Merged: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

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  1. MIXUM

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    Its only a matter of when. Time to ship out Webster. he sucks. Time to bring in a legit SF. Do whatever it takes to land rudy gay or gerald wallace. memphis isnt resigning him.

    theres no way Kp can sit on his ass anymore. he has been forced to make a deal. thats the only good news out of this horrific season.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    We need a powerfoward / center person at this point. Gregs out and Godzilla can't do all the work.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Sadly, we may not have enough active players as trade-able assets to pull the kind of 2-for-1 or 3-for-1 deal that might have netted us a legit high quality starter at whatever position we were looking to fill. At this point we're probably looking down the barrel of trading Outlaw and one active roster guy (like Martell or maybe Steve :dunno:) and hoping we can get back somebody average or even serviceable.

    There may be some trades soon, but I'd lower your sights.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    its our only hope
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Rudy, Miller, and Bayless are the only players on our roster who don't completely suck ass or are injured who I can imagine any sane GM would give us value for, much less rob someone of a Rudy Gay or Gerald Wallace level player.

    Good luck, KP. You're going to need it.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    well remember one thing.... expiring contracts are sought after. have you seen attendance at these teams games? theres a reason teh grizz didnt sign rudy and bobcats lost to the nets. they will be inclined to do a deal. outlaw expires and webster still is young. we def have pieces to move.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Then you have none. :dunno:
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    I highly doubt we'd be able to bring in a high-impact player through trade right now. Unfortunately, we're just going to have to wait for our guys to get healthy again before they're tradeable. It's so inexplicable what's happened to our franchise since training camp started.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    thats BS... expiring contracts (outlaw and blake) are huge.

    its just are we willing to take on salary
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    We'll just have to wait for our 'assets' to heal from their injuries before we can get full value.

    However, not trading RLEC just looked a lot worse as of yesterday.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    lots of things have looked bad yesterday....


    lots of things.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    and again... why is it so many posters dont understand teams want salary relief. an expiring contract to a team like the bobcats is more valuable then talent. even more so with the big free agent class in 2010.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    The Bobcats just took on a headcase like SJax and dealt expiring deals away. I don't think there's much of a change at getting Gerald Wallace since they are trying to improve now.

    If I were KP I'd target David Lee, Caron Butler, Al Harrington or Tayshaun Prince.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Well Mixum, I'll tell you why. We've watched this team sit on the expiring contracts of Damon Stoudamire, SAR, & Raef and do nothing. Each time the deadline came, we were stoked at the possibilities and each time . . . nada. And those were big contracts! Raef had to be the worst let down.

    You, on the other hand, are talking about $4 million for Travis and $4.9 million for Blake. It's hard to imagine that sort of "relief" is all that coveted.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    bobcats are an example. EXPIRING CONTRACTS ARE HUGE AND $4 MILLION IS CHUMP CHANGE IN TODAYS GAME

    i feel like murdock in baseketball.
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    That's possible, but I can't help but think that angle is played up by the media. It's very unlikely we'll be getting a major impact player with only a pair of 3.6 and 4 million dollar expiring contracts (one of which is out for who knows how long, and the other is barely serviceable at this point).
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Try Blake for Bass
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Maybe ... I guess his style would be somewhat complimentary in that he would add yet another floor spacer to their roster (assuming he starts to actually hit shots again).

    We're over a barrel here though and other teams know that. I'm sure they'll try to extort a little more out of us (like Claver's draft rights or something ... which I would happily part with).
     
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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

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    Re: KP has to make a trade... its not even a question anymore.

    Why would the wizards part with him?
     

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