I don’t know much about his personality issues, but I’m not afraid to risk signing a scorer of his talent because of personality issues. If he starts with the lip you can just sit him on the end of the bench and cut him later. He’s no star so he can’t cause too big a rift.

Barnes or Wafer

i’ve watched him all season.

he’s can score and slash well, but that’s all. everything else [defense, passing, IQ] are less than satisfactory. he’s not worth more than a 2 million dollar contract

what a stud!

Not much of a defender or passer. He’s athletic yes, but is not long or strong.

The dream of everyone on this list is to be referred to as a poor man’s version of a quality player—including, for some of them, Gordon. Von Wafer is an undersized one-dimensional scorer in the Gordon mold, though he is neither as effective at creating shots nor as efficient as hitting them as Gordon is. He also faces the challenge of proving that his season in Houston was not a fluke.

When building a team and rounding out a roster, it’s always good to find specialists, bar minimum.

We had Rafer, didnt like him….now to be safer, we go after WAFER? lol.

I was inpatient at 1st, but we appear to be headed in the right direction.

The quote says Wafer and his agent targeted the Magic, meaning they called Orlando, not the other way around. It’s like they’re doing the pitching—“Von averaged 8 points in only 13 minutes!”—not the Magic.

Maybe Orlando’s interested. But you’ve got to think Otis is still more sold on the guys he contacted first (such as Barnes) than in guys who reached out to him (such as Wafer).

With that said, Wafer could be an alright pickup for Orlando. Yes, he’s a scoring specialist, but there’s nothing wrong with that. He can create his own shot (23.6% usage rate, higher than any Magic rotation player last year except Dwight), yet he doesn’t turn the ball over (9.5%, just slightly more often than Bogans’ 9.3%, and Bogans hardly did anything with the ball). You like guys who can handle the ball frequently without making mistakes.

In other words, this isn’t Rashad McCants we’re talking about here, a guy who ends possessions willy-nilly. The impression those stats give me is that Wafer’s going to look for his shot, but if he can’t find it, he’ll pass it back out to re-set the offense. That’d explain why his assists are a bit low (10.3%, equal to J.J., better than Courtney).

But this is all based on a quick glance at his stats. I didn’t watch much of the Rockets this year, so I don’t have much to go on regarding Wafer.

Wafer would be a base hit , Barnes would be a homerun.

over wafer anyday.

He’s no Courtney Lee but he could be a worthy piece coming off the bench with aim to eventually start him.

Just got the taste of a bad Cookie out of my mouth,dont know if im ready for a Wafer.rather have Bogans,Barnes,Moon, Barnes makes a ton of sense.

I think he’s really improved his game. I also think he feels the need to defer and pass because he thinks that will get him more PT when he just needs to relax and take the game as it comes to him. I saw a few plays where he made a move to the basket, had a wide open shot and forced it to Dwight for the turnover. A confident JJ would have just finished at the rim. It will come to him.