HE retweeted someone that said it was, but this is not confirmedOriginally Posted by PELICANSFAN
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HE retweeted someone that said it was, but this is not confirmed
I can only ask MM right now what he thinks is our next move. Since we seem to have just fixed our Center issue. Now we have extra big men, but could still use a SF. So.... What do?
Nope. We definitely cannot go into this season with Aminu now. Our offense would be abysmal. We need a scoring SF in the worst way now.
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deal supposedly completed now
A league source has confirmed the Pels trade to obtain Houston C Omer Asik is done. Team spokesman Greg Bensel said team can't confirm thou
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How does this trade affect our offense in a negative way? We start GREG STIEMSMA last year. Asik isn't a 20ppg scorer, but he's way better than GS.
This is great. It's almost impossible to predict Demps' moves.
BOOM Finally we can shut up about Monroe and Blatche
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Haha yeh, I mean all you need to say about this trade is... Greg Stiemsma.
But GS had a sweet nickname. "The Steamer". Asik doesn't have a sweet nickname. Our loss.
I love this deal. We Asik is a great big to pair with Davis and Ryno. He is one of the best defensive bigs in the league, and he is also one of the best rebounders. Most importantly, he won't be expected to close out games, so AD and Ryno can finish the games with no issues. He is also only 27 years old.
A late 1st for one of the best defensive/rebounding bigs in the league? That's robbery IMO. We got a good deal because Houston is clearing cap space to go after Melo.
I fail to see a negative to this trade.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
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Only negative is that Gordon wasn't included
I agree. It's like I'm waiting for the bad news to come
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Pretty sure that makes Asik 'the ***'...But GS had a sweet nickname. "The Steamer". Asik doesn't have a sweet nickname. Our loss.
I jus wonder how many of our "current" Centers we gotta drop because of this. I'm assuming we'll keep.... Withey? And, who else? We also need an offensive SF. How does this affect our ability to get Morrow back?
Go *** go!
I can dig it.
It doesn't negatively affect our offense but to compete with these teams emerging in the west, we have to spread the floor for Davis because Asik isn't going to give us much in low post.
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... or so we have yet to hear...
True. If Dell could move Emeka and Ariza, rumple stillskin can probably turn Gordon into a 1st rounder.
exactly right, Slim.... Asik's ability to get rebounding position should alter the possession game substantially.... he is also very good at getting the ball moving offensively once he secures a defensive rebound.....
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Can we retain him after next year?
If not we gave up a pick for a rental.
I have to assume Gordon is gone so we should have the cap to re-sign Anderson, Davis and Asik?
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Love this deal.
So we are allowed to use the cap space to absorb a contract AND still use the MLE? So trades are treated differently than using the space to outright sign FAs?
Wonder if we re-sign Jason Smith after this deal? Hope we can keep him. He'd be great off the bench.
Also, can't wait to trade Gordon
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