I heard a lot of rumors over the coarse of the season saying that Camby might be traded because of salary cap issues. I personnally am completely against trading him because of the way he's played this year and what he brings to this strictly offensive team. However, he is really our only tradable asset, and if someone has to be traded it should be him. Here is a list of what i think should be done: 1. Get Deeper. The Nuggets could trade him for multiple players possibly bringing in another starting center, and maybe a gaurd or another big to go along with him. Our bench was probably our biggest weak point against the Spurs, and we are in desperate need of good gaurd play off the bench. This could help us the most only if we get QUALITY, tough minded players in return. Not just people that the salary cap will match with. Im not sure if this could happen, but one idea i had was, trade him to Boston for Wally Szerbiak and Al Jefferson. That would be a dream come true for the Nuggets and would give them more depth and a quality starter to replace Camby. 2. Trade for another star. Theres been rumors of a sign and trade for players such as Rashard Lewis or Chauncey Billups. I think Lewis could be a big part of the team, and really help us turn into even more of a run and run style offense, ala Pheonix or Golden State. I think Billups could also be a huge help to this team because he is like a offensively better version of Eric Snow, and thats the ideal backcourt mate for AI. But if we got Billups, we would definatley have to find a way to get more bigs somehow, our frontcourt would be way too thin. 3. Package him for a pick/player in the draft. This should be our last choice unless we can trade for a high enough pick where an impact player can be taken. Being able to get Brandon Wright, Al Horford, or possibly Jokim Noah could be a decent replacement and a good building block for the future to go along with Anthony. This is also a high risk/high reward type action. I think theres a lot of great possiblities for trading Camby and rebuilding some of our team, but every option has to be looked at carefully so the Nuggets dont set themselves back for a couple seasons. Any thoughts?
^Denver should try picking up a few defensive players that can work around the AI-Melo duo for Camby. He`s not getting younger and this could be the perfect time to trade him in his prime.
I think it will be an awfully foolish move to trade Marcus Camby mainly because it really doesn’t serve a purpose. Who would Denver acquire? You had some interesting scenarios there, Answer_AI03, but I don’t see how it will be more beneficial to have those players over Camby, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. <div class="quote_poster">Quoting Answer_AI03:</div><div class="quote_post"> Get Deeper. The Nuggets could trade him for multiple players possibly bringing in another starting center, and maybe a gaurd or another big to go along with him. Our bench was probably our biggest weak point against the Spurs, and we are in desperate need of good gaurd play off the bench. This could help us the most only if we get QUALITY, tough minded players in return. Not just people that the salary cap will match with. Im not sure if this could happen, but one idea i had was, trade him to Boston for Wally Szerbiak and Al Jefferson. That would be a dream come true for the Nuggets and would give them more depth and a quality starter to replace Camby.</div> Salary-wise, that can’t work out. Wally Szczerbiak alone makes $12 million next season and you can rest assure Jefferson will receive a lucrative extension. But just looking at their situation, why would Boston make this move? Jefferson, at age 22, has transformed into a consistent double-double player (16/11 last season) and is looking to be the type of post presence the Celtics can build with. Camby is a great player now, but you have to remember that he’s 33-years-old and the Celtics are looking to move into a youth direction. Acquiring Camby in exchange for Jefferson will only set them back. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Trade for another star. Theres been rumors of a sign and trade for players such as Rashard Lewis or Chauncey Billups. I think Lewis could be a big part of the team, and really help us turn into even more of a run and run style offense, ala Pheonix or Golden State. I think Billups could also be a huge help to this team because he is like a offensively better version of Eric Snow, and thats the ideal backcourt mate for AI. But if we got Billups, we would definatley have to find a way to get more bigs somehow, our frontcourt would be way too thin.</div> Will a Billups/Iverson/Anthony trio really be effective? I wouldn’t consider any of them selfish by any means, but they are all ball-dominant guards. I would suspect the offense to be a series of isolation plays and virtually no ball movement. The Nuggets don’t need any other scorers, they need some more role-players but sacrificing Camby isn’t the answer. Eric Snow and Chauncey Billups are totally different players. The only similarity I see between them is the fact they are both 6’3”. I don’t see how the Sonics will want Marcus Camby via sign-and-trade. If the Sonics don’t re-sign Lewis it will be because they want to shed some of their salary cap, making a sign-and-trade unlikely. Plus they drafted three centers the past three years. Acquiring Camby would just make be an absolute waste drafting these players. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> 3. Package him for a pick/player in the draft. This should be our last choice unless we can trade for a high enough pick where an impact player can be taken. Being able to get Brandon Wright, Al Horford, or possibly Jokim Noah could be a decent replacement and a good building block for the future to go along with Anthony. This is also a high risk/high reward type action.</div> I don’t see how this will be helpful either. Trading for Iverson made it clear that the Nuggets wanted to win now. This will set them back a few years wairing for them to develop. Iverson is 32 next month. The window of opportunity is dwindling…
I think there might be more similarities between Eric Snow and Billups than you think. I dont believe that acquiring billups would help the nuggets at all, but i just remember reading earlier in the year that it was a rumor. The reason i started this thread was because i myself heard many rumors about Camby being traded because of the huge salaries that this team has. Camby is by far the most moveable asset on this team, but he is also its only real defensive player. Camby is such a huge player for this team, its really too bad that we had to acquire Martin's horrible contract and bad knees. Nene could be traded, but he's only 22 and still has LOADS of potential. Making this team a better one isn't going to be easy but obviously its somthing that has to be done.
