What Teams Might Make Glen Davis an Offer?

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Milwaukee Bucks

$65.2

If Charlie V. gets a better offer and they him walk, they would have a slot and enough to offer Davis something less than it would take to resign Charlie.

Minnesota Timberwolves

$50 mil.

While they have a core of talent, they are another undersized team. Glen would not change that. Glen could be a contributing force as a back up to Al Jefferson and Kevin Love.

Would compete with Ryan Gomes and Craig Smith for minutes. Seems too redundant for Wolves to be interested.

New Jersey Nets

$59 mil.

Their needs are defense and rebounding. They have Ryan Anderson and Yi Jianlian.

Oklahoma City Thunder

$42.5 mil.

This is an interesting one because the player who played a lot of power forward for them, 6’ 9" Jeff Green, had stats much like Glen might have as a starter. 16 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2 assists in almost 37 minutes of play.

Glen is a better offensive rebounder and can guard most centers. Jeff is a solid three point shooter.

For all the talk about what a poor rebounder Davis is, there is no such criticism about Green playing the same slot. Hmm…..

To be sure, they are very different players. My question is, ‘Does your power forward always have to be one of the team’s best rebounders?’ The normal answer is yes. . Same thing for Rashard Lewis. He is a 4 who is not a big time rebounder.

I believe that Davis can and will rebound better. But if you can do other things well and the team has other board men, it can be less of an issue.

Anyway, I don’t see the Thunder offering Davis a contract with solid, perhaps under rated Nick Collison there.

Orlando Magic

$71.2 mil

I only put the Magic here for a couple of very fanciful reasons. If they lose Marcin Gortat, and Hedo Turkoglu opts out ($7.3 mil) and signs elsewhere, then Davis could be an option.

They could move Rashard Lewis to small forward when Davis is in the game, and Glen could back up Dwight Howard.

That Davis is not a three point shooter makes this scenario even less likely, but hey, not completely impossible.

Philadelphia 76ers

$ 58.5 mil.

With Elton Brand, Thaddeus Young, Sam Dalembert, Marreese Speights, and Reggie Evans there is little chance of an offer.

Portland Trailblazers

$48.9 mil.

No chance to start here. But it’s rumored that they will not make the qualifying offer of $4.2 to Channing Frye. That would leave money and room for a back up power forward on a team that has two shot blockers (Oden, Pryzbilla) at center to mitigate Glen’s lack of length.

Nate McMillan is an excellent coach. It would be a good situation for Glen, and there is no love lost between Portland and Danny Ainge over Darius Miles. The minutes probably wouldn’t be there for Glen, though.

Sacramento Kings

$45 mil.

Davis would have to play back up to two young studs in Spencer Hawes (C), and Jason Thompson (PF), the team is not very good, and there is no head coach at the moment. Rumor is that the Kings would like to lure Hedo Turkoglu back.

If they don’t make the qualifying offer to Ike Diogu ($3.9 mil) that money could be used for a young player establishing himself, like Davis.

San Antonio Spurs

$69.6 mil

Before you laugh this one off, the Spurs need to get younger. If they sign Drew Gooden, then forget it.

What Popovich feels is a player that fits, is sometimes surprising (see Matt Bonner). Glen could take Kurt Thomas’ minutes. Fabricio Oberto’s contract is not fully guaranteed.

Maybe Gregg remembers the defensive job Glen did on Tim Duncan. Naw, you’re right. Never would happen.

Toronto Raptors

$47.9 mil

With Chris Bosh, Andre Bargnani, and possibly Shawn Marion, an offer is not likely. There are rumors now that Bosh could be moved. Too many unknowns, if true. Right now, they need a defensive stopper in the middle for back up to Bargnani. Yes, even with Patrick O’Bryant on the roster.

There you have it.

I’d like to see the Celtics re-sign Davis. If they let a well established James Posey go, they might let Davis go as well. But I think it would not be wise to do so.

That is a ton of teams with some money available. Your guess is as good as mine as to how many will wait until the following season to really spend for big game Free Agents.

It will be enlightening to see just what teams are interested in Glen.

His agent, John Hamilton, of Performance Sports Management, has some fertile fields to spread the Glen Davis love around to. Maybe it is a good thing that Glen is his only basketball client (according to information at Hoopshype.com and AthletePromotions.com). He might be fairly busy this summer determining where Glen Davis might play basketball next season.

Stay tuned.

(Team salary numbers are approximate and sifted from ShamSports, Hoopshype.com, and HoopsWorld combined.)

This article first appeared on CelticsStuffLive blogs at WickedGoodSports on Comcast Sports Net New England.

Tom Halzack is the creator of CelticsCentral at the Connecticut Post and is available for other freelance writing. (Shameful self promotion)

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