Hopefully small ball (with this roster) goes away and never comes back again.

they’re now under the cap so they can take back more salary than they give.

They duplicate the same role on a basketball team as the SF/PF who can stretch the floor with 3 pointers. Harrington may have more talent offensively, but Nellie was never too fond of him in GS.

since he’s more of a 3, and is likely an even worse defender (at least Gordon could defend some point guards).

Renouncing guys to sign others is very tricky. I’m not even sure they’d be under the cap if they only renounced one RFA and dealt Hinrich.

I’m a big fan of how often he gets to the line, and he has a decent outside shot. He is a much more reliable scorer than Gordon.

Here is some really good analysis from Clipper fans

I particularly like this post…

My take Maggette is a pure wing on offense. Whether you call it a two or a three, it doesn’t much matter. As you probably know, he is most effective taking the ball to the hole. He’s got a good first step, he’s strong as an ox, and he’s relentless. If he gets a sliver of daylight past the defender, he’ll force the action and draw the foul. That’s the good Maggette – the one that leads the league in free throws converted per 40 minutes. However, he’ll also force the action when he doesn’t draw the foul, or maybe when he doesn’t have that sliver of daylight, picking up an offensive foul. That’s the bad Maggette. His outside shooting was MUCH IMPROVED this season, but it’s still not really what you want him doing. If he can make 35% of his threes, it’s a huge bonus to his slashing game. But last season was an anomaly in that regard – I’m not optimistic that he’ll shoot that well again.

Defensively, he doesn’t have great lateral quickness, and he’ll struggle to defend a lot of two guards in the league. On the whole, I tend to think Corey takes more heat for his defense than he deserves – MDsr is not a fan, and it gets pointed out a lot. Where he struggles the most actually is off the ball. The Clippers scheme calls for perimeter defenders to force the ball to help, and then everyone has to rotate. Corey gets caught napping on this way too much. I’ve actually advocated putting him on the opposition’s best wing, so at least he can maintain his focus. But the coach doesn’t tend to do that. At any rate, Corey using his strength well in matchups against guys like Ron Artest and even LeBron. (Not that he can stop LeBron but it’s actually not a bad matchup for him since LeBron is so used to simply being bigger and stronger than his defenders.) But he would have a hell of a time guarding a Kevin Martin or a Dwyane Wade – he just can’t keep those guys in front of him. So that’s why I tend to think of him as a three, not a two. So if Deng can slide over and defend the smaller, quicker twos, then no problem.

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by ClipperSteve on Jun 3, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up actions 0 recs

I think with Rose’s drive and kick game, we need a deadly outside shooter, and Gordon fits that bill much more than Maggette. Plus, we don’t have to give up anyone to get Gordon. So we should probably hang on to our known commodity (Gordon) than to bring in another drive and kick player and hope it works well.

But at the same time, if we did get Corey, I would be excited to see him in a Bulls uniform. Especially if we could get a cheap Kapono type three point specialist to come in and hit three’s in spurts… (JJ Redick?)

I guess I’m torn on this one.