JJ Hickson to Nuggets

you beat J.R.

 

who would you say is a better player now, Faried or Hickson.

Does this move MAYBE, make Faried available.
wonder if theyd bite on Omer for S&T with Brewer and Faried

lin/beverely
Harden/Garcia
Parsons/Brewer
Faried/Jones
Howard/Motiejunas

and add the Chuck Wagon

 

Faried is way better than Hickson. I hope the nuggets disagree though, I'd love to have him here.

 

watching so many teams without a superstar committing salary and destroying all their flexibility to be good but not great

opposite of Morey/Hinkie approach

 

Hickson might start at center. No way Faried becomes available. His ceiling is much higher than Hickson's.

 

So... Tyler Hansbrough is still available. He was rumored to be in conversation with Denver.

 

And a failure at that. Good for teams like us that mediocrity stills exists in the NBA.

 

3 yrs 15 mill is a steal for him

 

He'll be a quality backup for Faried and McGee. Does this take the Nuggets out of the running for Ellis?

 

Agreed. I don't get it - this guy is solid yet this is like his 4th team in his young career. Dude's numbers are slightly better than Asik's.

 

Ugh, no free agent ever wants to come to Houston ....

 

Some teams out there, still believe they can develop one of their young talents into a superstar ... instead of paying $20 million for one. Imagine that.

 

The difference is that he is not a rim protector.

The Rockets defense were roughly 6.4 points per 100 possessions better with Asik on the floor vs. without him (105 on, 111.4 off) The Blazers' defense were roughly 1.4 points per 100 possessions worse with Hickson on the floor vs. without him (110.9 on 109.5 off).

Raw +/- even over the course of a season is not the be-all-end-all of player evaluation tool, but I think here it captures the spirit of things.

Asik was a difference makers, discouraging drives and contesting shots. Hickson didn't do these things as well. Racking up stats doesn't mean you are making a difference.

 

Their defense is on entirely different sides of the spectrum

 

These are the posts that I enjoy reading from you Carl.

 

Right. I understand one guy is a quality defender and one is not. The Asik comparison was meant for perspective.

Look at the double-double leaders for the past season. He's 7th overall and surrounded by players that make wayyyyy more than $5M per year.

 

Blazers had one of the worst frontcourt defenses in the league

 

And at this point, the price can't be high, right?
Sign me up.

 

Finally， nothing left for us