I wouldn't mind a back court of Jackson and Morrow to come off the bench. IF Rivers gets traded (which I hope he doesn't). Please no more Roberts!Originally Posted by RaisingTheBar
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I wouldn't mind a back court of Jackson and Morrow to come off the bench. IF Rivers gets traded (which I hope he doesn't). Please no more Roberts!
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Morrow is going to cost us probably more than River's salary that we would be dumping.
Quails are never snitches. I vouch for you on this matter.
Even if i don't know what we're talking about or what tigerdroppings is.
But still.
I appreciate it. Someone posted RekeHavoc's rumor on tiger droppings and I guess someone felt compelled to throw me under the bus. Not sure what I did to merit that "honor", but I'm not an *******.
I bet Dell had learned his lesson. If a restricted free agent( i.e. Gordon) tells you not to match a contract, then you don't do it. I hate to beat a dead horse but that max contract is really hampering some moves we could make.
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can someone give me a breif recap of the entire deal? What protection on the pick? and is the rumor we are sending a player and getting a SF back?
Asik for a 2015 first. There is no conformation what the protections are. Rumored to be 1-3 and 20-30 protected.
As MM has pointed out, one of the core 5 or Rivers has to be moved to fit Asik. There's rumors about deals but obviously Dell is listening to all options first to see what is the best he can do.
I'm really finding it hard to be optimistic about this trade. I just don't think this team has a shot at playoff contention, giving previous history and coaching.
Someone please try to talk me into it.
No. If you can't understand how awesome the Asik trade is already there is nothing we can say.
Why are you not optimistic?
Davis/Asik /Anderson is arguably the best 3 big rotation in the league. Holiday/Evans are a very strong backcourt. They have depth pieces with rivers/roberts/ajinca/withey and jackson stashed. They only need to get rid of gordon and get a decent SF.
Thanks for trying.
This is why I think Dell is a genius if he pulls this off the way it's been rumored he's pursuing it.
Option 2 is clearly the better option and gives you a roster that is constructed to compete with Phoenix, Dallas, Memphis, and Portland for a playoff spot. The playoffs just showed us how important having depth is, if only to make sure guys have fresh legs entering the 2nd season.
If Player X is who he was last year, the Pelicans will not have a single hole in the starting 5. And option 2 gives us depth and a couple of those rookie contracts that ESPN folks seem to think are the most valuable assets a team can have.
The part of this that is even more exciting is what could happen with Gordon. IMO, there are 3 options:
1. Gordon sucks, pouts, and/or is injured a lot next season
2. Gordon stays healthy and guns for 6th Man of the Year making our bench very very good.
3. Gordon is traded for some other asset(s) that we can't predict but contributes to our depth. Something like Gordon to Chicago for Boozer/Snell (or Dunleavy). Or Gordon to Charlotte for MKG. Or Gordon to Nuggets for Gallo.
It seems really reasonable to think this team could be setting up for a bigger year than anyone in the national media will predict.
First name Anthony... last name Davis.
The @PelicansNBA trade to bring Omer Asik to Nola is 95% done deal. A few remaining details should be sorted through by end of today.
— Jennifer Hale (@JenHale504) June 26, 2014
Our biggeset issues have been injuries, rebounding, and defense. Our offense was actually pretty strong.
SO, this trade helps us with the one thing we can actually control. Asik is a top 5 defensive center and rebounds the hell out of the ball. He will mesh into Monty's highly mobile defense, while not taking any shots from our core players. He is servicable on offense as well.
Ultimately this allows us to get him involved in our system a year early as opposed to signing him next year. It could also serve to convince him that this is a long term solution where he can both win, and receive PT
That last part is what bothers me. We still have a hole in SF. We have to get rid of some depth to take back Asik. And we can blame injuries all we want for last season, but the West is incredibly tough. I personally feel that you don't trade draft picks until you're confident you can make the playoffs consistently.
Debbie downer, Womp Womp
If you can convince me that there would be somebody between 4-20 in next years draft that would help us more in the future than Asik does now I will concede this argument.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
Cool story bro.
Hopefully it's contingent on Dell finding a third team and keeping the MLE.
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I like the move the Pelicans made. All we need now is a decent SF.
http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/10/...ouston-rockets
I do like the front court together. Thanks for responding.
What the **** are you talking about.
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That's awesome. Our interior defense is set, and with Jrue on the ball... our perimeter looks good too. Just need to find a 3 that can defend and knock down shots.
One thing I don't like is all the negativity about this trade . We get a top center with elite defensive skill set that will help AD out as a player and keep him from taking a beating defending the basket because we have no one else to do it . Asik guarantees this and draft pick in the first round doesn't guarantee anything . See Oden , Bennett and countless others . We got an elite defensive center in his prime I think everybody should be happy and stop thinking were missing out on the next Lebron next year .
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