Rodney Hood a Blazer

Well Hood is more of a short term replacement, Prince would be more long term. Besides there could be other trades involving Harkless or Turner too.

 

So you constantly talk about Olshey needing a SF with a certain size and length and Olshey gets someone who fits your mold and you complain still?

 

I'm just not a huge fan of Prince's after watching him several times this year as he is as inconsistent as our other small forwards.

 

Well... let me add by saying, I am also pondering if Neil is thinking of another move.

 

If Anthony Davis isn't an option, Turner and a 1st for Mirotic and Wesley Johnson would be sweet.

 

Exactly my thought for the past year and a half since I followed the Jazz.

 

That's the exact trade I was thinking.

 

I was simply listing available guys who could fit in our TPE.

 

This has to be step 1 of several, right?

 

Hopefully, I don't see opening up a roster spot and not using it.

 

The mold I want is an excellent dribbler, a creator. And a better shooter. But as I've now posted about 3 times, I'm hopeful he'll do better in the Stotts system.

As for "size and length," you made that up. I've said just the opposite--to, if necessary, convert a 6-6 SG into a SF. Olshey tried this trick with Turner and then Stauskas. So much for your height comment.

 

That's kind of how I feel about Hood, but I'm going to be positive about it... Starting tomorrow.

 

I dig this

 

If this is a precursor to a bigger trade, I'm happy with it.

If this is the only trade we're making before the deadline..... it's just more of the treadmill shit that Olshey always pulls.

 

I "think" we sign Melo

 

Low cost and low risk move though that can definitely pay some dividends.

 

'You (better) know nothing.....NOTHINIG!'

 

Honestly, I think Stotts is one of the few coaches that could still get something out of Melo. I'm not a fan of Donovan and I think that Mike D didn't work with Melo in NY, I'm not sure why they thought it would work in Houston.

 

Hood is an ending contract, who's making about $3.5 mil this year.
edit: we do not have his bird rights, making re-signing him more complicated.
He's listed at 6'8", 208 lb.
He's an SG/SF.
He is 26 years old - Dame's timeline, blah, blah, blah.
He was thought very highly of in Utah (actually, not at the end), but not so much in his last 1.5 years in Cleveland.
He's Left Handed (which some seem to find relevant).
Slightly increases Luxury Tax.
A roster spot has opened up.
Shooting .362 from 3 this year, .368 for his career. Should thrive in a Stotts system.


We just traded 2 guys who don't play, for one that does. So, there is a bit of a rotation squeeze.

Low Risk, High Reward type of deal - a Buy Low, Sell High sort of deal (if we sell him high!)

Plays the same position as CJ.

I like the individual players on our bench, but their negative +/- is, frankly, why we don't have a much better record. Does this fix it?

Seems like it's signalling for another trade, but Neil hasn't made the promised "consolidation trade" EVER. Many of us are crossing our fingers.

OTOH, Neil has clearly been very busy. We'll see.

 

I don't know about that

the Blazers either had to send out 2 minimum contracts or cut a player and use their TPE....which would have added 12M in salary and tax. Portland may do like many teams do and that's go thru the season with an open roster spot. They might do auditions with 10 day contracts as well

on the other hand, having Harkless, Layman, Turner, & Hood as players best suited to the SF position seems unbalanced