Livingston has been discussed in the past on this board, and as a big PG, would be someone that could play alongside Ellis. The closest thing I could find to what you mentioned regarding his status with the Clippers was the following quote in a small SoCal newspaper:

The team’s most obvious need is at point guard. Livingston only recently was cleared to begin basketball-related activities and the team has not decided whether to extend a qualifying offer.

Other than him, we should see if we can pry loose one of Memphis’ 4 point guards. I doubt we can get Mayo or Conley, but Lowry or Crittenton might be able to be traded for.

Dooling can play the backup pg minutes and some minutes at sg. Jones gives you a reliable 3 point shooter at the swingman position.

No Centers this FAncy.

So PG is a must. Anthony Carter maybe?

a plethora of combo gaurds which IMO favors the Warriors.

Here’s some under the rader FA’s the Duns should target:

Chris Duhon -tourched us at orcale, maybe he can do the same only this time in a Dubs jersey
Flip Murray -very suitable combo gaurd that can spare BD some PT. Doesnt shoot the ball particularly well, but isnt affraid to drive the ball down the middle creating contact
Smush Parker
-when focused, he can be a nice role player who can buy some mintues. With a couple off court instances, i think a new change of scenery will do the trick.

is a FA (Denver) and apparently has already been told GS is interested … we’ll see in a couple days perhaps

with Jackson firmly entrenched here, the backup PG “crisis” is really overblown – both Monta and Jackson were starting the offense last year both when Baron was on the bench (rare) and on the court. It was a strategy Nelson used to try to save Baron’s legs for later in the game/season.

We have bigger positions to fill than backup PG. Hell, Boston just won a ring without a starting PG.

OK, Problem solved if you can get us Garnett, Pierce, and RayRay ?

1. we have no depth up and down the roster – CJ behind Baron, Marco behind Ellis (assuming he’s re-signed) and Jackson, Wright behind Harrington and Andris (also assuming he’s re-signed – not a small question considering his agent). CJ, Marco, & Wright isn’t going to get us to the playoffs – and out of all of them, CJ has SHOWN the most capability to actually play his position in the NBA; and AR is an enigma – at LSU not GS. It’s foolish to count on him at the moment.

2. Who backs up the 4 & 5 is more important than our backup PG.

Ellis and Jackson both handled the PG duties at times. You want to rest Baron then we have CJ, Ellis, and Jax to handle the chore for a few minutes per half and we should. But who is our depth inside? Cro is a FA. Wright? Half the people on this site think he should start ahead of Harrington when he hasn’t proved a thing. The other half want to trade Harrington for a backup PG which would further weaken us at our weakest position.

AR? Just a thought, but all the love for AR right now ignores the fact that Mullin wouldn’t or couldn’t trade #14 with him on the board for a veteran to help us now. The rest of the league saw he had “slipped” to #14 but there were no tempting offers? Or there were, and they were passed on – we’ll never know.

Hendrix? Wow, the amount of love he’s gotten all over the media is beyond compare. Why wasn’t he in the lottery? Now HE is going to be our savior inside?? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, last year’s #2 Rd pick didn’t make it out of camp.

Kosta may not even be on the roster and isn’t going to get much burn if he is.

The number of suggestions to trade Harrington without adding to our depth inside are laughable and ignore the fact that he’s been a good fit here in a variety of ways. Point to his contract all you want, but look at his production and explain where that will come from when he’s gone. Look at the roster and explain who’s going to play PF when he’s traded for a backup PG, and please don’t say Wright – I’m talking about the majority of minutes BW is on the bench.

3. Our need for better backups at 2-3 is greater than at PG.

KAz is a FA, and far down the line in importance of re-signing. Barnes played himself into afterthought status (remember all the angst a year ago about “losing” him to somebody else?) He and MP had no better offers and last season we saw why.

The love for Marco on this site is simply beyond rational explanation. He’s the most over-hyped, under-performing player on the roster. At least Wright actually showed some sustained ability without the deer-in-the-headlights look while on the floor (same for CJ). Marco, with all his international “professional experience” looked absolutely overwhelmed. At BEST he projects out to be a shooter with a poor shooting percentage. Anyone who thinks his handles are good enough to help at the PG spot was watching a different team than I was last season.

In the long term, assuming Ellis is here, the solution to the PG position may be to acquire a combo SG that handles well. In the old days that would be a Dumars-type guard. Nowadays, a Joe Johnson or Brandon Roy type SG, bigger than Ellis with good ball-handling ability and can defend. Right now, that’s Baron. Those are tough to get. We also can hope Ellis continues to grow into the position – remember how young he and AB are still.

This is all assuming of course, that Mullin is trying to make the playoffs, sooner than later.