Grizz Seeking First-Round Pick for Mayo?: With respect to O.J. Mayo, I’m told Memphis is looking for a No. 1 pic... bit.ly/A3Dn20
lol, bro, just put the hoopsworld link up no need to hide it... :grin: ChrisMannixSI Chris Mannix With respect to O.J. Mayo, I'm told Memphis is looking for a No. 1 pick in virtually every discussion they have had about Mayo 14 hours ago
Here is an article saying he and Hollins are finally on the same page and that Mayo is now the Mempho-wave (a tribute to Vinnie "The Microwave" Johnson). http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/jan/23/mayo-finally-making-his-mark/
Of course they are. He is a RFA next year. They already have plenty of guys that can score baskets. Somebody will overpay for him, and with 3 max players, Conley on a decent sized contract (a lot of people thought it was too much for Conley, but he's proving more than worth it so far this year). Personally, I'm not interested in Mayo. Now, if they put Speights on the market, I'd bite.
The guy's almost a perfect clone of Ben Gordon, except he thinks even higher of himself. He's maybe worth a mid-20s pick. Pretty sure you can find a combo shoot'em-up guard in the draft and have them for several years on a small dollar rookie deal. Mayo's qualifying offer this summer is $7M, which is already starting to overpay him. If a contender needs to rent him because of an injury, okay. Worst attempt at a nickname I've ever seen. No, wait. Thabeet tried to get away with stealing Dream's. Carry on.
Rockets trade- Scola, Bud, 2013 1st rd pick (lotto-protected), Rights to Sergio Llull, Dragic Get- Humphris, Brooks, Farmar, Nets trade- humphris, Brooks, Farmar, Get- Scola, Bud, Grizz 2012 2nd rd pick, Rights to Sergio Llull, Mayo, Dragic Grizz trade- Mayo, 2012 2nd rd pick (top-37 protected) Get- Marrow, Hou 2013 1st rd pick (lotto-protected)
Why would we even want him? Lee and Martin are both better than Mayo. I don't see any real upside to Mayo either. Plus he is a RFA who would we wouldn't bother extending. His qualifying offer would be $7.4 million.
Not valid--we can't give up our 2013 pick due to the stepien rule. The only pick we can trade right now is the Knicks pick.
Mayo's value has really gone south the last couple of years. I think he can benefit from a change of scenery and help a team that needs offense off the bench.
Dunno how high they're looking or who's interested, the Nets have Brooks and probably won't trade for Mayo unless they trade Brooks. I can see contenders, the Celtics and Lakers might want him, but I don't think their pick will be high enough. The Twolves need a shooting guard, maybe they trade for him? Are the Pacers still interested? I know the Bulls have Rip, but with Deng injured and playing almost the whole game- would they try to take him?
I'm not so sure the Nets make a move for Mayo. Their master plan is to hoard cap room to make a run at Dwight Howard in free agency (assuming that Howard isn't moved at the trade deadline AND elects not to opt out of his $19.5M+ salary for 2012-13). Mayo's cap hold would take a huge chunk out of that cap room. Still, it's a possibility, given that the Nets would need SOME good young talent on the roster, especially if D-Will leaves. But in either instance, I don't think they'd trade Marshon Brooks. He's a good young scorer who is in the first year of a CHEAP four-year rookie scale contract. They'd hang onto him until after re-signing Mayo (at the very least) and then see what value they could get for him. Gotta agree with robbie380 here, DD. Mayo is only a small upgrade over Lee, yet he will likely command (and DEMAND) far more money next summer in free agency . . . probably because some stupid GM is more likely to overpay Mayo than to grossly overpay Lee. Plus, Lee's qualifying offer (and, more importantly, CAP HOLD) is far lower than Mayo's. I know it's frustrating when you see a quality young player come on the market, know that you probably COULD acquire him if you really wanted to, but at the same time realize that you have no need whatsoever for that player. If Mayo had 2 years left on his deal? Sure, I'd probably send out feelers on what it would take to get him (but not give up too much in the way of high quality assets). But with his contract running out in a few months, . . . no, thanks.
I really like Mayo's game, if not for the ego issues. He plays some really mean D at the sg spot too, he's basically a rich man's version of Courtney Lee. The only problem I see with him is he's looking to get paid, I'm not sure he's worth a 1st round pick as well as the 7M you have to fork for him.
