I think Miller + Bayless OR Williams is a very fair trade Now why would NJ do that???? i dont know...
Right NOW? Maybe not. He is, IMO, a superior/more consistent defender. He's also a superior shooter from behind the three point line (although he really struggled there last year, and being superior to Miller in that respect isn't saying much). On the other hand, he's more injury-prone (who isn't?) and he regressed last year in many respects. In the long run, though? He definitely is. He's over seven years younger than Miller, which is a big difference... and it's not like Miller has a ton of playoff experience that we would be sacrificing by shipping him out for a younger guy. Harris will never be a superstar, but he can be a borderline all-star... and at age 27, he fits in quite well with the expected window of contention for the Blazers. Ed O.
What if Cho's fancy godlike software doesn't like Devin Harris? Oh, I forgot, the Blazers are "collaborative" now.
Harris is NOT a better PG than Miller. He's not a better shooter than Miller, either. He WAS a better defender and still is a better athlete. But he's more of a ball-hogging combo guard than a PG. He's certainly not the ideal player to play alongside Roy. You've got to think that the extreme crappiness of NJ last year was a red flag.
Simple. Ed didn't mention the downside of Harris - he makes a lot of $. If your team sucks, you should remove high priced players and replace them with low cost players with "potential" - that describes Rudy and Bayless. So, from that point of view it makes sense.
You get a 2 guard of the future and an experienced point guard to break in Lopez. Then they can look for a PG to pair with Lopez in the long run. While there is some window crossover between Lopez and Harris, they can afford to wait and build around Lopez. Miller would get Lopez the ball a lot more then Harris in better position to score. Same with Favors. They would have 4 good positions with 3 sharing a similar window in Favors, Lopez and Bayless or Williams.
Dude that's bullshit, you know we should have drafted CP3 and Durant. Oh wait let KP go sorry. I was about to include Jordan and bad medical advice for Walton, but you know that would be taking it too far.
I can see them, not as a centerpiece, but having interest in Rudy as well. Wasn't their owner the owner of CSKA when they were supposedly offering him a lot of money to stay and play there, as opposed to coming here. They had the largest offer I remember reading back then. NJ owner mentioned wanting to be a global team. Adding previous international stars will help somewhat in that regard.
The Nets don't really need Bayless or Williams, or any of the Blazers' guards. They have a plethora of wing players from Outlaw to Terrence Williams(avg 15/7/7 last month of season last year), to Courtney Lee and Morrow, and they still have Farmar as the backup PG. They could use some backup bigs the most I guess.
I think Williams and Miller for Harris makes the most sense. Roy and Wesley are going nowhere for a long time, so losing a third string SG does not hurt much. There could be truth to the rumor that Harris and Avery did not co-exist very well the first time. Maybe NJ thinks Miller would be a better fit. I think the Lopez rumor has zero legs.
