Trade Larry Nance Jr traded to Portland

I’m like clockwork!

 

Hey, what happened to the Larry Nance thread?

 

It will interesting to see if he starts. It is not always who is best. If NP does start at SF then I think you start Nance alongside Nurk. Get that chemistry between
Dame, CJ, NP Nurk, and LNJ started early.

A 2nd unit of Simons, Snell, Little, Roco, and Zeller would not be bad if Chauncey thinks that there are enough ball handlers in that 2nd unit.

 

I will miss Kanter, would've liked to have him back to give the bench some offensive options.

Having Melo and Kanter together on the bench was stupid, but having one is nice. The problem with Melo is he won't accept a 11th man role. Maybe Kanter wouldn't have either.

 

nance fits better with that second unit and your second paragraph is a big reason why. Simons isn’t a great playmaker and it doesn’t sound like CJ will be on the second unit. Nance can still play with the starters in certain matchups, like when other teams go small. Even if he doesn’t start I think he’ll see heavy minutes.

 

Why did mods merge the thread about Nance with the one joking about breaking Nance news. Nothing makes sense now. Darn. I was just going to post the pic below with with the suggestion we trade for this Nance guy. But now all hope is lost.

 

Nothing ever made sense. When we all accept this fact of life we'll be much better off.

 

Yeah but if that is the concern then technically Nance could still start and Roco could come in for him after 6 minutes, then he could return to begin the 2nd quarter. Essentially what CJ has done the last couple of years.

I would guess there are other options as well. I just think Nance is the better PF over Roco. Not saying he is the better overall player, just that if we go small with NP at SF then I think we go bigger at PF with Nance.

I do think that Chauncey has options and injuries will dictate a lot of it throughout the season. If NP, CJ or Dame are out, then maybe Roco and Nance both start. I wouldn't even mind seeing a Dame, NP, Snell, Nance, and Nurk starting unit at times. People can talk shit about Snell all they want but he is still a 40% 3 pt shooter and his D is not horrible like some suggest. Again Chauncey will have options when injuries occur....and they will occur.

 

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I would also have been happy with that!

 

Well he SHOULDN'T! Zeller might be the best of that bunch.

 

I think we'll see lineups where Nance replaces Nurk with the starters a fair amount - like when the Warriors sat their starting C and brought in Iguodala, and that was their lineup of death.

 

Zeller can handle the ball well for a center and Nance can handle the ball well for a PF. So although I agree there would be a concern, both bigs can help bring the ball up coutrt. After that, it will depend on the offense that Chauncy runs. Many offenses these days do not require a main playmaker, not if you have a lot of ball movement.

 

Love that Nance likes to grab and go, Ive thought for a long time we need to push the ball more with a big.
Think about the forwards that push the ball on a defensive rebound.

 

So we tried to get Lauri and Brooks before Nance?

Is this another case of Neil lucking into someone better for this team after missing on his first (and second) choice?

 

or he decided he wanted nance instead, crazy concept I know.

 

Perhaps.

The thought process on Lauri is definitely intriguing. And it should indicate potential future targets maybe. I kinda wanted to kick the tires on him, but Nance is clearly the better fit.

I'm meh on Brooks. Think he's completely overrated on this board because of his Oregon ties.

 

I know I've heard this before but when he said it we were in a different situation with out a possible replacement.
We now have someone who can replace him. I wonder how he would answer this question now. Because if he wouldn't consider coming off
the bench RIGHT NOW, and that might be the best option for the TEAM defensively, then get him gone....

Just not for Ben Simmons...