Demand for Bigs Factor Into Golden States Amnesty Decision

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Most likely amnesty cut: Charlie Bell

 

How likely to use amnesty this season? Slam dunk

 

Other amnesty candidates: Andris Biedrins

 

Analysis: The Grantland duo of Abrams and Simmons helpfully nominated David Lee as an amnesty possibility, but sources with knowledge of Golden State's thinking openly scoffed at that idea, insisting that the Warriors continue to have a high degree of fondness for Lee, who happens to be one of owner Joe Lacob's favorite players no matter how daunting his contract figures (owed nearly $69 million through 2015-16) might seem.

 

Sources likewise insist that the Warriors are leaning against ditching Biedrins, irrespective of the Latvian lefty's ongoing (and frightening) funk at the free throw line, corresponding reticence to get involved on offense in any meaningful way and the $27 million owed to him through 2013-14. Based on the premise that established NBA big men are always tradable somewhere and routinely overpaid -- we're told Golden State certainly believes the tradability part -- Bell is the most likely to go ... if excising his $4.1 million expiring contract gives Golden State salary-cap space it can really use once the new cap ceiling is finalized.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7147880/nba-most-likely-amnesty-candidates

 

If it were up to be Biedrins would be gone and I wouldn't even have to think twice about it. He is quite possibly the worst free throw shooter I've ever seen, he contributes next to nothing offensively, is a poor defender and isn't even the rebounder he once was. He is being paid like a top 10 center in the game and it is debatable if he is even a top 20 center. It makes absolutely no sense to cut an expiring contract like Bell over Biedrins.

 

I get the thought process, but what Golden State seems to be missing is that quality big men are always tradeable and overpaid. Biedrins is not a quality big man at all anymore.