OT: Pacers quietly shopping Hibbert

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this should end well

 

You know, I still think Hibbert is more valuable to a team in the playoffs than Lopez and Kaman combined (I know I shouldn't think that though)

Would it make any sense to find a way to bring him in as a starting center and then find a way to replace Matthews next season in FA?

I assume we'd include him for salary reasons? Would Lopez and Matthews plus filler even work? If deemed a favorable trade by those of you more.......sentimental towards the team than me

 

I would do it. The guy had a bad half of a season. Before that he was playing very well. He's a 2x All-Star. He's a DPOY caliber player. He also wanted to come here. I would do the trade.

 

I think we should look into it. Lopez, Freeland, McCollum, trob with a first could work. A motivated hibbert puts us into contender status

 

This is a tough call. Hibbert was unhappy Indy matched Portland's offer and that team had locker room problems that crumbled any semblance of chemistry. 30 mil over 2 years for a guy that Rolo actually defended last season fairly well. I would not give up Rolo for him. Watch the Lakers go after him and offer up Pau

 

Mmmm. I think I would have thought about this before committing 5 mil to Kaman. That 5 mil could have been used on a FA SG.

 

Holy balls that's a lot of guys. I would rather deal Matthews/Rolo and then make a push to acquire another wing.

 

we dont need a fasg

 

The fact that Rolo defended him well isn't as important as how well Hibbert defended everyone else in the league.

 

after watching dho eat rolo alive im not really sure hes got the chops against a great big man. that series was soooooo brutal for him.

 

Indiana needs to shed some $$ in order to bring back Stephenson for slightly more than what they initially offered. They're already at the tax, or slightly over, and because they used their MLE, are hard capped at 81 million, so they don't have much room to maneuver on his deal.
I've thrown this deal out there quite a few times, but Lopez, Freeland and Crabbe saves them 4.89 million on next year's salary, which gives them enough space to bring Stephenson back. They lose Hibbert, but get a solid replacement for him in Lopez. We can swap out Wright for Freeland, which costs them about 100K, but maybe fits better for their roster, as they already have Mahinmi, Copeland, West and Scola up front, so less of a need for Freeland.

 

would do

 

I prob like this idea better. That way you're not left without a legit two guard.

BTW, Nice capology.

 

Or it makes it easier to include Joel or Leonard in the trade since we added more center depth.

 

kaman will be a nice chip as of dec 15th

 

True. But that's not what his package was. If it's removing Wes for Joel or Leonard. Sure absolutely.

 

HCP in a thong would move your needle