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Report: Rockets, Cavs competing to sign Andrew Bogut

火箭和騎士正在追逐Andrew Bogut


Soon-to-be free agent center Andrew Bogut will have his choice of championship

contenders , and the Akron Beacon Journal’s Jason Lloyd reported that the two

main teams to watch are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Houston Rockets.






There will be a number of suitors in pursuit of Bogut, who is also eligible to

return to the Warriors because he was traded from Dallas to Philadelphia. He is

ineligible to return only to the team that most recently traded him, which in

this case is the Mavericks. So if the Warriors want him back, they may pursue

him. The Cavs have long had their eye on Bogut, but they’ll have competition

for him – primarily from the Houston Rockets.






For the record, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Friday that he

didn’t anticipate the team would add another big man, per the San Francisco

Chronicle’s Connor Letourneau. Also, ESPN’s Marc Stein reported Thursday that

the San Antonio Spurs will try to sign Bogut. If this indeed comes down to Cavs

vs. Rockets, though, then he has an interesting decision to make. Both teams

want him to boost their defense and help them make a run at the Warriors.





Bogut, who was traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Philadelphia 76ers before

Thursday’s deadline and is expected to be released, might not be offered a

starting spot on either team. If he signs with the Rockets, though, he will

probably be promised a larger role as Clint Capela’s backup. On offense,

Houston primarily needs its big men to set on-ball screens and roll hard to the

rim, and he’s certainly capable of doing that. He’d also be excellent at

helping the Rockets’ shooters get open.






If he signs with the Cavaliers, I’d be curious about his role. It makes sense

that he’d get plenty of minutes now with Kevin Love out of the lineup, but

Cleveland typically likes to space the floor with shooters when it goes to the

second unit. Last season, big man Timofey Mozgov never really got a chance to

work his way back into the rotation after an injury because the Cavs were

playing so well with a frontcourt rotation of Love, Tristan Thompson, Channing

Frye and an occasional dose of LeBron James at the four spot. If Bogut is

simply an emergency option when the team needs rim protection,then he’s

overqualified for the role.






Free agents generally pick their teams based on a combination of factors, from role to money to the quality of the

team and how they feel about the city. While Cleveland obviously gives Bogut

the best chance of returning to the NBA Finals, no contender has as much money

to offer him as Houston does. There’s a lot of talk about the Cavs potentially

adding Bogut and Deron Williams, but it would be unwise to dismiss the Rockets.





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