Tyreke Evans

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Originally Posted by Rheem654

Exactly. From Tyreke's point of view, he's going to do everything he can to be/stay healthy and play well
- for whichever team he's on.
People talk about his low bball IQ, but he's definitely smart enough to see some of these contracts thrown around and wants his share. For all his faults, he seems like a competitive warrior kinda guy who'll do all he can to have a good rebound season.

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and what if that meant trying to come back way too soon and do too much?

Either we couldn't find a taker... or we didn't intend on trading him. Either way he'll be a Pel when the season starts.

Evans going to have chip on shoulder. He will do fine with us this season.

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

Either we couldn't find a taker... or we didn't intend on trading him. Either way he'll be a Pel when the season starts.

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We couldn't find a taker...he's probably not going to the see the floor until early December and will play a few games to show his health and increase his value...we'll make a move then (around the Dec 15 deadline when free agents can be traded)

keep him, let him be the 6th man of the year

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Originally Posted by wnelson

keep him, let him be the 14/15th DNP-Coaches Decision man of the year

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FIFY

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

Either we couldn't find a taker... or we didn't intend on trading him. Either way he'll be a Pel when the season starts.

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It's possible that we just wanted more than what we could get. The assumption has always been that we would be willing to just dump him for space, but that may not have been true, and actually goes against everything Dell has already done. He wouldn't dump Gordon or Anderson for nothing, so not sure if he'd dump Tyreke either. Dell doesn't "give away" assets. Doing so with Tyreke would admit he made a mistake, and Dell doesn't do that either.

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Originally Posted by NMThreeMVP

It's possible that we just wanted more than what we could get. The assumption has always been that we would be willing to just dump him for space, but that may not have been true, and actually goes against everything Dell has already done. He wouldn't dump Gordon or Anderson for nothing, so not sure if he'd dump Tyreke either. Dell doesn't "give away" assets. Doing so with Tyreke would admit he made a mistake, and Dell doesn't do that either.

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Yeah that's what I'm afraid of. Instead of "dumping" them for something he let them leave for nothing. Everybody knows that Tyreke has no future in N.O. I guess letting him go as a salary dump now wouldn't be any diferent than letting him walk via free agency, but at least get a 2nd rounder.

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Originally Posted by NMThreeMVP

It's possible that we just wanted more than what we could get. The assumption has always been that we would be willing to just dump him for space, but that may not have been true, and actually goes against everything Dell has already done. He wouldn't dump Gordon or Anderson for nothing, so not sure if he'd dump Tyreke either. Dell doesn't "give away" assets. Doing so with Tyreke would admit he made a mistake, and Dell doesn't do that either.

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This would be true if it hadn't forced us to "dump" front court depth and shooting we are in desperate need of just to make the contracts work. It might have also caused us to have to release Douglas as well, to make the contracts work.

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Originally Posted by DroopyDawg

Either we couldn't find a taker... or we didn't intend on trading him. Either way he'll be a Pel when the season starts.

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Is there some sort of deadline today?

I don't think it's so much just dumping Reke if we can go out and sign someone like Jones in FA because of it. I would consider that more part of the trade if we free up the $ to go get somebody. Technically we just dump him but that $ can go a long way helping us in an area of need.

We want things settled NOW....

Even though the NBA season won't start for a whole 3 months and some change.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

This would be true if it hadn't forced us to "dump" front court depth and shooting we are in desperate need of just to make the contracts work. It might have also caused us to have to release Douglas as well, to make the contracts work.

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Tyreke > Douglass + Babbitt

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Originally Posted by NMThreeMVP

Tyreke > Douglass + Babbitt

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The front office clearly doesn't think so. Which is why they attempted everything they could to trade Evans instead of having to trade a front court player and cut Douglas.

The fact that we released depth in the front court for nothing should be all the evidence needed that they couldn't find a taker for Tyreke. Especially when we have no true means of replenishing that front court depth.

