[ESPN] Houston offering young talent + picks for Nene

buffalobills!!! · Feb 21, 2011

desi tmac91 said:

Chris Broussard Chris_Broussard

Houston wants Nene bad but sources say Denver unlikely to trade Nene or JR Smith before deadline.
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Damn, you are fast..

desi tmac91 · Feb 21, 2011

Chris Mannix ChrisMannixSI

Rockets working hard to make deals but have nothing close, sources say.

buffalobills!!! · Feb 21, 2011

desi tmac91 said:

Chris Mannix ChrisMannixSI

Rockets working hard to make deals but have nothing close, sources say.
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Knew this would happen...c'mon Morey

pbthunder · Feb 22, 2011

DM could make deals fast, but he always wants to win the deal.

Tom Bombadillo · Feb 22, 2011

This deal is going down. Nuggets posturing...

rockets934life · Feb 22, 2011

http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/25085/sources-nuggets-seek-nene-extension

We have our first surprise of the final 2 ½ days of trade fun that the NBA’s long-running Melo Drama did not consume:

The Denver Nuggets, according to sources close to the situation, are already pitching a contract extension to Nene.

It had been widely assumed around the league that Denver’s center would shoot to the front of the trade line as soon as a Carmelo Anthony deal finally got done … and assuming there was enough time before the deadline for the Nuggets to work on follow-up deals.

But teams that have been calling for Nene -- and I’m told that more than half the league has rung Denver in recent weeks to register interest in the Brazilian big man -- are gradually being informed that a key element of the Nuggets’ post-Melo plan is trying to convince Nene to stay.

Although his love for the city is unquestioned, Nene has the right to opt out of his contract at season’s end and is poised to walk away from the $11.6 million he’s scheduled to make in 2011-12 to become a free agent. One source briefed on the state of negotiations told ESPN.com on Monday night not to completely rule out a trade, but confirmed that A) Denver’s immediate intent now that six-plus months of Melo-induced limbo is over is to try to reach terms with Nene on an extension before the June 30 deadline and B) a trade closer to the draft is the more likely escape route for Nene if talks don’t go anywhere.

The short-term impact is that a clutch of teams that planned to be lobbing in trade bids for Nene up to Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET trade buzzer, headlined by Houston and Miami, have become increasingly resigned to the fact that he won’t be made available this week as so widely presumed.

The Nuggets, meanwhile, are confident that they can quickly acquire at least one future first-round pick for newly acquired Raymond Felton if they want to move him before this week’s deadline, but sources say there is some sentiment within the organization to wait until closer to the draft before rushing into such moves, even though Ty Lawson is already in place as Denver’s point guard of the future.

The thinking there: It might be better to wait until June, in a year when the draft is seen as very weak some four months out, to allow for more time a better handle on the value of the picks that the Nuggets are being offered.
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thetatomatis · Feb 22, 2011

So what are waiting for Nene anyways? Its not our sole focus is it? Morey needs to get off that laser like focus to some guys who are very possible to not ocme here and start to get on the ball with many other guys out there he could be going after besides Nene. He needs to about face his pudgy face and go see the next guy in line. Start with these guys in no specific order

Beidrins
Dalembert
Asik
Javale Mc Gee
Varajeao
Hibbert
Okafor
Mark Gasol
Camby for cheap

Some other guys
Wallace
Granger
Zac Randolph
Stephen or Montae Ellis whiever Golden State wants to part with
Josh Smith

Draft picks higher in the draft
Young guys or rookies with upside

Tom Bombadillo · Feb 22, 2011

thetatomatis said:

So what are waiting for Nene anyways? Its not our sole focus is it? Morey needs to get off that laser like focus to some guys who are very possible to not ocme here and start to get on the ball with many other guys out there he could be going after besides Nene. He needs to about face his pudgy face and go see the next guy in line. Start with these guys in no specific order

Beidrins
Dalembert
Asik
Javale Mc Gee
Varajeao
Hibbert
Okafor
Mark Gasol
Camby for cheap

Some other guys
Wallace
Granger
Zac Randolph
Stephen or Montae Ellis whiever Golden State wants to part with
Josh Smith

Draft picks higher in the draft
Young guys or rookies with upside
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Armchair GM's... Where are the Cheetos?

thetatomatis · Feb 22, 2011

knote32 said:

Armchair GM's... Where are the Cheetos?
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You mad? :grin:

thetatomatis · Feb 22, 2011

By the way? How did that Carmelo going to the Knicks thing turn out I told you about would happen this Tuesday? :grin:

pbthunder · Feb 22, 2011

thetatomatis said:

By the way? How did that Carmelo going to the Knicks thing turn out I told you about would happen this Tuesday? :grin:
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Gosh! I'm going to the bar tonight so I can tell the hot chicks I know you!

JayGoogle · Feb 22, 2011

Please no to Nene. Why

He's another borderline all-star role player. Figuring that we'll be trading borderline all-stars or role players to get him it doesn't help us get a superstar any time soon.

Not only that he'll want a long contract which will tie up cap space. If Morey does this trade it'll prove to me this team is content at where it's at and will make these moves every year to give the fanbase belief that they'll attract a superstar because they'll be playing hard but falling short every year.

Mav-Hater · Feb 22, 2011

JayGoogle said:

Please no to Nene. Why

He's another borderline all-star role player. Figuring that we'll be trading borderline all-stars or role players to get him it doesn't help us get a superstar any time soon.

Not only that he'll want a long contract which will tie up cap space. If Morey does this trade it'll prove to me this team is content at where it's at and will make these moves every year to give the fanbase belief that they'll attract a superstar because they'll be playing hard but falling short every year.
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I do see a big line of players chomping at the bit to come play with Nene :grin:

thetatomatis · Feb 22, 2011

pbthunder said:

Gosh! I'm going to the bar tonight so I can tell the hot chicks I know you!
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We already left the bar for my house.

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