I really agree about the benefits of a move to bring in a vet on his way out into the team. While others say they don't fit as "pieces" I really disagree as 2 inexperienced guys develop way better with 3 vets on the floor to give them pointers rather than 4 inexperienced guys looking to one young leader. The trick is to bring in a vet who doesn't want to necessarily take over a team so much as help it out. I really think PG is the position we need help with, and I love the thought of consolidating in order to get more playing time for the guys I really want to develop personally. Nash would be awesome, a pipedream but awesome nonetheless. How about this one (assuming things aren't going well in PHX in a month)... Phoenix Suns Incoming Players Ike Diogu Hakim Warrick Jerryd Bayless Raef LaFrentz Steve Blake Outgoing Players: Boris Diaw, Steve Nash, Grant Hill They obviously forfeit a title pursuit but bring in a lot of young talent to help surround Amare with and (more importantly) save over thirty million in the long run. Not fair value wise but I could see their owner biting on something like this, and Bayless is a local boy. Portland Trail Blazers Incoming Players Steve Nash Grant Hill Darko Milicic Outgoing Players: Ike Diogu, Jerryd Bayless, Raef LaFrentz, Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw We give up a lot but really Bayless is the only player with potential to make a big impact for us in the future and we take the gamble that the short gains in stability and open playing time that Nash and Hill gives us pays off for our guys learning how to cut w/o the ball, feed the post, and gained playoff experience. Even if they both walk at the end of their deals we've developed our guys better I believe. Nash/Roy/Hill/Aldridge/Oden backups Sergio/Rudy/Webster/Frye/Pryz next year insert Batum for Hill Memphis Grizzlies Incoming Players Boris Diaw Travis Outlaw Outgoing Players: Hakim Warrick, Darko Milicic Memphis brings in a little in salary (in year three) with Diaw but gets a couple of guys who help their team direction more and take a gamble overall that could pay off bigtime in an up-tempo system.
Boy I always believed I had high value homerism on the Blazer players. This topped the cake!!!! (Considering when this was typed)
I don't see a ton I don't still stand behind. Nash or Kidd in 2008-2010 would've been way better for us than someone like Harris. I still think Sergio is a better PG than Bayless. I still think Batum (when he can bend his wrist fully to shoot) should be on the floor in crunch time. I still think Outlaw didn't/doesn't sniff out rebounds. I think 2008 LMA wasn't a stellar offensive rebounder (especially by himself). When we got Andre Miller (a vet PG) it helped the team out a lot, except that (like I said) Nate didn't think the Professor was good enough and started Blake over him. Raef had value (could've at the LEAST gotten Vince Carter), Frye had value, Bayless had value. And while I think Wade might've been able to play PG (really, just a ball-handling guard with Roy) you would've had similar problems to when he and LBJ teamed up in 2010. Overcome-able, but still some issues to start.
Oh I agree. Everyone you wanted would have made us much better! Have you ever looked back a few years and hindsight your thoughts? I think it's fun!
