Switch Dragic for Stephenson and I am there. Or Bledsoe. Dragic is good, but prefer Bledsoe & Stephenson more.
How about Morris? Markief Morris, he's 24, 6'10, 245 He's young, has size, steadily improving ever season, has a really nice mid range jumper, would be a excellent floor spacer next to Howard, solid passer, he is a plus defender, has very nice advanced defensive stats. I don't why the Suns would trade him to us, I don't know what we have for them, I just think he would be a excellent fit and a possibly that guy Morey trades for that nobody saw coming.
Markieff has more more size, is stronger, has about 10-15 pounds and a inch over Marcus and most just plays much bigger then Marcus. He's a true PF unlike Marcus who's more of a SF. He's also a better rebounder, passer, defender, inside scorer. Marcus is the better 3 point shooter, but Markief has a very good long mid range shot, would definitely stretch the floor and fit very nicely next to Howard. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ABP6qukk_Lo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Gonna throw in another dark horse trade idea Asik to Pelicans Casspi, Powell to Nets Garnett + Pelicans 2015 1st pick to Houston Garnett would be a excellent backup center and a even better expiring trade piece at the trade deadline. I bet if Timberwolves could pick one expiring contract, it would be Garnett, as he can return and most likely retire with the organization that drafted him. Nets do it because it would save them a boat load of cash, the nets are currently at 88 million dollars in salary, you shave off Garnett's 12 million salary and they would be down to the luxury tax line. Plus it's not like Garnett is going to contribute anything more then 10 - 15 minutes a night this season, definitely not worth all that tax money.
Get this if we were to pull of a trade like that for Garnett we could flip a deal like this to the Timberwolves at the deadline Parsons, Garnett, Jones, Capela, Pelicans 2015 1st and Rockets 2017 1st for Love, Martin, Budinger and Brewer. Wolves get very good young players (Parsons, Jones) Expiring Twolve legend (Garnett) multiple picks (Capela, NOP 2015, HOU 2017) and get to dump 3 bad contracts. Beverley/Canaan/Johnson Harden/Martin Ariza/Brewer/Budinger Love/Motiejunas Howard Perfect deal or what?
Realistic PF options that are likely attainable in order from most attainable to least. It is time to go all in. Creating cap space and begging free agents to come here is pie in the sky. Worked with Howard, but we struck out on Melo and Bosh. Waiting for Love or Durant would be a mistake and wasting Howard's prime years will just make him decide to leave. Win now...go all in, let the chips fall where they may and adjust accordingly. Carlos Boozer Thad Young Ersan Ilyasova Josh Smith Ryan Anderson Paul Milsap
Everybody who thinks you can get an all nba guard for what's likely to be a late lottery pick is crazy. On the other hand including anything in a trade for Lance is unnecessary, because he's a UFA. You just offer him the right number and a starting position and he'll come. I just don't see why would the rockets want him with Harden here.
Why is PF such a issue? How old is T Jones he is only going to get better. What we need is a decent back up Pg or a stud PG and move Beverly to the Bench to be our 6th man.
I agree that we could use some more point guard help, but power forward is much more of a trouble situation. Jones has a lot of upside, and I am increasingly optimistic about him being able to take the next step -- but, did you see what Aldridge did to him in the post season? Oooooh. Not pretty. We need a solid big to add to the rotation of Jones, Howard and DMo in order to anchor it and give a veteran tough presence. I am not sure who works best...but we need someone there bad. At point guard, we could use a good bench player too -- but at least we are not getting tore up there with Beverley being an all nba 2nd teamer like we get tore up with Jones at the 4.
Send Jones, DMo, Covington, Rights to Llull, Rights to Capela, and two first rounders to T-Wolves for Love Why Minnesota Does It? The get Llull who is a good friend of Rubio's so he most likely will come to the NBA. They get some high potential prospects and a few future first round players. Why we do it? All we need is Love. Three team trade: NO Out: Gordon, 1st round pick NO In: Markieff Morris, Asik, Hou 2nd Rounder PHX Out: Markieff Morris, Bledsoe(or dragic) PHX In: NO 1st rounder, Gordon Hou Out: Asik, 2nd Rounder Hou In: Bledsoe(or Dragic) Bledsoe(Dragic)/Beverly/Canaan Harden/Daniels/Johnson Parsons/Ariza/Casspi Love/Vet Big/Tarik Black or Maarty Leunen Howard/Vet Big(Emeka Okafor???)
I know Aldridge destroyed us but he a All Star Veteran PF. Last year was Jones first year starting. I grow concerned that the NBA is know in the 3 Superstar era where everyone thinks lets go get 3 Allstars. We need to give time to our Young players to Develop. Yes we have a small Window with Howard but Harden,Jones ,Beverly and Parsons are guys that we can pull the Spurs rrick of having your Big3 come from your drafts.
We really need a second creator. Harden has been proven to be nullified on some occasions thus we need someone who can make plays from the PG or PF spot.
right after the draft morey said a lot of undrafted players this year would have been low 1st round picks in other years. given morey's penchant for finding PFs. i wouldn't be surprised if he tried to use t.jones as trade bait to make one last splash through trade. then replace t.jones with one of these undrafted players.
Here's some washed up veteran free agents that we can sign for cheap: Rashard Lewis Metta World Peace Emeka Okafor Chauncey Billups Jermaine O'Neal Hedo Turkoglu Mike Miller Chris Anderson Kenyon Martin Caron Butler Matt Bonner Richard Jefferson Al Harrington
Maybe not the 4th seed but would do something when we get there. As we set now we will not make passed the 2nd round if we get there -- there is no TEAM Defense . Asik is GONE & Howard can't stay on the floor (hack-a-Howard). Parson can play d - he did it his rookie year. So can EVERYONE on the TEAM. Bev as a starter just is not good enough. HARDEN did nothing in the play - offs (to my knowledge he was not hurt), partying, looks fatter than I do in the last pictures of him on CF. I am not at Howard fan (health) but our time is limited with him and from Harden's action show he doesn't care. We have NO other trade options left. AND time is running out on the players we have.
KG is still a top defender in this league. If KG is willing to play 2 more years... Morey should get him here with whatever cap remaining. Anyway, it would be a great story for him to go back to Kevin McHale. Offer him a 2 years, with a 2nd year player option.
