I'm not one to gossip, but...Trade w/ Wolves?!?

[Blackout]

Lol you think Martin contract is worse than Gordon, it is very possible that Gordon has the worse contract in the league.

Kobe has the worst contract in the league.

[K4dwin]

Remember corey brewer scored like 52 points in a game this year

[hornetsrebirth]

It is extremely unlikely that EG opts out.

If he hates coming off the bench and hates being in New Orleans as much as everyone says, then it really doesn't seem too unlikely.

[Eman5805]

This is picking up steam. Hope this isn't a fruitless rumor. To be rid of Gordon, get a center and a SF AND further bolster our bench would be a bloody coup.

[The Emperor]

This is picking up steam. Hope this isn't a fruitless rumor. To be rid of Gordon, get a center and a SF AND further bolster our bench would be a bloody coup.

Picking up steam?

[The Emperor]

that's a bad trade in my opinion. Gordon is a much better player than Martin and he has less years left on the contract.

Martin has stayed healthier and their Per 36 numbers are pretty comparable(Martin wins in raw shooting stats)

Martin's contract is only a year more at half the cost.

He's not "much better" in any fashion

[Vinny6420]

If he hates coming off the bench and hates being in New Orleans as much as everyone says, then it really doesn't seem too unlikely.

He would be risking millions of dollars opting out

[PELICANSFAN]

He would be risking millions of dollars opting out

Not is he gets more than $15 million in a longer deal. Say he gets 4 years/$35 million, he would be gaining $20 million of guaranteed money.

[RekesNotWeak]

I really hope this deal goes down. I would be ecstatic cause we would have room to add a decent small forward. If we could swing Eric Gordon for Kevin Martin and Corey Brewer or Chase Budinger, we wouldn't need to add anything except maybe a back up point guard not named Brian Roberts. Unless they believe Austin and/or Smith can play it or they start Martin with Reke coming off the bench there.

This 14 man roster would make the playoffs for sure IMO, assuming Young & Smith make it:

C: Asik, Ajinca, Withey
PF: AD, Ryno, Young
SF: Brewer, Miller, Babbitt
SG: Reke, Martin
PG: Jrue, Rivers, Smith

[Eman5805]

Picking up steam?

Picking up steam amongst us and other fans. I have no sources, I'm afraid.

[Smirk]

If he hates coming off the bench and hates being in New Orleans as much as everyone says, then it really doesn't seem too unlikely.

That's optimism built on fairy dust and unicorn farts.

He would opt in and seek to get bought out. He's not opting out.

[DroopyDawg]

So now Brewer is coming? LOL man this would too good to be true. A starting 3 and a backup 2.

[Vinny6420]

Not is he gets more than $15 million in a longer deal. Say he gets 4 years/$35 million, he would be gaining $20 million of guaranteed money.

He will get a long deal regardless....

[David Fisher]

Dug into this some.

Trade constructed as a three team trade - HOU, NOP, MIN

NOP Receives

Omer Asik
Kevin Martin
Chase Budinger

HOU Receives

NOP 2015 1st (Protections, yadda yadda)

MIN Receives

Eric Gordon
Melvin Ely

This works financially. As does substituting Luc Mbah A Moute, J.J. Barea, or Corey Brewer for Budinger. Ideally it would be an expiring contract and not Budinger, but let's not get too picky.

[504ByrdGang]

Brewer is horrible he can't shot and can't defend

[PELICANSFAN]

He will get a long deal regardless....

But he gets the guaranteed money a year earlier. If he waits another year, he could get injured and lost the potential more lucrative deal.

[David Fisher]

Also remember that the first time Dell Demps tried to trade Chris Paul to the Lakers that Kevin Martin was the best player projected to come to New Orleans.

[rt0307]

Dug into this some.

Trade constructed as a three team trade - HOU, NOP, MIN

NOP Receives

Omer Asik
Kevin Martin
Chase Budinger

HOU Receives

NOP 2015 1st (Protections, yadda yadda)

MIN Receives

Eric Gordon
Melvin Ely

This works financially. As does substituting Luc Mbah A Moute, J.J. Barea, or Corey Brewer for Budinger. Ideally it would be an expiring contract and not Budinger, but let's not get too picky.

wait... is that an actual deal you're hearing or you just playing around w/ the numbers to see what works?

[David Fisher]

Just digging into numbers. I was more interested in how that sets up the Pelicans cap going forward. Gosh if it isn't Martin and Budinger it would be glorious.

[studentofthegam]

This sounds like BS to me. Trade on SG for another SG? One with a much worse contract who isn't even that good of a player. Just so they could have one year less on a contract? That doesn't even seem like a good reason to me.

[MichaelMcNamara]

For the couple of people who said they wouldn't want this, I cant even imagine the argument against it. I mean, we were okay with stretching him and eating 6 mil per for the next 5 years. Even if Martin never plays a minute, he eats 7 mil a year for the next 3. And that is the absolute worst case scenario.

If this is on the table, it should take Dell between .0000000001 and .00000000002 seconds to say yes

[504ByrdGang]

This sounds like BS to me. Trade on SG for another SG? One with a much worse contract who isn't even that good of a player. Just so they could have one year less on a contract? That doesn't even seem like a good reason to me.

What Minny fans thinks of Martin is what we think of Gordon but his contract is longer and he's older so the potential for things to turn around for him is lower.

[KennaBrah]

All this talk, now I can't wait for the season to start!

[Pantazis76]

martin played an off the bench role in OKC aswell, so he should be fine being 6th man.

[504ByrdGang]

I know this has to be real because Wolves fans are cool with this deal and usually fans of other team say "We dont want Gordon he's over paid trash"