"You are absolutely, 100% correct. No way Portland could ever pry away a player from the Rockets that Daryl Morey had particularly targeted." Sincerely, Brandon Roy & Rudy Fernandez
Put it like this Ramon Sessions Has 7 14 plus assist games with the BUCKS. (Including a 24 Assist game). Shot 354 Free throws this year. Had a 44 Point Game. And had a triple double with 16 assists.... Now do we honestly think we will ever see something like this from Brooks or Lowry? Remember he played with the bucks...
I actually agree. I like Ron and what he brings, but Sessions is too good and too young to just pass up if you can snag him. I'd imagine Wafer would start until Tracy gets back, with Brooks as a little ball of scoring fire coming off the bench. I'm not quite sure what we'd do with Lowry though, but we have had success with Brooks and Lowry playing at the same time so he would probably still be useful in particular situations.
yeah i'd go for sessions as well, can't see the bucks not matching so you'd have to offer a sign and trade i guess, he's an upgrade over both brooks and lowry so give them either
If we somehow get Sessions, either Brooks or Lowry will be a goner. If not as part of a S&T with the Bucks then in another deal at some point. Stats aren't everything but man those are some mighty impressive numbers for Sessions (a few posts above). As impressive as the assist numbers are, you can't overlook the 354 FTA, especially when considering he only averaged 27.5 mpg. Give this guy 35-40 mpg plus another year or two of maturation and you'll probably get about 16 ppg, 8+ apg and 5 rpg with solid FG and FT %s. He could become a borderline all-star. If he improves his long distance shooting, he'll be everything you could ask for out of a PG.
My concern is that even if the Bucks are unwilling to match an offer or are willing to do a S&T, there will likely be at least one other team that will offer him more money or offer the Bucks better player(s) in the case of a S&T. If the rumor is true that Portland is interested, we can likely forget about it. One way or the other, Portland will one up us.
definitely, they really need a point, they could easily give up more young talent than us...then again, they can't really give Milwaukee what they'll need in return, another young pg...so maybe we have a shot..
That's a good point, assuming that is what the Bucks need and that Sessions will get an offer that is more than they think he is worth. I asked earlier but does anybody know what the Bucks' needs are exactly? I don't follow them much. Don't they lack frontcourt depth? If so, maybe something like Brooks/Landry or Lowry/Landry would get it done. I have to think the Bucks will match any offers Sessions gets but you never know. It did at one point seem like he was getting the Kyle Lowry in Memphis treatment.
I think Milwaukee is also losing Villanueva and Redd in free agency, too. I think they need a lot. I expect them to sign a couple of these free agents back, but perhaps not all. You'd think they'd opt to re-sign Villanueva and Sessions since they improved by leaps and bounds last season and are still very young, but you never know... Anyway, judging by that, there are quite a few possibilities. They could let Villanueva walk and do a S&T with us for Brooks/Landry as you suggested. They'd save money, but still have young talent at G/PG and F/PF. In fact, Landry's contract is a very good deal at this point, so long as he doesn't get shot at next year, too.
Or even better, Milwaukee could let Redd walk and do an S&T with us to get Tracy and Brooks for Sessions. There would have to be other contracts tossed in by the Bucks to make it work though. I don't really see why they'd do this, though...
I have been pushing for Sessions a very long time, and me personally I trade Brooks while his stock is high. Don't hold on to Brooks the way Head was held onto, you have to see what can be had for him. S&T session and charlie throw Redd in the deal, Rockets give up Tracy, Brooks, and Landry. Redd is due 17 million next year and 18 the year after, meaning Villanueva get's a 5 million deal and Sesssions gets a 4 million a year deal. I say for 3 years a piece. For as a backup center Dan Gadzuric is due 6 next year and 7.5 the year after. A offer of Hayes and Cook both expiring in 2010 gets the deal done. Or you offer mid level or part of the midlevel to one of these: Marcin Gortat, ZaZa pachulia, Joe Smith, Mcdyess, Rasheed, Mikki Moore, Drew Gooden, Brandon Bass, Chris Wilcox, and Chris Anderson. Last but not least re sign Ron and Von now our new lineup Sessions, Lowry Redd,Wafer, James White Battier, Ron, Barry Scola, Villanueva Yao, and Dan Gadzuric (or whatever big you can get, but must get one of the bigs)
I really like sessions, but can someone show me the last time adelman has had a ball dominating pg? I'm don't think sessions is adelmans type of pg. Now in all fairness, a adelman protégé ,scott, had 2 in kidd and paul.
You'd have to take back Gadzooks to make a deal IMHO for more than Lowry/Landry/Cook. Gortat is a possible target, so it was said in a pub report a few weeks back; forget most/all of the others (for various reasons).
You cannot have a combo of Sessions and Lowry, then the Rockets would have absolutely no range from their pg position, no one would have to guard them from behind the arc.
Adelman's never really had a dominant low-post man either, but the Rockets seem to do just fine with Yao Ming. I would stop focusing on what previous Adelman teams were like, if I were you -- the Blazers were different from the Kings which were different from the Rockets. Sessions will be an upgrade in every facet.
Regardless of where he ends up, I'll be curious to see what kind of contract this guy gets. It's going to be an extremely weird market, because of a weak economy, and because several teams are holding out for the 2010 free agent bonanza. A bonanza that I suspect will turn out being more hype than substance.
