<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Don't get too fired up about the rumor that Suns guard Leandro Barbosa is coming to the Cavs in a trade. One NBA source said he's not even sure the Suns are making him available in trades</div> Link
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Jul 31 2008, 11:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Don't get too fired up about the rumor that Suns guard Leandro Barbosa is coming to the Cavs in a trade. One NBA source said he's not even sure the Suns are making him available in trades</div> Link </div> Yup, that's it. Funny. Although, if he were available, I wouldn't want him anyways. Don't really see a point with Dooling and Harris - they're almost the same player, except Barbosa doesn't play any defense - and I'd think that's not the type of player Frank would really favor all that much.
Acquiring Barbosa wouldn't make much sense to me. We already have a very quick point in Devin and a perfectly capable back-up in Dooling. Don't see why we would need him.
Not interested in Barbosa. No defence-playing chuckers wouldn't get too much playing time from Frank. And doesn't make sense to pair him up with Devin in the backcourt because of their size. Sliding Vince to sf would be bad too imo.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fiElDy @ Aug 1 2008, 12:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not interested in Barbosa. No defence-playing chuckers wouldn't get too much playing time from Frank. And doesn't make sense to pair him up with Devin in the backcourt because of their size. Sliding Vince to sf would be bad too imo.</div> False!
Exactly, that would mess up the whole reason you got DHarris in the first place. Barbosa has speed and is an excellent backup to a solid starting pg like Nash. But if you put him in a position where he'll be fighting for minutes with your potential pg of the future in Harris, it could cause problems.
Anyone making more than $5mm needs to be good on both sides of the court. Barbosa is too bad a defender to warrant that paycheck. That's why he's being traded. Phoenix definitely needs him. It's not like they have a better back-up to Nash. I've developed my pay scale for what different kinds of players should be worth: Less than $5mm = a specialist. Does one thing very well (i.e. - rebounder, shooter, defender) or everything adequately. $5-6mm = potential on both the offensive and defensive side, but not fully realized yet. $7-8mm = very good on one end of the court and is good on the other. $9-10mm = very good on both sides of the court. $11-12mm = outstanding on one end and very good on the other. $14+mm = outstanding on both ends of the court. A superstar.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fiElDy @ Jul 31 2008, 11:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Not interested in Barbosa. No defence-playing chuckers wouldn't get too much playing time from Frank. And doesn't make sense to pair him up with Devin in the backcourt because of their size. Sliding Vince to sf would be bad too imo.</div> Yeah I agree. One of them is enough.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Aug 1 2008, 10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Anyone making more than $5mm needs to be good on both sides of the court. Barbosa is too bad a defender to warrant that paycheck. That's why he's being traded. Phoenix definitely needs him. It's not like they have a better back-up to Nash. I've developed my pay scale for what different kinds of players should be worth: Less than $5mm = a specialist. Does one thing very well (i.e. - rebounder, shooter, defender) or everything adequately. $5-6mm = potential on both the offensive and defensive side, but not fully realized yet. $7-8mm = very good on one end of the court and is good on the other. $9-10mm = very good on both sides of the court. $11-12mm = outstanding on one end and very good on the other. $14+mm = outstanding on both ends of the court. A superstar.</div>Good scale, only description I disagree with is the $5-6M range. If you have potential, you either have a lot of it or not enough of it. No player with "potential" ever signs for $5-6M. That range is almost strictly reserved for veterans in their prime . In this league, there are way too many players who are "good" in one area and are making $9-13M per year. Apparently in the eyes of the GMs being "good" at one thing qualifies you for making around $10M per year. Sickening.
why would we need him... we did trade keyon for our trade exempt... i dont get why would we need him... and it would take time out of cdr or ager
