If we sign Batum in FA what do you rank this offseason?

Is he a good defender?

I bet anyone 30 to 1 odds that we do not sign batum.

Do Asik, Gordon and Evans' contracts have guaranteed money -- if we can't trade them, should we just outright cut them? Asik is average at best and not a good fit for this system. When healthy, Gordon is very good, but he's often hurt, and isn't getting any younger. Evans is also very good, but frankly I'm tired of seeing the Pelicans' offense revolve around him standing at the top of the key pounding the ball up and down, and then forcing a shot as the shot clock is about to go off.

If we have to pay them regardless of whether they're on the roster then we obviously have to keep them; if we can free up cap space by ditching them, that's what I'd do, and try to sign FA's that fit Gentry's system. And, I'd sure as hell try very hard to keep Anderson; he's a big guy with a good outside shot and I think he plays well w/ AD and in Gentry's system. My two cents. AD, Holliday and Hield is a good "Big Three." Would love to get a good center who fits in the system, and a beefy power forward to help out AD on the inside.