Negro named him one of the team's captains. However, this is the final year of his contract and for the first time he will be an unrestricted free agent next summer. Whether or not the Cavs would be interested would depend on what happens withAnderson Varejao, who can opt out of his contract at season's end. But Gooden, himself, may have some interest.

"I really enjoyed playing here and the people here," Gooden said. "If they called, I would listen."

Let's hope that never, ever, ever happens again. We've been through one Gooden nightmare, that's enough. 

If Ferry for a moment thought that would be a good idea, Drew's play last night should remind him why it's not.  I thought Vinnie Del Negro was going to kill Drew when he took that long 2 down the stretch which resulted in the long rebound and LeBron's and-1.

Hopefully this game puts the Wallace, Gooden talk to rest. Ben is a much, much better fit for this team and is playing his role perfectly right now. Gooden is a head case and I loved Del Negro's reaction to that shot, its exactly how I felt atleast once a game when he was playing for us.

And yes I think Ferry should sign Mcdyess.

He would be good insurance for possible Big Z and Big Ben injuries.  There isn't a chance in the world that the Cavs look at reacquiring Drew Gooden.

http://www.cavfanatic.com/go/thread/view/3816/5074886/Antonio_McDyess

^I am a genius.

Seriously though, Godfather (haven't read all the way through this thread yet so I don't know if it's been brought up) is right when he says McDyess is going ring shopping.  That's why he picked Detroit in 2004, they just came off winning a title.  That's why I think he's NOT going back to Detroit.

From there, I think that it's down to 3 teams (if they're interested):

1. Los Angeles - They still have most/all of their MLE and, if I remember correctly, they're actually giving minutes to Chris Mihm.  If they're interested, that's where he's going.

2. Cleveland/Boston - I really think it's a toss up here.  He'd probably prefer Boston because they're seen as more legit contenders, and he's good friends with KG, but I think the Cavs may want him more and throw some more cash at him.  Also, I don't know if Boston would want to give him next year too.

I don't see any other team in the West really standing out as a good enough contender to lure McDyess in.  The Spurs might look into it but I think they used part of their MLE to bring in Roger Mason and they really don't want to pay the Lux Tax.  The Jazz don't really need him, and they also don't want to pay the tax.  The Suns already have 1 slow moving big man that still doesn't really fit in.  In the East it's really only Det, Boston and Cleveland.  The other teams I consider contenders (Toronto, Philly, Orlando) don't have any use for him.