Exclusive Woj - Anthony Davis has Requested a Trade.

I think I've found the problem.

 

There is no doubt in my mind that AD will end up a Lakers.
Does anyone believe LeBron knew this all along, before joining the Lakers?
I honestly don't believe LeBron joined the Lakers to play with the Cavs level talent and not even make the playoffs in the West (or lose in the first round).
This was a LeBron coup all along...

 

Hahahahahaha

 

no doubt

but that does bring up an interesting question. What would be the more effective trio: Dame-PG13-Nurkic?...or Dame-AD-Nurkic?

I ask that because I'm wondering if a twin-towers lineup would actually work well in today's NBA. The AD-Cousins pairing didn't seem to be awesome, and Cousins had a lot more perimeter ability than Nurkic.

 

AD the better player....but I think PG13 may have been the better fit with this roster.

 

Huh? If Davis is being double teamed by Nurk's guy he simply dives to the basket and Davis dumps it off to him for an easy two. I fail to see the logic in saying that bringing in another player that demands a double team would somehow boggle down our offense. If anything the exact opposite is true. Davis can play on the perimeter, can shoot, has handles, and can pass. They wouldn't get in each other's way at all.

 

Cousins and Davis took a while to figure things out too.

 

In theory that sounds good... but why didn't it work so well when they paired Cousins with Davis? They absolutely got in each others' way. I know Nurk won't demand as many shots as Cousins, but he does need shots. And don't forget we have this other guy named Dame that takes quite a few shots for us and I think we want him to keep doing that for the most part. Having two big guys in the paint is probably going to make it harder on Dame to get to the rim too.

If they are willing to trade him to us and we get to keep Nurk, I'm not saying I'd say no. I just have concerns.

 

The Cousins and AD pairing wasn't awesome because New Orleans has even worse wings than we do (that's saying a lot). Holiday is pretty good but he's not as feared on offense as Lillard would be, especially since Holiday's game is more off the drive and not as a 3 point shooter which clogged the paint even more. Then add Rondo into the mix who also can't shoot and needs to get into the paint to be effective.

That being said Paul George of this year is much better than the one at the end of his time in Indiana. If we got this PG13 it would be pretty dang close.

 

What shooters did they have with Cousins and AD? Both Rondo and Holiday are penetration based guards who aren't good at spacing the floor with deadly 3 point shooting so you often had lineups with Holiday, Rondo, Cousins, and AD all clogging the paint. Other than Moore and Darius Miller, they literally had no one good at shooting 3's to help those guys out. Having guys like Dame and Curry on the floor with them changes the dynamic completely.

 

Thats a fair point, I really do think there would be an adjustment period for them offensively though.

 

Just like how Nurk and Vonleh worked together.

 

I was actually gonna add "And 3 teams" to the statement but how else would it work? So Lets just see what happens. My bet is he goes to Lakers or GS. His statement is pretty clear. He wants to go to a team that will compete for a Championship. So it's either Lakers or GS or a team in the East.

 

The lack of shooters at the other positions weren't what bogged down AD, it was when Cousins got hurt and they spaced the floor with Mirotic that made all the difference. They were barely above .500 with them both on the floor. The extra space minus Cousins also allowed Rondo and Holiday to shred the fuck out of us in the playoffs, that's for sure.

 

A bunch of "Why would New Orleans do that" type statements.

It's kind of easy to answer. Davis has said publicly that he wants out. NO has no more power in the negotiations. Davis is going to leave. He was being nice but still New Orleans will get nothing if they don't move fast. They cannot wait till this summer. This has to happen by the trade deadline or they lose a bunch of bargaining power here. So i would expect them to be willing to take a little less if the offer was solid.

 

I don't think a player of Davis's stature will lose any value this summer as players like that very seldom come along in trades plus it will involve more teams willing to get in the game in the summer.

 

That's my point though, with their roster set up it was better last year with a big who could shoot. Our roster has better balance shooting from the guards making it less of a burden with a big who can't shoot. If you think it will be bad what you are basically saying is that Aminu is a better fit than AD would be. I'm not trying to put words in your mouth but that's silly. I will say though that the Pelicans were playing pretty good when Cousins went down as they had won 8 of 10 games including the game he went down beating the number 1 seed Rockets. That goes to @TorturedBlazerFan's point that it takes some time to adjust.

 

Read his statement. He wants out. As soon as he said that they have to move him.

Just my take on it.

 

Another thing is that their team prior to the injury to Cousins was one of only two teams (Houston obviously being the other one) that could've had a chance to beat GS last year. With Rondo and Holiday to lock down Curry and Thompson plus the Warriors having a weakness against bigger teams would've possibly been a problem for them in the playoffs. We'll never know for sure though.

 

Well I've read enough of this thread. We know he wants out. We all know it would be awesome to get him here but we all doubt it would ever happen. We all pretty much feel Lakers or a good eastern team will get him.
I'm gonna let this ride and see what happens. Hope the Blazers can be in a position to prosper from the fallout if there is a chance.

When the thread gets to 50 pages i check back in. Have fun all.