I feel like Daryl will go out and snag a backup center that can fill in and help provide shot blocking and rebounding. Here are a few guys that I think make some sense. No long term commitment, low salary guys on teams that are not competing with us in the West and may be moving on to other players. Miles Plumlee Bismack Biyombo Ian Mahinmi Chris Anderson Jason Smith
That would be difficult to do, since we've talked about everyone. I think Morey wants a center as insurance for Dwight. These mini me centers aren't going to cut it and Dmo is a fouling machine. Possibly Hill, since cyber says Morey already went after him before.
Wtf are you smoking? You want to give up NY 2nd, Pelicans 1st, T. Jones, Papa, Sved and Cannan for Lawson?? That's by far the dumbest thing posted in this epic thread.
Maybe not the dumbest thing---we've sunk to some horrific lows in this thread---but it would be giving up way too much, yes indeed. Hell, Papa plays pretty well when given playing time. Granted, if there's a trade, he ans Schved will go; that's obvious. But Papa at least hss some discipline and IQ, despite some rookie mistakes.
My bet here is Lance Stephenson. He's like a poor man's Harden. You could start them both, or bring Stephenson off the bench as your third guard. And his contract has a team option for 2016, the "Summer of Durant". #flexibility
According to Marc Stein, Nuggets have been pursuing a Hickson + McGee for Brook Lopez deal. Doesn't scream "rebuild" to me, doubt they are willing to give up Lawson UNLESS they can nab Reggie Jackson, making Lawson slightly more expendable. Gut instinct is a Mo Williams type player, maybe Darren Collison depending on Sac's desire to move him.
Umm. Clearly you're one of the many posters that overrates our assets big time. In that deal you're giving up literally only one rotation player who has only been in the rotation for two games mind you, for a huge upgrade at PG. If you weren't willing to give up that for Ty Lawson then you wouldn't make a very good GM. Denver would turn that trade down.
I've been saying in this thread, I really doubt the Nuggets are going to trade Lawson or Faried. Sure, if someone offers a top 5 pick or a huge young upside player they will bite. Otherwise they are going to keep those guys for this season.
I am? Actually I'm reminding posters that trading for KMart is a risk because of the fact that his contract extends into 2016 and he doesn't stay healthy and productive he could become a drag on our 2016 cap space. Yes. No, I don't. I think recovering from a broken wrist on your shooting hand can and WILL affect your shooting for a while until you regain confidence. However long that takes I don't know. But it wouldn't surprise me if it lasted out this season and then he finally recovered his full shooting confidence in the summer. To pretend that recovering from a broken wrist is not going to affect a guy mentally and he's not going to have a recovery/adjustment time and process just isn't realistic. It's no different than guys trusting their knee after knee surgery to go up high and dunk or block a shot or to make certain cuts on the basketball court. Every player that's busted a knee will tell you it takes a while after the doctor pronounces them whole for them to regain full confidence to plant, cut, and jump off the leg that they busted the knee on. Very possibly true if he maintains his production. But...what if he doesn't? His injury is a consideration here. To ignore it isn't reasonable. Call out? You don't know what you're reading here. I didn't call him out. I simply asked if taking KMart on was part of a deal for Rubio, would you do it? A large contingency of posters here (probably you too) wouldn't trade for Rubio WITHOUT KMart......much less WITH KMart too. Rubio doesn't have to shoot. It's not his game. He's a playmaker. But...he can finish just fine. And he's great at drawing fouls and getting to the line and knocking them down. Overrated by me and many other basketball professionals. Rubio has been consistently rated by professional scouts everywhere as exceptional on the defensive end. Sorry you can't see it. By the way, I recently ran down my list of professional contacts to get an update on what they think of Rubio's defense. It was unanimous. He's a top 3 point guard defender when healthy. Sorry you don't recognize that. But I'll take their reports and my own eyes over your opinion on this one.
I hope morey does pull off a trade for Rubio. But I won't get my hopes up till leaks start coming out of a possible trade. I also trust morey to do what's best in morey we trust.
The more I think about it the more I feel Rubio is the best fit for us even though he can't shoot for ****. He is a playmaker and really good defender 2 thinks we really really need from the PG spot. Like a 2% chance that happens though
Lance Stephenson would be interesting coming off the bench. That guy can create in the pick and roll for sure...
