https://www.google.com/amp/s/sports...rowded-frontcourt-rockets-open-195446389.html Teams, including the Portland Trail Blazers and Brooklyn Nets, also inquired about Kenyon Martin Jr. around the draft period. Houston likes Martin and believes he can still have a positive impact on the roster, but the Rockets understand the nature of the available minutes — or potential lack thereof now with an additional three players drafted — as well as the return of Usman Garuba. Should an adequate offer open up, Houston is open to finding a better fit for Martin elsewhere
Saw that we’d have to take on Gordon, so I’m not as interested. I actually don’t mind Gordon’s contract. Quite honestly, he could help us in a playoff run, but he would be another undersized SG that takes minutes away from Sharpe’s playing time. If Gordon was bigger and played SF/PF or was big enough to play full time SF, I’d have no problem keeping him.
I’d see if we can get NYK involved: POR gets Martin (1.7), Noel (9.2) HOU gets Bledsoe (19.4), Fournier (18), NYK 1st, future POR 2nds NYK gets Gordon (19.6)
I don’t want Noel unless NY is attaching a first. Nurk is already injury-prone; we don’t need a backup that’s also injury-prone. If we’re spending 10m on a backup center I’d rather get Hartenstein.
Well by trading out Bledsoe for Martin and Noel, you’d still have money to go get a Hartenstein. So now Noel would be your third string C, with a team option the following year. Nurk/Hartenstein/Noel is a solid C rotation. Then with Nas, Hart, Martin, any of the three can emerge as the starting SF next to Grant. Martin will also back up PF with Watford and Brown III. Dame, Simons, Hart, Sharpe, and Keon will get all of the guard minutes.
Dame/Ant/Keon/Williams(2w) Ant/Hart/Sharpe/Keon Martin/Nas/Sharpe/Walker(2w) Grant/Martin/Watford/Brown III Nurk/Hartenstein/Noel With that Bledsoe trade. I’m not too optimistic about a better result than this when the offseason is over. I don’t think the trade is too much in anyone’s favor. Even though it was on a losing team, he had solid numbers and excelled in all the things WE need. If he’s a starter, we just found a cheap starter for the next two seasons. Cheap starters with any kind of untapped potential is going to lengthen our contention window with Dame and keep the dream of getting another star alive.
Gordon 6'3" Martin 6'6" Still not the size we need. Hopefully there would be something else to come out of it.
I read this morning that Martin is 6'7.5....how did that get to 6'6? His Wiki page has him at 6'7 and another site has him at 6'5....frustrating to figure out what someone's true height is in the NBA....it's like a Charles Barkley rule or something
Martin was 6'6" barefoot. So definitely a legit 6'7" ish in shoes which is fine at SF. Absolutely no need for Gordon.
Quite honestly, I’d rather have Martin at this point. 6ers just traded for Melton, don’t know how much they value Gordon right now. Martin is also cheaper because he doesn’t have the defensive reputation, and looks like he can be a better shooter if he gets more in game reps. If Bledsoe can land Martin + a backup big for no more than a couple 2nds, I feel like you have to do it. I like Martin a lot. He reminds me of DFS but a thinner frame.
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Eric Gordon holds no appeal to me, and I don't see Martin getting a ton of run in Portland. He's young and he's cheap and he's taller than 6'4", though, so I'd take him to round out the roster/rotation.
