Whoops. Meant to put my post about Prigs in the playoff thread. Oh well. I want to see a Houston/Cleveland finals now so I can watch a quarter of our old rotation play for a ring.
Yes the NBA is Rigged
Benchwarmer
get a young big man! Towns, Okafor, etc.
Turns out that the Knicks did not do a workout with WCS. I guess that means he is not considered an option for us with a top 5 pick. Given the internet reports over the last couple weeks, sounds like we are looking at Towns, Okafor, Russell, Mudiay, or Winslow with our pick, if we had to make it now.
D-Day is tomorrow. The NY Times has an informative article on how the lottery really works. I thought it was interesting reading.
Did you know they only select the top 3 picks and team records decide the rest. Now I know why when there is a tie in records that they can definitively give the coin toss winner a definitive pick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/s...sealed-in-secrecy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Did you know they only select the top 3 picks and team records decide the rest. Now I know why when there is a tie in records that they can definitively give the coin toss winner a definitive pick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/s...sealed-in-secrecy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Wargames
Starter
why would the kings do that though? That is a horrible deal for them.
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Benchwarmer
Damn. YEAh trade the pick. No one worthy besides okafor and towns.
Just read online that, of course, the one team who seems most likely to be trying to move some decent players between now and the draft is the Denver Nuggets. Rumor is that they would be looking to move Ty Lawson and/or Kenneth Faried, both of whom are currently on multi year deals worth close to 12 million per year. Nuggets currently have the 7th pick. Any interest in getting either of these guys if the cost was moving from 4th to 7th? Might not be enough to get them though.
Not surprised if it's true Denver will be active leading up to draft night. They have options including owning our pick(swap rights) next yr.
I would trade Hardaway and the 4th for any of those 2 with the 7th pick...I think that would be a steal for us....we could get our point guard or rebounding machine of the future....and then draft the next needed position...good post
donchris
Next season, keep waiting
I don't see the imediate value in trading the pick at this point. There are still very good players available for a 4th pick in the draft. The draft was disapointing but it's not the end of the world. Now it's time to see what Phil and Steve can pull off in free agency.
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Benchwarmer
Faried got paid and got lazy. Lawson is no good for the triangle.
Wargames
Starter
I am against moving the pick for Faried or Lawson. The nugget's players mutined against shaw this season for trying to get them to play more half court/triangle type sets. We've also seen with Larkin (who I think is a better player than he's looked here) what a fast/short PG who wants to drive and dish looks like when they are forced to play more half court (answer: Mostly Sh*tty). Also while Faried rebounds at a great rate..... he doesn't do much else.
I also agree with Melo they should aim for a veteran PG (no to mudiay) because it takes PG's time to get in their prime. So with that said I rather the knicks wait to see if Brandon Jennings gets healthy and then trade Calderon and Timmy for him straight up instead.
Pros for the Knicks:
He was shooting the 3 at a ridiculous rate before his injury. The knicks wouldn't be getting a great defender back, but at least they would have somebody they knows how to move well off the ball, can shoot well, and being left handed could operate on the other side of the court from melo if he did a PnR (something a right handed PG would have to learn to do naturally). Also we all know the knicks should of drafted him because every time he plays here he goes out of his way to score a sh*t ton of points against us. So we also know MSG won't frighten him either. The last best point is he'll be an expiring next year meaning he wants to play great to earn a bigger contract and if he doesn't then he is off the cap next season anyway.
Cons for Knicks:
Honestly the best chance for the deal to happen is before Brandon is fully healed because once its confirmed he is healthy he'll be worth more than just Calderon and Timmy. The risk is what happens if he doesn't heal. Well then the knicks are stuck with Galloway and (depending on FA) Shved at PG. So basically what the knicks have now.
Pros for Detroit:
It clears up who the starter is with Reggie Jackson there, It'll give them two players who can shoot the 3 (SVG's system demands players be able to do that) and alongside Timmy's youth at SG, it'll give them a backup PG who can mentor Reggie a little longer as he adjusts to being a starter.
Cons for Detroit:
Both Timmy and Calderon could likely end up stuck on the bench and none of them are good defenders (not that Jennings is either). They also have SG with KCP and Meeks there but Timmy might make it easier to move one of those contracts as well for another asset. Also while its a lot of money to have tied into the PG position, they'll get a cheap young player in the deal as well.
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