If I am Portland and he is willing to go, I'd deal Hickson, Babbitt and Williams to the Wolves for Pekovic and Williams. That might get them to bite since they would get out of Williams salary. Williams is still better than any bench player we have right now, so he would be an upgrade for us as well. It would give us Bird rights to Pekovic too
Except that Kahn would never consent to a trade that actually helps us. Otherwise, yeah, I'd absolutely make that deal.
How far off is it for them to accept? A future first? Leonard? Hopefully one of the penis boys will let me know when school gets out
Just like I said about Spencer Hawes in that thread, I would think that if Minnesota wanted to shop Pekovic, they'd be able to get something better for him than JJ Hickson and Meyers Leonard.
You'd have to throw in Leonard to even make it interesting ... even then I don't see that deal going anywhere.
sounds like a poster from here or rubechat made up some inside source to pretend to live out the obvious revenge angle
Don't you think they could use a serviceable PF (back-up/potential starter) with the way K-Love will be hitching the next train to anywhere-else-ville?
I don't think of Leonard as a "throw-in" type of guy. He's just about exactly on course to where I expected him to be. He's got size, a great motor and athleticism, and a decent jumper. He just doesn't think at an NBA speed, but that could change. High motor guys can overcome stupidity (see Ruben Patterson). 7 footers even more so.
I agree that is the wrong strategy for Kahn to take. Give teams hope they won't match if the price is too high? More teams will try now. Not a max deal, but big bucks none-the-less. If Kahn was being honest, then he should definitely trade him by the deadline. Leonard would be a fare trade. Not as good now, but cheaper with potential to be better.
after going to a game when he was still healthy, I no longer think he is a high-motor guy. He's a kid who falls into the job like GO did.
I agree. When I saw him play against Lakers; he was completely lost on the court. It was hard to watch.
True, I do remember Germ being terrible at being at the right place at the right time. The only difference was Jerm just came out of high school. He had no formal collegic "big time" playing time. And even looking at LJ or Kobe; they needed a couple years before they got into the groove. Leonard is 21 years old; three years older than Jerm before he came into the league.
Leonard is only 20 (he'll be 21 soon, but not yet). Yeah he's totally clueless sometimes, but you gotta give a guy like Leonard 3-4 years before you give him a grade. Hell, it took LMA 4 years to figure himself out. Big guys in the NBA need time. Young big guys need that much more.
