I understand KP not wanting to give up Bayless, but I am surprised if it is true that Batum is what is really holding up getting Wallace. I love our guys too, but giving up Batum seems like an obvious chip your willing to spend to get a player of Wallaces caliber.
I think maybe KP has 10 players he would like to keep for the long haul. And I think he knows he needs help for two years while a few of them develop. So I think all these SF's we have discussed intrigue him, but he is hoping that REC and a mixure of the other 4-5 players + draft picks can get it done. It may not be enough in the end.
Where have I read this before? Oh right, KP doesn't want to give up anyone because he loves them all too much. Eventually all of this young talent and not getting rid of some to get something will come back and bite him in the ass.
Then why the fuck are people comparing him to Prince? This irritates me, if Batum is what is holding up a deal, I'm going to be seriously pissed.
Horrifying if Pritchard is married to that many players long-term. I sincerely doubt it, since it would be insane. That's almost the entire active roster. There's no way he believes that Frye and Diogu can be moved but everyone else is locked in for the next five or ten years.
I won't believe anything I read online. KP is so good at smoke screens. You don't think KP could tell someone like quick or canzano to put the word out about something that is completely and utterly a lie? Wait and see!
I don't blame him, as I wouldn't give up Batum for anything short of a Butler caliber player in return, Crash isn't at that level yet. RLEC, Webster, Sergio + 1st is about as steep as I would go for Crash
I heard KP say a couple of time that the 1st 2 priorities he wants out of a SF is 1) defense 2) 3 pt shooting to space the floor for Oden, Aldridge, and Roy's game in the paint. Wallace has the defensive skill set, but his 3 pt. shooting is pretty poor. 26% this season. 29% career. Batum RIGHT NOW is shooting 34% from 3. As a 19 year old. Today, Nick Batum does more of what KP and Nate consider a priority at the SF position than Wallace does.
Who knows. Batum is light years ahead of where Prince was defensively at 19. IMO Batum is the best defensive 19 year old in the history of the game. (non-center)
OK that was a little Tongue n Cheek to get a few people riled up. But yeah I think LEC plus #1 pick, and Frye, or Ike can get it done. But i also personally would move Batum if it meant getting a Butler for the next 3-4 years.
Well it seems like we could have Crash for very cheap if we would take on Nazr's deal, which is only 2 additional years and with Joel and Greg being prone to getting banged up, is that such a bad 3rd stringer to have?
Except Aldridge doesn't have much of an inside game. He could, but like Rasheed Wallace, and Clifford Robinson before him, he's too in love with the jump shot. Fine, let LaPussy take all the jump shots he wants, and let's get a SF who can attack the rim. This team already has way too many jump shooters. Foolish to pass up on a player like Wallace because of the idea that we need a SF who will stand behind the 3pt line and jack up 3s. If that's what we want, we already have that player in Webster.
