[TOTAL FICTION] Rockets/Wolves working on a trade for Nikola Pekovic??

He played 14 minutes a game. It's not huge minutes, but not Brian Cook either. The guy contributed some as a role player last season so the per 40 stat are useful.

 

That means he can play at best for 14 minutes. The 40 minute projected points and rebounding could only be useful if he was good enough to stay for around 25 minutes. He has a long way to go,don't forget Hill is cutting into his minutes too. I never implied that he was Brian Cook.

 

Kind of weird how people are dissing Andersen's defense here. I think I might be the only person who feels Andersen's lack of PT is due more to his offense, not defense. Andersen obviously had trouble adjusting, and his shots just didn't fall last year as projected. This could be due to a variety of reasons, but a guy with his skills and shooting ability should be able to adjust in the offseason.

What's odd is that despite his craptacular 43% shooting, his +/- numbers were actually positive over the year. Which shows that at least he's contributing in other ways. If Andersen can truly shoot the ball well and play the post on occasions, I think he'd be a fine backup big.

 

Addition to last post: On rebounding, Andersen's defensive rebounding numbers are on par with Scola's(Scola has huge edge in offensive rebounding). He gets his share of the boards, and is hardly a liability on the boards like Carl Landry.

 

i rather have shaq...besides this guy might not even play in the NBA until another 2 yrs...what is it with foreign players? they have eaither no desire to play in the NBA or the arent good enough, rarely is there ever a good foreign player come to the NBA, and its usualy the anonymous players who shine brighter than the ones talked about.

 

Luis Scola says "Hi!"



To re-iterate(for the slower members)

This thread is being left open even though it has ZERO substance because this actually seems like the kind of under-the-radar pickup Morey would try, so it does make for an interesting discussion.

but


The initial link led to a random internet site that merely states that this is occurring, based off a European report. WHICH IS NOT LINKED TO...therefor I see this as nothing more than an idea from some random internet poster...and it needs to be labeled as such. The reason for the emphatic caps label in the title is too ensure that new posters entering the thread are aware that there is no veracity to the initial post.

 

I wouldn't say that this is totally fictional yet. Yes the rumor is definitely shaky but I haven't seen anything concrete yet. Both Ming (the OP in the Wolves thread) and Joana (the one suggesting the rumor is bull) are big time Euroleague fans.

 

Scekovic?

 

yeah but this is the NBA.

 

The question though, is this and the 23rd worth a 14th lottery pick? Pekovic was acquired as a 2nd round pick just two years ago...so a 2nd round pick coupled with the 23rd is worth a lottery pick two years later? Maybe we can give up the 14th, Lull, and the Knicks picks and swap for Pekovic, 23rd and Rubio. NOW that's a trade I'll be on board with.

I hope we can get him for a 2nd rounder and $$$ though :grin:

 

I think this was just a random phone call between DM and Kahn that was leaked. DM probably just made a courtesy call and talked to Kahn if he was willing to part ways with Pekovic but they haven't agreed on a deal yet, which is why its a draft day thread. I kinda' like the guy though. He seems to be the banger we need inside. He can't provide shot-blocking, but if he can play good D and rebound that's good enough for me. Plus, he looks like a total punk/bully/enforcer, which is what we really need. Hopefully he'll give some illegal elbows to Boozer and every other big man in the west

 

it makes absolutely no sense why most ppl are like 'yea Id totally be ok with givin up our 14th pick'
wtf? are yall serious? wow.. give up a lottery pick for an unproven european player that was drafted in the 2nd round jus a couple yrs ago, yea makes alota sense (sarcasm)
if we cant get him on the cheap and fillers a la Scola then hell no to the deal

 

Thats what i'm talking about. That lottery pick should be valued more, IMO.

 

it depends entirely on who Morey would draft with that 14th pick

"lottery" or "14th pick" in and of itself doesn't mean ****. it's literally a sequence of words and nothing more. at the end of the day you're left with a player . teams have drafted Carlos Boozer, Dennis Rodman, Ginobili in the 2nd round and plenty of teams have wasted lottery (or even top) picks. and it's not like someone who could go in the first round one year might not go in the 2nd round the next. 14th pick as some sort of absolute value doesn't mean ****

we dont even know what the deal is or if there's a deal... but there are absolutely circumstances where it would be smart to trade a 1st round pick for someone who might have gone in the 2nd round at one point

yeah Dirk, Ginobili, Gasol all suck.

dude there are 2 dozen solid euro all-stars who have played in the NBA and many dozens more who are decent players. what are you talking about?

 

yao waves.

 

I would do this...

Minn gets:
14th pick
2012 NY pick
2011 2nd rd pk

Hou gets:
Pekovic
23rd pick
Rights to Rubio


Basically it's Pekovic and the 23rd for the 14th pk and future 2nd rounder and an almost certain lottery pick for the rights to Rubio.

Their is risk/reward involved for both teams.

I would risk it... Potential great reward!

 

He was projected as a middle first rounder but fell to the second round because he openly stated that he didn't not want to come the NBA just before the draft.

 

Think about it this way. Supposedly, this guy is ready to contribute now. Any big man that we select with the 14th pick will need 2-5 years to develope. That's is where the value comes in. This dude was supposed to be selected in the middle of the first round, but dropped because he openly stated that he did not want to go to the NBA.

 

But this is a rumor concerning a Euroleague player.

 

Whoever we draft at #14 will also be an unproven player...