No, but the fact that he's nothing special makes the point moot. Answer: Wallace? Hinrich? Bass? Question: Name 3 players who would be of absolutely no benefit at all to the Blazers.
My understanding is that Martell would be a PPP player but since his salary doesn't really change much it is not an issue. PPP means you have to take back the average per year amount of his whole contract versus sending out what he makes now.
Yup. His new contract and the last year of his rookie scale contract are nearly identical, so for all intents and purposes it makes no difference, except now there isn't some massive 3X caphold applied to him this off-season. If anything Martell is more tradeable than ever.
Just imagine if we could go to a late-game defensive lineup of Roy-Batum-Wallace at 1-2-3... would be fantastic. Would gladly give up Raef+Outlaw+whatever else... not sure if I'd give up Webster, Bayless, or Rudy for GW... but I'd think about it.
Dude. Just because you can't detect the smart-ass comment in my post earlier this week about the very average Brandon Bass doesn't mean he would shore up the Bobcats' rebounding deficiency.
You have to wonder about these sources. Last week the trade was imminent, remember? G-Wallace is gonna be a steal to whoever gets him.
You tend to get facts wrong, and you never admit it. Sorry if I doubt that you had any idea who Brandon Bass was before he was mentioned (mentioned because you were criticizing Zach for getting lit up by Dirk, when of course he wasn't guarding Dirk) in a thread about Randolph last week. Ed O.
When did he say Bass wasn't any good? I think it's pretty clear that Brandon Bass is a pretty insignificant player for any roster in the NBA. He brings some positive things to the table but he's virtually of no significance. Then again it was you who thought the Lakers combo of Luke Walton and Trevor Ariza were good.
I'd definitely go Outlaw/Frye for Wallace. Our defense would improve immensely right away and we'd start playing a lot more zone (Frye is too flat footed and Outlaw doesn't have the IQ), which would benefit Sergio and Rudy a lot in the second unit. Wallace runs the floor better than either of them, but obviously doesn't have the shooting touch. Batum's minutes would take a cut (but are going to anyways). We lose a couple of fan favorites, but they get put in a good position to play larger roles on that team, and it's a low risk money saving move for Charlotte. Blake/Sergio/Bayless Roy/Fernandez Webster/Wallace/Batum Aldridge/Wallace/Diogu Oden/Pryzbilla/Lafrentz we're still stacked
Gerald Wallace is far better than Martell Webster. Webster is a below-average starter, Wallace is just a tick below star-level. Acquiring Wallace would spell the end of Webster as a starter (except when Wallace is injured, which has happened an unfortunate amount).
The fact that a max player like Zach has to be hidden on defense on a player like Brandon Bass pretty much proved my point. Plus, Zach did guard Nowitzki at points in that game, and Nowitzki won both the stat battle and the game. Brandon Bass is a very average player who plays smaller than his size. I dunno, seems like a fairly accurate assessment, at least more accurate than thinking he would shore up the Bobcats' rebounding deficiency.
Wallace would be very nice- maybe for Pryzbilla, Channing Frye and a number one pick? They get a good defensive center at a nice contract, a decent power forward and a prospect. We lose some frontcourt depth- but maybe can bring Freeland in the future or sign someone in offseason. Our big three becomes the big four with defense everywhere but the one spot.
he could be a great energy guy and still get 30 minutes a night, he fits better with the second unit anyways.
After seeing the kind of wrecking ball that Przybilla-Oden can be with them rotating in and out over the past week and a half, I'm am flat out opposed to sending Joel anywhere under almost any circumstances (at least for now), unless we are getting a player back that is such a game changer that you'd be a fool to pass it up ... Gerald Wallace is very, very good, but at this point I think he's a hair under that threshold.
Oden has been a god-send for Pryzbilla. He can now play hard every minute he is on the floor and not care about getting fouls. When Joel plays with abandon - he is a great asset. It would be a big mistake to trade him at this point - and as much as I like the idea of GW on the Blazers roster - I would be much happier if we did not lose the Gorilla to bring him in.
