I watched a fairly good defender try to stay in front of Westbrook who could also hit some jumpers while going strong to the hoop. Sound like anyone the Warriors could have used? Nah. Wouldn't have fit with a guy like Curry right? How about that Ellis for Mayo/Thabeet deal? Yeah, like the Grizz want to kill all that good stuff from this year by adding a gunner.
Hasn't he been having some issues there? He lost his starting job to Tony Allen (who is also good), also got his ass kicked by Tony Allen over some gambling debt earlier in the season and got suspended for having some banned substance that he said came from an energy drink. Shot 41% on the season. He had better years in his rookie and soph year but there's issues there. Hes a decent player and Monta's drives me nuts at times but I don't think that's a good talent swap. Thabeet and Haddadi have done nothing in the league either.
That trade is still doable. And we can probably get more for Monta after this season, so I wouldn't be too bothered by not making the move last year.
If you think that the Grizz will do this trade now after what happened the past two months, you're wrong. They're not that stupid.
Probably not that exact trade, but if the Dubs want Mayo, there's a trade to be made. And considering that the team probably can't stay together anyway, (considering Gay, Randolph and a resigned Gasol will eat up the cap) don't be surprised to see a "stupid" trade made on their side
Some people think Monta is available as W's have a small backcourt. How about you give us Wes Matthews or Nic Batum and a first round pick?
The trade failed, but we got some trade exceptions and will take filler. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4xekt8r