Sources: Nick Young was offered for a 2nd rounder: Morey denied

Nick Young isn't really a SG. He can play SG obviously, but can 100% play SF.

 

choose Iggy to be another mascot over Swaggy.

 

At 6'7" 210lbs, I'd view him as a back up to Ariza or another player to have as s back up just in case.

 

If his price is a second round pick, I think it would be good for the inevitable Bev+Gordon injury.

 

Seriously guys Nick Young is good. He would be a great pickup, our offense would be insane. He can do something off the dribble and get to the rim but he's also great off the catch and he's playing very good defense. For a 2nd round pick, you have to do it. He can take the load off Ariza and play 2/3 and maybe even 4 if you go super small.

His game also isn't predicated on athleticism so whilst he's 31, his game isn't going to take a nosedive.

 

Young has problems with ego, he thinks he's much better than he is so he has no issues with breaking plays and taking hero ISO ball shots in the game. We don't need a guy like that, IIRC Pops had Stephen Jackson on his team then he let him go because although Jackson was talented, he didn't know his role and kept breaking plays because he thought he was better than Manu Ginobili.

Rockets don't have a lot of ego and are team oriented, Eric Gordon could have raised a hissy fit that he is backing up Patrick Beverly or Harrell could have pouted like Omer Asik because after proving he can play as the starting C he's now back at splitting time with old man Nene at the backup slot.

Would a guy who nicknames himself "Swaggy P" be happy as the backup SF to Ariza? Doubt it, he'd probably b**** and moan and complain and cause issues in the locker room. After the mess last year, the Rox should be really careful about introducing rogue elements in the locker room our coach and superstar aren't really disciplinarians like Tim Duncan or Pops, from what I can see both MDA and Harden are conflict avoiders and don't want to deal with ****, they just want to play hard and win games. Nothing wrong with that, but that's why you need to screen who will be on the team.

 

Not everyone is the Spurs, Harden is cool with him, thats good enough.

 

You are talking about the old Nick Young. The Nick Young who chucked whenever he wanted and played no D. He's been different this year, Walton has revitalised his career.

 

Not the old Nick young but the young Nick young?

 

all of this is assumption. Nobody has ever said anything bad about Nick Young.

 

In that case I certainly would entertain the idea of maybe giving them the Blazers second round pick that we have.Then that allows us to use KJ and either Dekker or Harrell as trade baits for someone like Noel.

 

I still think we should do this even after the Lou Will trade. Let swaggy P back up Ariza. He's big enough. Push Dekker to the 4.

 

Nick Young (vs) Swaggy P

Lol

 

There aren't really a lot of minutes for someone at the backup 3 exclusively. Seems like he would be pretty unhappy playing 15 minutes a game.

 

I for sure would expand the Lou trade to include swags for a 2nd. that's good value. I think it wasn't originally made because morey was holding out all picks after the first to acquire a higher end salary. I think closer to the deadline this surely becomes more feasible if it only costs kj/2nd added to the Lou trade.

I like the idea of bringing in teammates for added initial chemistry.

I think morey is holding out hoping to get a rotation center using one or both 2nds with the scrubs. If he falls short and young is still there, I can see us getting him.

Harden/Bev
Gordon/Lou
Ariza/Young
Ryno/Dekker
Capela/NeNe

That's a very good very deep 10 player rotation, 11 when you include Harrell.

 

Add Ennis into the Lou deal and the Rockets have enough salary in there to take Young back. I think that's the fall back option... Young is a solid player and we need wing depth badly.

 

I'm afraid you're right! The Rockets aren't probably looking for another Big, they might be looking at another wing to replace Brewer. Maybe a defensive specialist that can knock down a spot up 3 pointer, unlike Brewer. Maybe plan A is Shumpert, and plan B would be some like PJ Tucker. Is all about matching up with the Dubs.

 

You don't need to hear other people talk about him, just watch him on the court and listen to his sound bites. When you name yourself "Swaggy P" are you the type of person gonna be happy in a bench role and out of the lime light? Nick young was claiming he can beat Kobe in practice 1-on-1 now he's gonna be happy as **** to back up Trevor Ariza? Nick Young isn't a young player, he's been in the NBA a long time and we all know what his personality is like, a city like LA suits him very well.

If Young was younger you can get him and peg him as the SF starter when Ariza gets old(er). But they're about the same age he's nowhere near the defender Ariza is and with Lou Williams providing the offensive spark we don't need Young on the team.

 

How the hell does Swaggy P help our defense? We have enough perimeter scoring. We don't need Swaggy P taking away shots from Harden, EGoo, Lou WIll and even Rhyno provided he can stop being a p***y and just let it fly.

What we need is defense and rebounding.

 

Isn't Harden also cool with Brown and Ty Lawson? I know not everyone is the Spurs, but you have to emulate them to reach their kind of success. 20 years of contention+5 rings, they know what they're doing.