MSGhobo247
Rotation player
even with Dirk, Mavericks lost their identity. Kidd orchestrated that team offensively and defensively.
Kidd has digressed, but not enough for us to give up on him. Plus his contract doesn't expire.
He's a great 2nd/3rd string PG.
Pablo is staying him here too.
It's best if we package Felton/Chandler to free up some cap space and draft a rookie PG to learn under Kidd/Prigioni. That'll be the most ideal situation for us.
We're wasting time and money with Felton. He's already shown what he's capable of us and has played to his limit. Felton played the worst defense all season long and turned it up for the series against the Celtics. Offensively, most of the time he doesn't know when the score or pass...his passing creativity is limited. We need a Rubio type facilitator and a Kemba Walker type creator.
Knicks trade
Tyson Chandler
Raymond Felton
Earl Barron
2013 #24 pick(draft Tony Mitchell)
2014 first round pick
OKC trades
Kendrick Perkins
Serge Ibaka
Thabo Sefalosha
2013 #12 pick (Draft Schroeder)
OKC
Westbrook/Felton/Fisher
Martin/Jackson/Lamb
Durant/Brewer/Jones III
Collison/Mitchell/Orton
Chandler/Thabeet/Barron
Knicks
Prigioni/Schroeder/Kidd
Shumpert/Sefalosha
Anthony/Copeland/Novak
Martin/Stoudimire
Ibaka/Camby/Perkins
I really like the idea of Ibaka and Martin on the court at the same time but removing Felton and leaving Pablo and Kidd to run the team for 82 games leads to another season falling short. Neither one of those guys can do it all season long in terms of getting inside the defense and creating for others(while being a threat themselves & guarding CP3, DWill, even George Hill) over the long run... that leads to relying on Shump and Melo to do a lot of playmaking and as we've seen this can become repetitive after a while with Woodson in control.
Maybe idk enough about this Schroeder kid but from the small bit of video i've seen on him he has potential and reminds me of a sloppier Rondo with a slightly better jump shot.
The point of this offseason is to make Melo's job easier. We need a balanced attack from ALL ANGLES. Look at Indiana... Quick young PGs... aggressive "put your head down and go" SG's... One SF who plays on all sides of the ball (scores, rebounds, assist, steals), A bully PF and an oversized Center who merely has to be tall and somewhat coordinated.
I really like this trade and lineup but the PG's gotta go or set up in a way where Pablo is our second or third option. Otherwise you gotta hope Shump becomes an agressive monster and Cope turns into a Mini-Melo.
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