You guys have to be kidding yourselves if you think we are getting Drummond or Monroe. Side note: Pek or Bynum.
I am really liking the idea of going bog or going home with Bynum. if he can stay relatively healthy, Portland takes a gigantic leap. Again, if healthy that might be one of the best starting units in the league on paper. Lillard Matthews Batum Aldridge Bynum Bench McCollum Barton Leonard Claver Crabbe Freeland Whitey FA vet If not healthy then we deal Aldridge at the deadline for a pick in 2014 and some young players and start over.
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/228456/Suns-Might-Want-Marcin-Gortat-Part-Of-Franchises-Future One day after the Phoenix Suns drafted Alex Len with the fifth pick in the NBA draft, Marcin Gortat was assured by the organization that it has no plan to trade him – for now – and might want to make him part of the future, his agent Guy Zucker told RealGM.After the draft, Gortat had understood the Suns’ clear transition into retooling the roster, leading to belief a trade would be beneficial to both sides. Yet, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said Thursday that Gortat would fill a mentoring role for Len.“It’s clear they are in a rebuild and they drafted a center, so [a trade] would make sense, but for now they want to hold onto him,” Zucker said Friday afternoon. “As with everything in the league, it should be stated: As of today.”Throughout most of the season, Gortat had been in trade speculation and made clear his desire to be a contributor on a winning team.Gortat, 29, has one season left on his contract and could start negotiations on an extension in July. He has established himself as a double-double center over the past three years, enjoying a career season with Steve Nash two seasons ago. Gortat averaged 11.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in 61 games last season.
I say you should flush that idea. Bynum is such an utter tool, I would find it hard to root for the team. He needs to be left to dangle a while as punishment for what he did to the Sixers.
I'm wondering what the chances are of getting Asik for literally nothing. If Houston needs to clear the space to max out Howard, we could throw them a second rounder or something and bring back Asik for free.
no chance. There are a lot of teams who would covet a guy like Asik and his value around the league is high
But that's not the point. They need the cap space. They can't bring back assets outside of draft picks. So how much will people pay?
No they don't, they can clear enough cap without trading him to sign Dwight if they can move Trob or Lin, after that its just a trade for Asik and.or assets. and by the way there are a ton of teams IMO with capspace who would surrender capspace and a good bit more to get Asik
I think clearing cap space is the key for Houston. They need the space before they can offer Howard max. I think the second rounder is a little slim; but maybe the Greek, Barton and a couple second rounders could be good. That would free up literally 6 million; which is more than enough.
Hamed Haddadi was just waived. He may be the slowest player in the NBA but he's a monster per-minute rebounder. Greg Stiemsma is also about to be waived. He's like Jeff Withey only heavier and further along.
Here's a 3-way for U guyz HOU apparently wants a good shooting 4 to pair with Howard if they get him and then trade Asik Por gets Asik the defensive C they covet and trade Wes Matthews to the Bucks and Leonard to HOU Bucks get Wes as they have no SG at all and he's a local guy Hou gets Illyasova who shot 44% on 3's last yr - nice pairing with Howard, and Leonard or a future 1st
I'm starting to think that Biedrins might be a really good option for us. He had one of the better combinations of TRB% and BLK% in the league last year, he's still only 26, and I think he's undervalued due to his offensive woes. Assuming we aren't able to use our capspace on someone like Pek, Asik, or Jordan, I would not be upset if Neil brought in Biedrins as a 1-year experiment at starting center. Maybe get the W's to throw in Machado as a thank you for taking his contract, and have him as our 3rd PG.
I think that'd be worth it, but it'd be nice if we got T-Rob too! Or I guess we could use the cap space we still have to go after a 2 or 2/3 w/some size.
How about this kid Marko Todorovic? The Euro-stash game is a complete crapshoot, but with a prospect that has the size and pedigree that Todorovic has, why not get excited about a potential Gortat/Scola impact coming from the raw Euro in a few years? Not to mention Leonard's potential... From everything I watched/read, I was really hoping Todorovic would slip to my Grizz at #51. He's not going to come over for a while, but ya'll should be embracing that pick, imo.
Huh - it works. It even sort of makes sense. I dunno if Houston or Milwaukee would think so, though. Houston can probably get more for Asik, and I don't know how Milwaukee feels about Ilyasova. I think they've been shopping him, but is Wesley enough? I think it would all depend on what McHale thinks of Ilyasova. Wouldn't the Pelicans just offer Ryan Anderson?
