I am not saying that Korver and Teague (or Payne) are worthless-- I like Korver more than Teague but they can both play. It's just that they are no more than good, useful role players and Morey gave up some useful role players just this summer and withheld signing anyone on a significant longer contract except Ariza all in the name of "flexibility" to pursue the "third star." I just can't see him punting the flexibility (or even just risk it, depending on how the salary cap math shakes out) this early, and give up what sounds like the Pelicans picks just to get a couple useful role players who are frankly no better, or at least not much better, than the guys who left. People get happy about Teague's respectable stats, but he is more of a "product of system" than someone who really commands the team. Remember, Atlanta's roster is perfect for Teague to put up numbers: all their bigs can shoot, also got decent to elite (Korver) shooters on the wings, so the floor is perfectly spaced for someone who can dribble drive. They also have no high scoring ball-dominant wings to take perimeter touches away from Teague.
Outside of Howard and Harden, that Pelican's 1st round pick is the best trade asset. No way it gets surrendered in anything other than bringing in a 3rd star player.
I don't have a desire for Teague honestly. Korver on the other hand is a difference maker for this team. Would love to have him. I do agree though, hard to imagine Morey punting on better options for guys like this.
Don't waste your time figuring it out. There's no point. Anything Morey does, outside of the Howard signing, is way out of the blue and runs contrary to what everybody expects or what these "insiders" report, because they're full of ****. All the "insiders" spent the summer alluding to the fact that we were gonna get Dragic or Rondo....meanwhile, they missed the Dorsey/Adrien/Black/etc. signings, and the Terry trade.
