An Old Man's Opinion: Luther Head will be trade before the start of the season

If it were a day after Head had scored 28 points against Dallas, we would definitely not be discussing trading him. I'm sure that after a few weeks V-Span's 22 pts against USA won't be such an important factor.

 

i really dont get the signing of casey jacobson. he really is not the outside shooting threat that people are making him out to be. i seen him play at pheonix, and dude is garbage.

 

from the Denver Post: [link]

"The Nuggets have 14 players on their roster, including just five guards. Denver is interested in adding a veteran shooting guard and possibly a 3-point threat. Another possible shooting guard option is Nuggets free agent DerMarr Johnson. Denver could also try to deal one or more of its big men to acquire backcourt help. "

Juwan Howard & Luther Head for [Oft-Injured] Marcus Camby works under the CBA, according to RealGM. we solve the SG glut and the PF/C void with one trade.

too bad it's just a pipe dream.

 

Van Gundy didn’t want Spanoulis either, but it didn’t stop the Rockets from bringing him over.

I don’t see the Rockets trading away Head simply because I don’t think they want to end up making the same mistake with Head as they did with Mike James. Trade away a player because he doesn’t “fit” or because he doesn’t have a natural position and watch him flourish with another team.

 

Target - Melvin Ely.

Charlotte needs help at guard, has surfiet of forwards and centers.

 

I don't see whats so good about Melvin Ely.

 

casey wont make it past training camp.

sura will stay in the injured list.

bowen will get cut.

head will do the job for us off the bench backing up snyder

 

Trade JHo, Head, & Sura for Wally Z.

Skip KB JL3
Wally Snyder Azubuike
T-Mac Rybo Novak Casey
Battier Hayes Padgett
Yao Deke

There should be no excuses for bad 3pt shooting with that squad.

 

If we are gonna trade 3 players for an overpaid shooter, I'd rather trade for Raef. He gives more shotblocking and defense than Wally does.

 

Pipe dream indeed!

However, how about Head/Howard for the Nuggets Joe Smith (and his expiring contract). That way we get a big body in Smith and he is expiring and the Nuggets get a shooter.

 

Danny Ainge has repeatedly said that he wants experience. Howard is that. Ainge was known, some time back, to covet Howard. Ainge has 17 players under contract.

He wants experience and a place to off-load an extra contract (+ Grant's).

Try: Howard + $3mm + 2nd for Scallabrini and Grant. You'd have a chance then.

 

I don't think JVG hates Luther Head as much as some of you guys think. Sure he says critical things about Head, but JVG does that about everyone on the team last year.

I think what Van Gundy did with Head is more informative than what he said about Head. When push came to shove, Van Gundy gave Head a lot of minutes, especially when the vet guards got hurt. One could say he had no choice but to give Head minutes. However, lets not forget that Van Gundy also could have given extra minutes to Stro Swift (when Yao went down) and Derek Anderson but chose not to. In the end, my belief is that Van Gundy likes Luther Head as a player (particularly for a rookie), but simply wants more size in the backcourt and doesn't think playing a 6'3'' 185 lb guy at the 2 for 30+ minutes helps the team win.

I think Head could get traded, but probably not until the preseason, when the team could better assess his growth as a player as well as what they got in the new guys (Span, Jacobsen, Azubuike, etc).

 

Old Man Rock I will bet you whatever you want that he will not be traded before the start of the season.

 

Sammy, Sammy don't make that bet. It's even money OMR is correct.

 

Van Gundy has said plenty of complementary things about Head too. He knows Head is a viable NBA player. He just feels like he is backup material and we really needed starters last year.

 

scalibrini is just like jerome james, overpaid and does nothing

 

What is the big deal about Melvin Ely?

 

JJ is supposed to have been 'the answer' at the 5, and is being paid accordingly.

BS is supposed to be a benchie providing energy, some spark, and as many OR AS FEW minutes as is required on a given nite. he is not an answer, but he would actually be an OK rotation guy. He was a Morey choice BTW.