with AV, Jamison, Samuels and Harangoddy on the roster , JJ IMHO is expendable
Lets not go crazy now. Jamison is about to turn 35, is in the last year of his deal, and is obviously going to be shopped this summer (as he should). He may be off the roster come July. Harangody is a try hard guy with very limited skills on both ends of the floor. He's a good guy to have around in practice, but he would probably be the first player on the current roster I'd let go if I had to let someone go.
Samardo is a nice story and has shown solid improvement throughout the season, but did you realize statistically he's a much worse rebounder than Hickson has been this year? Samardo has a worse rebound rate as well as a lower rebound percentage. Samardo is a very good UDFA, but nothing more than that at this point. If you thought playing Hickson 35 mpg was ugly in terms of defense and rebounding, the numbers suggest it would be worse if Sam was playing that many minutes.
I'll agree with you that Varejao is a better player and plays a much more winning style of basketball than Hickson does, but he's already 28 (29 when next season starts) and he's missed at least 25 games in a season five times already. With his reckless, all-out style of play, how well is he going to age? If he is going to continue to get injured and miss 25+ games a season every year it really hurts his overall value to the franchise.
I understand Hickson is a frustrating player on the defensive end and on the glass. I know it really sucks to watch him fumble away an easy pass with his baby hands a lot of the time, but this team just generally lacks talent and I don't want to give away one of our most talented players just because he's still learning and developing his game.
Now if the Cavaliers end up drafting a power forward in the lottery, then that certainly changes things.
