Top Possible Bigs

With Free Agency only being about 3 days away now, I'm going to look at the top possible (realistic) bigs that the Nuggets might be looking at. I'm going to look at scoring, rebounding (offensive and defensive), assists, turn overs, blocks, and steals all per 30 minutes. I do 30 minutes because that's a reasonable amount of time for starters in the league. I'll look at David Lee, Udonis Haslem, Brendan Haywood, Hakin Warrick, Amir Johnson, Brandan Wright (stats may be deceiving since he only played 121 minutes last year), Jason Maxiell, Chris Wilcox, Tyson Chandler, Drew Gooden, and Andris Biedrins. If you have any other players that you would like to see up here, just ask!

Size

Tyson Chandler, 7'1", 235 lbs. 

Brendan Haywood: 7', 263 lbs.

Andris Biedrins: 6'11", 240 lbs.

Drew Gooden: 6'10", 250 lbs. 

Chris Wilcox: 6'10", 235 lbs. 

Brandan Wright: 6'10", 210 lbs. 

David Lee: 6'9", 250 lbs. 

Hakin Warrick: 6'9", 220 lbs. 

Amir Johnson: 6'9", 210 lbs. 

Udonis Haslem: 6'8", 235 lbs. 

Jason Maxiell: 6'7", 260 lbs. 

Points

Brandan Wright: 17.6 points, 48.1% FG, 84.0% FT

David Lee: 16.3 points, 54.5% FG, 77.4% FT

Drew Gooden: 13.0 points, 47.1% FG, 80.9% FT

Amir Johnson: 10.6 points, 62.3% FG, 63.8% FT

Udonis Haslem: 10.6 points, 49.4% FG, 76.2% FT

Chris Wilcox: 10.4 points, 52.5% FG, 50% FT

Hakin Warrick: 10.3 points, 48.1% FG, 72.7% FT

Jason Maxiell: 9.9 points, 51.1% FG, 57.4% FT

Brendan Haywood: 9.0 points, 56% FG, 61.9% FT

Tyson Chandler: 8.6 points, 57.4% FG, 73.2% FT

Andris Biedrins: 6.2 points, 59% FG, 52% FT

Rebounds

Andris Biedrins: 10.2 rebounds (2.5 offensive, 7.7 defensive)

David Lee: 9.4 rebounds (2.3 offensive, 7.1 defensive)

Drew Gooden: 9.2 rebounds (3.5 offensive, 5.7 defensive)

Brendan Haywood: 9.1 rebounds (3.5 offensive, 5.6 defensive)

Udonis Haslem: 8.7 rebounds (2.3 offensive, 6.4 defensive)

Tyson Chandler: 8.2 rebounds (2.9 offensive, 5.3 defensive)

Amir Johnson: 8.2 rebounds (3.2 offensive, 5.0 defensive)

Chris Wilcox: 8.0 rebounds (3.0 offensive, 5.0 defensive)

Jason Maxiell: 7.7 rebounds (3.1 offensive, 4.6 defensive)

Hakim Warrick: 6.0 rebounds (2.4 offensive, 3.6 defensive)

Brandan Wright: 5.7 rebounds (1.7 offensive, 4.0 defensive)

Assists

Andris Biedrins: 2.2 assists

Amir Johnson: 1.0 assists

Hakin Warrick: 1.0 assists

Chris Wilcox: 0.9 assists

Drew Gooden: 0.8 assists

David Lee: 0.8 assists

Jason Maxiell: 0.8 assists

Udonis Haslem: 0.7 assists

Brendan Haywood: 0.5 assists

Tyson Chandler: 0.4 assists

Brandan Wright: 0.2 assists

Turnovers

Chris Wilcox: 2.6 turnovers

Tyson Chandler: 2.3 turnovers

David Lee: 1.9 turnovers

Drew Gooden: 1.8 turnovers

Brandan Wright: 1.7 turnovers

Brendan Haywood: 1.6 turnovers

Hakin Warrick: 1.5 turnovers

Jason Maxiell: 1.3 turnovers

Andris Biedrins: 1.3 turnovers

Amir Johnson: 1.3 turnovers

Udonis Haslem: 1.0 turnovers

Blocks

Brendan Haywood: 2.0 blocks

Andris Biedrins: 1.7 blocks

Tyson Chandler: 1.4 blocks

Amir Johnson: 1.4 blocks

Brandan Wright: 1.2 blocks

Drew Gooden: 1.0 blocks

Chris Wilcox: 0.8 blocks

Jason Maxiell: 0.7 blocks

David Lee: 0.6 blocks

Hakin Warrick: 0.3 blocks

Udonis Haslem: 0.3 blocks

Steals

Brandan Wright: 1.0 steals

Chris Wilcox: 0.9 steals

Amir Johnson: 0.9 steals

David Lee: 0.8 steals

Andris Biedrins: 0.8 steals

Drew Gooden: 0.7 steals

Jason Maxiell: 0.7 steals

Hakim Warrick: 0.5 steals

Tyson Chandler: 0.4 steals

Udonis Haslem: 0.4 steals

Brendan Haywood: 0.3 steals

Overall, I think all of these players would be good fits. Biedrins would be amazing if he could stay healthy, I'd love to add his defensive game along with his athleticism and size. Brendan Haywood would be a nice option as well, if we could sign him to the MLE. I like David Lee, but he might be too expensive. Udonis Haslem would be a great addition, but he seems extremely loyal and it sounds like he's a top priority for the Heat this off-season. Hakim Warrick will probably be available, he'll want to play with Melo, but I don't think he'll help a ton in terms of a big. Amir Johnson looks to be a good defensive player and a very efficent offensive player. I also like Brandan Wright because he's big (although he needs to add weight), he's talented around the rim, and he looks to be solid defensively. Jason Maxiell and Chris Wilcox are nice options, they're solid in almost every aspect of their game, but not great at anything either. Tyson Chandler adds nice height, but he's extremely injury prone and his contract is huge. Drew Gooden is one of my favorite options, he's good offensively and pretty good defensively as well. 

Here's my idea:

1. Trade K-Mart and JR to Golden State for Biedrins, Azubuike, and Wright

2. Sign Amir Johnson

New Lineup:

PG: Chauncey Billups, Ty Lawson

SG: Arron Afflalo, Kelenna Azubuike

SF: Carmelo Anthony, Joey Graham, Renaldo Balkman

PF: Nene, Brandan Wright, Amir Johnson

C: Andris Biedrins, Chris Anderson