[realgm.com]If Cavs Match Varejao, Gooden Will Be Traded?

how do you propose the rockets get rid of damon jones? two seasons is two seasons too many.

 

I wanted to post it earlier. Wel I always say Gooden is a solid Power Forward. So if Cavs want to trade him we should be interest. He's not maybe so athletic but he can rebound, he can make jumpers, play on the low post. I say it again: he's very good player. ANd if Rockets sing him I will be very happy

Come on Morey!

 

I'd definitely like these moves. I still don't really know who Amir Johnson is (I mean, I know who he is as much as the next fan, but he seems to be getting a lot of hype and who knows what he can do), but I like the ideas.

PG: James, Brooks, Head
SG: T-Mac, Head, Bonzi
SF: Battier, Bonzi, T-Mac
PF: Gooden, Hayes, Johnson
C: Yao, Johnson, Deke

 

Wow. This actually seems doable and Gooden starting at PF would be a huge upgrade for this team. I would sleep well with this team possessing a Gooden/Hayes combo at PF on opening night.

 

Just the other day i was wondering how we can get Gooden... Thanks for making this thread!

We should get him,fast,before anyone else does too. Plus he's played with Tmac in orlando, so thats a little sidekicker? LOL nvm that.
GET GOODEN

 

I always thought Gooden was a young version of an old Juan Howard. Note how I didn't say a young Juan Howard.

 

Correct me if im wrong,but isn't it Juwan Howard?

 

Great trade. But I won't gamble the whole MLE on Amir. And remember Francis won't come here for free. Clippers clearly will offer their full MLE for him. To be competitive we at least should offer part of MLE for him. So, I would split the MLE between Francis, Amir and Candry (like the deal Novak got last year), then spent a LLE on a veteran big man.

 

Gooden would fit in well because of his ability to hit that elbow jumper and set screens and get guy's open. Gooden is a willing screen setter, he doesn't mind not getting the ball he will concentrate on setting the screen and if he has his oppurtunity to shoot he will make that 15 ft jump shot regularly. His passing will come and by him being in the system and coached by adelman he will become a smarter passer and really concentrate on making plays better to which his play making skills will evolve and his B-Ball IQ will improve. Defensively he isn't terrible but he can learn to play better defense by committe playing with the rockets. He is a excellent offensive rebounder and good team player to add to his positives.

 

So where are jl3 novak and landry on ur depth chart?

 

Gooden to me is EXACTLY like Juwan but not as good a scorer.

Juwan Career: 16.1/7.1 (including the 3 years in HOU that killed his averages)
Gooden Career: 12.1/7.9

Career blocks per Game:

Juwan: .3
Gooden: .4

C'mon. Everybody hated Juwan here. Anybody that thinks Gooden is "perfect" is suffering from a severe case of GRASS IS GREENER.

That said, I didn't hate Juwan and I wouldn't hate Gooden. If you can pick up Gooden in exchange for Rafer, you gotta pull the trigger given our other options ...which is currently Chuck Hayes starting with Chuck Hayes coming off the bench.

 

Not only that, but both Gooden and Juwan essentially do the same thing on the court, which was why he struggled in Orlando and was eventually traded after Juwan came over, because Juwan ate up his minutes and he really couldn't get it done more consistently than Juwan did in his last "good" season.

The one thing that Gooden has over Juwan is athleticism though. So who knows, he might work out here. Even if he doesn't blossom, well at least he won't perform worse than Juwan, who really didn't do all that badly, did.

 

I think he has 2 years left on his deal.

http://www.hoopshype.com/salaries/cleveland.htm

 

If we get Gooden I would be estatic. However, the realistic chances of the Cav's trading him away are about 10 percent irregardless of what that articles says.

 

One thing that worries me about Gooden a bit is that from this it seems like the same way he exited Memphis and Orlando if this is true coming from Cleveland. Like all 3 teams didn't really want him anymore. Memphis and Orlando seemed to have the attitude of good he's gone now, and now it almost sounds like Cleveland is just hoping someone will want him.

I wonder if he has a little bit of the Stro disease?

 

If we could trade salary cap fodder (Spanoulis, Sura) and surplus guards (Lucas? Head?) for Gooden I think it would be a great trade. Gooden has not fulfilled the expectations of the 4th pick, but he's a decent post player, is athletic, can hit the midrange shot, and plays decent defense. A PF rotation of Gooden/Hayes/Landry would be very serviceable.

I don't know how much Cleveland needs to dump salary though, maybe we need to take on Damon Jones to get them to do the deal.