<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Much fanfare surrounded the Hornets' Aug. 2 acquisition of Kirk Snyder and Rasual Butler. In a five-team, 13-player swap, New Orleans traded a player who's never worn a Hornets uniform for Utah's Snyder, the No. 16 pick in the 2004 draft, and Miami's Butler. But there is an underlying reality -- their teams didn't want them. After one tumultuous season, Utah dumped Snyder. But the NBA sophomore, who met with the media Tuesday along with Butler, says he is ready for a fresh start. "It's like you don't want to say anything bad about the other team where you were, but I'm glad to be here. It's been a process to get here," said Snyder, who was obtained after New Orleans traded the rights to Spanish center Roberto Duenas. "I'm a real passionate person, and I really believe in team first, 'I' second. That's something that people should know about me -- I'm not a selfish guy." As a rookie, the 6-foot-6 Snyder averaged 5.0 points in 13.3 minutes per game. And he had numerous run-ins with Jerry Sloan, the NBA's longest-tenured coach. He was benched and reprimanded by Sloan on March 29 for apparently taunting the Houston Rockets. In that game, Snyder played well, but Utah lost by 14. Snyder got into a postgame fistfight with Dallas' Jerry Stackhouse on April 9. And on the court, Snyder had trouble adapting to the offense involving isolation plays set up by the pick-and-roll. Just 20 days ago, Sloan lambasted Snyder's play for Utah's team in the Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue summer league. "For whatever reason, Kirk's struggled in a lot of these games," Sloan told the Deseret Morning News. "In just about all aspects of the game -- defense, rebounding, running the floor, shooting the ball." Snyder isn't dwelling on that. The guard-forward said he is excited about fitting into a new offense. And he even made sure to compliment Sloan, calling him "one of the best coaches still coaching." As for what he learned from last year? "You don't deal with coaches -- coaches deal with you," Snyder said. "You look at it from a business side of things. You let the coach coach and you play. When you get it mixed up with all the other stuff and all the things that can distract you, then you might be in trouble." </div> Source
Butler, when he played, he played great hes a great shooter and hes young. Many people critisize his defense but he stepped up his D IMO. I hope he gets playing time in NO and hopefully people recognize how great of a shooter this guy is.
I'd start Snyder at the 3 and then bring Butler off the bench to eat up minutes at the 2 and then Nachbar to get the minutes at the 3. I like the trade for the Hornets because they got 2 useful players and a pick for someone that they never used.
I see Rasual startin, he is more experienced and is an incredible shooter when he gets going. I think he will be a nice perimiter threat in NO.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Buckets:</div><div class="quote_post">I'd start Snyder at the 3 and then bring Butler off the bench to eat up minutes at the 2 and then Nachbar to get the minutes at the 3. I like the trade for the Hornets because they got 2 useful players and a pick for someone that they never used.</div> But where does that leave Macijauskas? Other than Chris Paul, Macijauskas has to be the Hornets' best acquisition this offseason. I don't think Snyder is quite ready to start yet. There's a reason he was riding the bench in Utah... I think he can be good, I heard a lot of good things about him during last year's draft. But Snyder still needs another year or two to adjust. He'll mostly be battling Nachbar for playing time. The Hornets are really high on Nachbar though after re-signing him this offseason. So unless Nachbar doesn't play up to expectations, I don't think Snyder will get much PT in the beginning. He'll have his chance sometime.
