I love dre and I don't doubt he would help this club. I'm just hoping that CJ will be our guard of the future. I also think dre would have a problem coming off the bench. Whatever the case, I doubt we have a shot at getting him.
Do you remember those alley oops we had with Dre? Back at the start of the Phoenix series we were killing it. Those are better shots than an open 3. Yet with the rest of our roster we'd still have 3 or 4 guys on the court with Dre who can sit at the three point line. There isn't room out there for more! I've been very unimpressed with Mo to this point. He is playing like a less efficient Crawford. We can't do any trades with Mo to the middle of December and I think Denver will want to wait until some more losses pile up. So we will have some time to make judgments, but its a trade I could definitely see making sense for both teams.
He has been fine coming off the bench in Denver. From day one he said Lawson was a better player and deserved to play in front of him. He just wants to be on the court and thought he was good enough to start for many teams. Its more of a veteran confidence that you want to see in all players than any sort of poor attitude.
I could have sworn there was an issue in Denver with miller. At least that's what I thought I read. I could be wrong though. Hasn't been the first time!
I would love to get Dre back on the team, but we just don't have any big, nasty, bloated contracts on the team right now. It's a really good thing, but it also makes it impossible to make a trade Our biggest contracts right now are Aldridge, Batum, Wes, an Lopez. This is one of the first times this team hasn't had a huge bloated contract on the books. It's kinda refreshing.
Because we didn't know Brandon was done. Had he retired at the beginning of the off-season rather than at the end, we never would have traded Miller. Up until the moment he retired the first time, we were focused on building around Brandon instead of trying to replace him.
The last year it was obvious Roy was never going to be the player he once was. He visited multiple specialists who said there was no way to fix his knees. His knees were in far worse shape than Odens. In the Dallas series he couldnt guard a chair and outside of game 4 had a horrific series. If the Blazers were still building the team around him after all of that they are more incompetent than I thought.
Dre only makes $5 million so it would be very easy to construct a trade. Mo Williams and Will Bartons salaries match up.
That's a lot to give up for Dre, and I don't think Denver would want another point guard who wants minutes. We would have to send out a few of our young guys for Dre, and that seems problematic to me. As much as I would love to bring back Miller, I don't really want to give up on Claver, Freeland, Leonard, or Barton just to bring back an old backup point guard. Wouldn't make sense in the long run.
I rather have Mo than Miller. Just for those nights when Lillard is off and we need some guard production.
Would you guys do this trade? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lgskas9 We send out Batum, Leonard, and Claver. We bring back Asik, Miller, and Motiejunas. Lillard/Miller/Watson Wes/Mo/Crabbe Wright/Barton Aldridge/Robinson Asik/Lopez/Freeland Motiejunas could play either frontcourt positions.
No. We send out so much youth for an old backup PG, a decent big, and we swap unproven euros. Plus we would get lit up by teams with shooters. We would basically be a bad version of the Warriors.
Okay, so first of all, Motiejunas is actually just as promising as Leonard, so I consider them at the very least a wash. Right now we're stacked with wings. Wes, CJ, Barton, Crabbe, and Wright. We can afford to give up Batum, but I think we could use another center. Asik is a very good center, and a rim protector. Adding him to Lopez would be a huge move for this team. Miller would be a nice stabilizing force off the bench. I think adding Asik and Miller would make us a legit playoff team.
I just don't like giving up Batum for basically Asik long term. Our perimeter defense would just be awful without him. I think our team is fine the way it is for the most part. I would like to add another center but I don't want to lose a big piece. I'd want to trade Leonard, Claver, and Barton for someone good off the bench instead of Batum for a decent starter. Idk if the Bobcats would trade him but I like that Biyomba guy.
I think a lot of people think that Batum's defense is overrated. I just think, if you're going to make a push to keep Aldridge, adding Miller and Asik would go a long way towards making that happen. Aldridge played his best with Miller, and Asik is a legit starting center. I like Lopez, but I'm not sure if I'm sold on him as a starter. I think he would be an awesome backup though.
I'm not sure brother. Asik would be a tremendous upgrade and miller would be a fine back up guard. As much as I talk about batum not being assertive, I just don't know if I would like to give him up. Wright would be a fine starter for our club; especially if we have asik, but I think it would do us more harm than good. People think batum is overrated on defense, but I think opposite. He's good at covering the perimeter and really good at transition defense. Regardless, it's not a bad swap of talent. This trade would insure Houston a finals appearance though.
