The trade deadline is coming and the Pacers made their move by acquiring the mercurial Bynum who impressed Pritchard, Bird and Vogel in a 3-hour meeting. If motivated and in a better locker room, he might contribute a bit off the bench as their bench is almost as bad as Portland's. Rumors about Pau, Turner, Dudley, half of Cleveland and Philly's teams.....who makes the next move?
According to Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling): Of course what they want back may be more than Portland has in movable assets but the discussions are starting to heat up.
Gotta think that HOU will make a move. I really have no idea whether we'll make a move or not. "Luckily" all that chemistry evaporated and the team has fallen flat, which at least opens up the possibility that we'll make a move. The team definitely needs a major move or two, and the only way we'll be able to make a major change is through a trade - so it's either at the deadline or during the summer. Greg Monroe, eh? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lcmb9p8
Very quiet on the Asik front since they took him off the block in late 2013. Monroe to me is a PF and doesn't play defense well enough to play alongside Aldridge although I like parts of his game.
I'd be getting Monroe to replace Robinson, as our back-up PF. He'd also replace Mo, as our main scoring threat off the bench.
I'd really like Taj Gibson for the bench. He wouldn't help the scoring woes much but he is a great defensive big. The Bulls might be willing to do some sort of Robinson for Gibson swap if they are looking for a young guy back, not sure what they would want for him though
Taj is having is best season on offense this year. Career highs in PPG, eFG%, etc. he's scored 10+ in 26 games. He would certainly help with the bench scoring. My guess is the Bulls want to package him with Boozer to score a 20+ PER kind of player, or just him for expiring contracts. Rumor is Melo will opt out and the Bulls are high on his list. If NY wants to salvage something for him, Boozer and Taj might suffice.
that would leave the knicks with every overpaid PF in the league I think. A'mare, BArgs and Boozer all on the same team lol
I wish we could get Boozer but the Blazers would have to trade a starter and it would probably be Mathews+.
