2013 Official NBA Off-season Movement & Rumors (Merged threads)

Yeah cause they wouldn't really lose a "PER MINUTE REBOUNDER" like ASIK and have someone that is a natural PF to play along-side Howard. Also, last season, Hickson really developed that mid range game to keep the fuck out of Howard's way.

 

Funny that was my first reaction. Sounds too good and too smart to be true .... and I am trying like hell not get excited about it.

 

Hmm. Why has nobody contacted Hickson in free agency? Hickson put up numbers as a garbage guy playing C. He feasted on offensive rebounds. Ain't gonna happen if he's next to Howard. They don't seem very compatible to me. You know who would be awesome playing next to Howard? Aldridge.

 

"Not being as historically bad as he was the previous season" is a bit different from "really developing".

 

Never really thought of that. Exciting for Magic fans.

 

Wow - at least one player will make McCollum look like a PG, then.

 

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjj01/shooting/2013/

This says otherwise...

around the rim 67%
10 - 16 ft he shot 46%
16-3 point he shot 49%

Now 3-10 ft he sucked 34%; but that's howard territory.

Now compare it to the season before

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjj01/shooting/2012/

around the rim 63%
3-10 ft - 43%
10 - 16 - 22.8%
16-3pt - 33.8%

That is a drastic improvement if you ask me.

 

Hickson and Asik also have the same agent. Just throwing that out there.

 

I swear to God, if Olshey pulls off Asik for Hickson (who we thought we'd lose for nothing anyway); I will fucking scream with excitement!

Then add Tony allen to the mix for the remaining cap space and we really moved the fucking needle!

PG: Lillard/CJ
SG: Matthews/Allen/CJ/Crabbe
SF: Batum/Allen/Claver
PF: Aldridge/Robinson
Center: Asik/Leonard/Withey

Holy shit man! Fucking home run!

 

Something to consider: we have yet to renounce Hickson (something that we HAD to do) in order to use our capspace (as he takes up ~8 mil of it). Hmm maybe a S&T truly is in the works.

 

How has this been missed?!?!?

 

I think Howard was just a part of a fucked up situation in Los Angeles. D' Antoni was a joke and he didn't get enough healthy burn to run with a good defensive minded Brown system. I think they are both very formidable; with a slight edge to Houston.

I suspect they would want something else than just Hickson for Asik. Maybe Barton and someone else. It just seems too good to be true.

 

Pretty sure you can't do both. A Hickson for Asik S&T would use up nearly all our space. No room for TA.

And if you want to sign a FA like Allen first, then we would have to renounce Hickson eliminating the opp for a S&T.

 

I think most of us just assumed Olshey had to renounce hickson to land a free agent. We may only need enough to get Allen. The really weird thing is we may use freehand with Hickson for Asik; so we have enough space to get Allen.

 

Also, I wonder how Rajon Rondo feels about being a celtic with Ainge's new quotes today, saying they aren't going after any big names.

 

But if we add freeland to the mix; then it can work. We would have roughly 6 mil to toss at Allen.

 

I'm hoping I have this right. But in the grand scheme of things, this doesn't really mean much. All this shows is that we have yet to make a big offer to anybody. I think...

 

Can't combine a player with the guy being S&Td

 

And it's an easy fix. Just use some toss ins on a second deal. Whatever the case; it still can be done. We could even use Matthews as a sign and trade for Allen. Whatever the case; all is very possible.