Knicks open to trading Tyson Chandler, Blazers Interested

Could Hawes be a contributing player on a good team? Yes I think so. But Chandler can be an anchor of a starting lineup. If Hawes is more than a backup his team is in trouble in my opinion. Comparing stats is silly for those two.

 

Dammit!

 

Well, since RoLo is great as our starter, maybe Hawes is the better choice. One more shooter, one more option for the bench.

 

Chandler is making so much money though.... I hate blowing up a third of the team just to bring in an aging center.

 

Yes I found that funny too.

But it could help them set up to tank in 2015, then use that pick, young players we give them, and cap room to assemble something better than the mess they have now.

 

I love the idea of bringing in Hawes because I think he could play both positions.

 

The Blazers salary is irrelevant this year and next year. It'll won't be until the following year when Chandlers deal comes off the books that we need money for our starters.

 

I hate the idea because the last thing the #1 offensive team in the league needs is more one dimensional offensive players.

 

Our bench is not the #1 offensive bench in the league though... it's definitely filling a hole there. Granted our defense will suck more, but...

 

What if you traded Rolo to get him and signed Bynum to back him up?

 

That's where you're wrong. Our team is built almost entirely around offense, so part of the problem is that our bench simply couldn't keep up the scoring pace that the starters had set. This is why we've seen big leads diminish, or opponents build leads while our starters are out of the game.

If the bench had more firepower, there wouldn't be as much of a dropoff when the starters go out.

 

Don't make me hurt you, Beavis.

 

Yep... We'd win way more games by 15 than 5... Granted, the final score would be 135 - 120, but who doesn't love that?

 

See thats the thing, I wouldn't play Hawes over Freeland right now. I think it would make our team worse. Thats not because I think terribly highly of Freeland either.

Would Hawes be a better option when LaMarcus goes out of the game than TRob or Meyers? Oh heck yes, absolutely. But in the playoffs that will be an ~8 mpg role. Not terribly important.

 

8 minutes in a playoff game is important! 8 minutes is the difference between a 28 point lead and an 8 point lead (just ask Dallas)! With the way we lose leads when our bench is in, every minute we lack offensive production is a minute the starters have to spend digging the team out of holes. If we can't get better at forcing consecutive stops, let's make it harder for the opponent to do it.

 

The Blazers are going to appeal to the league to get more timeouts to rest our starters. That way our starters can play the whole game. The league will allow it calling it the "Meyers Leonard" rule

 

How about an 8-minute "quarter time" between quarters.

 

No way Chandler would or should take a backseat to Lopez.

 

I would trade Claver, Wright, Leonard and either Barton or T-Rob. Would make Chandler our 3rd Big man, Freeland our 4th. Wouldn't trade anyone from our top 8 for him, including Freeland, CJ.