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Originally Posted by Mythrol

The front office clearly doesn't think so. Which is why they attempted everything they could to trade Evans instead of having to trade a front court player and cut Douglas.

The fact that we released depth in the front court for nothing should be all the evidence needed that they couldn't find a taker for Tyreke. Especially when we have no true means of replenishing that front court depth.

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What's crazy is I'm more upset about losing Babbitt over Anderson

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Originally Posted by tthier2

What's crazy is I'm more upset about losing Babbitt over Anderson

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That's beyond crazy


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Originally Posted by MistaWhoDat

That's beyond crazy


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Let me clarify. Production vs price. The two are very similar. I viewed Anderson as a black hole while Babbitt who is not nearly as talented, knew his limitations. Anderson really believed he was great which was far from the truth.

I hope we keep him to be honest. Whose gonna play small forward in our small ball lineup, QPon?? I much rather Tyreke. I think we are good everywhere on this team. I think we are good at power forward with AD, Hill, DC, & Diallo. Even if we pick up someone I don't really see the minutes available. I think a combo of Hill & DC will be good till Diallo is ready which may not be as long as expected. He just needs to rebound, play defense, run the floor, and get out the way on offense lol. The reason I like Tyreke is his versatility. I don't think we were really trying to trade him or are targets were too steep.

-He's coming off injury
-His value is zero because of that
-Jrue hasn't had a healthy season in a while and at least Tyreke just had one before last season
-Galloway is new to the team and system(which should be a lot different from the triangle lol)
-Frazier is only a half a season player right now
-Buddy's a rookie
-Hill & Moore are new to the team & system
-QPon missed all last season.
-Tyreke will be the small ball 3 at least till we know QPon can play good enough

If we don't get a decent small forward back from the trade I don't see it happening anytime soon. Has anyone thought that if we get rid of Tyreke, we will not have a single player on the wing that played last year?!?! I would hope to have someone in there to help the new guys out

Assuming QPon and Tyreke are both healthy, QPon is without a doubt the better choice as a small ball SF.

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Originally Posted by tthier2

Let me clarify. Production vs price. The two are very similar. I viewed Anderson as a black hole while Babbitt who is not nearly as talented, knew his limitations. Anderson really believed he was great which was far from the truth.

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I'm with you. As an end of bench guy, Babbitt served his role and was fine. I thought second half of last season he was showing improvements with his pump and drive, and overall looked decent for his role.

The thing with Tyreke is minutes.. when I look at Jrue, Frazier, Buddy, Moore, Hill, QPon; in some combination those guys should receive all of the 144 minutes available for the 1-3 spots, not one of those guys would I want Reke getting minutes over if healthy. I can't see Reke being nothing but a locker room problem when asked to be a 3rd string.

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Originally Posted by billfromfinance

I'm with you. As an end of bench guy, Babbitt served his role and was fine. I thought second half of last season he was showing improvements with his pump and drive, and overall looked decent for his role.

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Yep. I'm kinda bummed losing Luke

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Originally Posted by HoustonPelicans

The thing with Tyreke is minutes.. when I look at Jrue, Frazier, Buddy, Moore, Hill, QPon; in some combination those guys should receive all of the 144 minutes available for the 1-3 spots, not one of those guys would I want Reke getting minutes over if healthy. I can't see Reke being nothing but a locker room problem when asked to be a 3rd string.

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So you are putting buddy more Frazier and hill over Tyreke the former ROY

Prediction - Tyreke balls out, we trade him at the deadline for an expiring and a 1st (because he will be an expensive re-sign), and we use his cap space next summer to bring in another big player.

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Originally Posted by nolaslim213

Prediction - Tyreke balls out, we trade him at the deadline for an expiring and a 1st (because he will be an expensive re-sign), and we use his cap space next summer to bring in another big player.

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We can dream, but I doubt we get that much for a mirage.