Recently, Brooklyn Nets fans have clamored to fill what seems like the team’s #1 weakness: the need for a power forward/big man that can defend and score. As endearing as Reggie Evans‘ beard is, his lack of an offensive game has begun to wear on some folks, and it’s clear he’s best suited coming off the bench to provide energy in the second unit. Mirza Teletovic & Kris Humphries both have had hot & cold stretches all season.
But it isn’t that easy. Nets GM Billy King can’t just pick a great power forward off the Great Power Forward Tree, and boom, all the problems are fixed and the Nets cruise their way to championship behind their big man tandem of Brook Lopez and Great Power Forward. But similarly, there’s no question that there are big men out there that the Nets can at least make a phone call about.
So we’re going roundtable-style at The Brooklyn Game: our writers & analysts look at five potentially available power forwards (and the one center that we have to look at, because, well, we have to), how they fit with Brooklyn, and how realistic an acquisition is.
Onward!
