I think Prince has diminished and am lower on him than many, but even I think that deal is insane in favour of Portland.
Yeah I think I could handle that deal, and I'm someone who's a bigger fan of Martell and Sergio than most. It isn't a slam dunk, though. Prince is 29 and making a LOT of money (owed like $21m over the remaining two years of his deal) and he didn't look very good this year. Is he a buy-low opportunity? I think so.... but it's not a guarantee that he'll be the player we all have come to know and love. Ed O.
At #15 we could take Blair or take a chance on, as mentioned in this blog, Earl Clark. But where is this blogger getting this information from?
Just for giggles, if we did this trade (and ran before they could change their mind) how would using Sergio and more importantly Martell and Travis in a trade affect our plans or lack there of for upgrading our PG status??? Does this mean we roll with Blake and Bayless or do we still have enough to go after someone else. Im sure the answer is different for different player scenarios such as upgrade via draft vs. trade vs. free agency. Seems like it would make a trade to upgrade PG much less likely and lean towards free agency which leans towards players like Sessions. Thoughts?
We'd still have cap space. How much depends on what other moves we'd make. If we did nothing else, we'd probably be down to $5M.
are u kidding me??? tayshaun is twice the man any one of those guys are... who sergio rodriguez travis outlaw and martell webster?? why on gods green earth would detroit want any of them... doesnt fill any of the needs they have now... and especially losing that 15th pick that would be a ridiculous downgrade for everything... a terrible trade idea...
Tayshaun and the No. 15 pick would be awesome. Who better to tutor Nicolas than the man we expect him to turn into? I'd be in favor of this deal.
So if we did this deal, then cut Steve Blake and renounced the rights to Freeland and Kopo, we still might have around ~10 million left....enough to sign Ben Gordon or Andre Miller? I agree with the posters who say Prince is over-rated....I'd be disappointed if he's the biggest upgrade we made.
I could possibly see a deal like Travis, Sergio, Martell and our own #24 for Prince, and even then I'm not sure they would do it.
Heck if Martell is healthy he'll be better than Tayshaun himself. Prince is not that good of a player. Just look at his stats for this year's playoffs. He was horrible.
This is laughable ... even if one bad series out of 7 years of playoff appearances defined Prince's ability to play, to suggest that Martell will be better than Prince now or ever sure seems like a lot of wishful thinking based on what, hope?
