INFORMER wrote:Justin Hamilton should be coming the Suns way in the trade. He has some stretch potential, seems to move well, good size. Nothing to get excited over, but I wouldn't rule him out from being a potential contributor.
I would have loved Hamilton. Has totally SF game in a 7' body.
R_W: I'm saying the Suns got him.
I think the trade ends up being:
Miami: Goran & Zoran Dragic
Phoenix: Justin Hamilton, Danny Granger, and John Salmons
New Orleans: Norris Cole and Shawne Williams
Ring_Wanted wrote:
If Knight doesn't blow up, it's a mistake regardless of where the pick ends up landing.
Agreed.
He's averaging 18/5/4 in this third year. By comparison, Dragic was 20/6/3 last year.
So how much does Knight need to "blow up"?
Personally, enough to make me forget that the used an asset when it was not convenient given all the factors, including impending new contract. Knight is not a consolidated star in the league, just a youngster who has had his first real good season so far, but who doesn't come free of question marks. Will also depend a lot on how the team performs as a whole with him, and specifically how he plays alongside Bledsoe.
Ring_Wanted wrote:
If Knight doesn't blow up, it's a mistake regardless of where the pick ends up landing.
Agreed.
He's averaging 18/5/4 in this third year. By comparison, Dragic was 20/6/3 last year.
So how much does Knight need to "blow up"?
Personally, enough to make me forget that the used an asset when it was not convenient given all the factors, including impending new contract. Knight is not a consolidated star in the league, just a youngster who has had his first real good season so far, but who doesn't come free of question marks. Will also depend a lot on how the team performs as a whole with him, and specifically how he plays alongside Bledsoe.
The funny thing is, if Knight continues to improve and and meets your standards he'll deserve Dragic-type money and people will complain about having to pay him.
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We have $42Mil committed and need to make decisions on Brandon Knight and Brandan Wright. If Knight signs a Lowry type deal at 4/48 we still only have 7 or 8Mil to spend depending on what happens to the cap.
Knight's gotten better each year and was playing well under Kidd. He's a do everything type, not dissimilar to Bledsoe. But we're probably back to square one with him be restricted, and an undersized combo guard who wants to play PG.
Ring_Wanted wrote:
If Knight doesn't blow up, it's a mistake regardless of where the pick ends up landing.
Agreed.
He's averaging 18/5/4 in this third year. By comparison, Dragic was 20/6/3 last year.
So how much does Knight need to "blow up"?
Personally, enough to make me forget that the used an asset when it was not convenient given all the factors, including impending new contract. Knight is not a consolidated star in the league, just a youngster who has had his first real good season so far, but who doesn't come free of question marks. Will also depend a lot on how the team performs as a whole with him, and specifically how he plays alongside Bledsoe.
The funny thing is, if Knight continues to improve and and meets your standards he'll deserve Dragic-type money and people will complain about having to pay him.
Wally_West wrote:So now we have to hope the Lakers are pretty good next year so we don't have to look as bad in this trade? Yuck.
It's silly to be ok with just throwing a lotto pick away. I don't think Brandon Knight is worth Miles Plumless, Tyler Ennis, and a lotto pick. That's highway robbery.
So much I don't understand.
I did not understand/like the trade for IT in the first place, but at least we resigned him to a good contract, given his production. So we trade him away for about what we spent to get him in the first place. Then, noticing Dragic was gone, the FO felt compelled to do the above deal so we would still have at least one PG playing out of position and in need of resigning.
Knight's #s aren't much better than Thomas's, though he is taller.
Hypersloth wrote:I did not understand/like the trade for IT in the first place, but at least we resigned him to a good contract, given his production. So we trade him away for about what we spent to get him in the first place. Then, noticing Dragic was gone, the FO felt compelled to do the above deal so we would still have at least one PG playing out of position and in need of resigning.
Knight's #s aren't much better than Thomas's, though he is taller.
I'm sure someone will 'splain this all to me.
IT3 wanted out as well, I'm pretty sure. Can't imagine him being happy with his past role and the known fact that the Suns were willing to dump him to appease Dragic.
Knight's numbers are not very different, but his defense and ability to play SG are.
We'll see how Knight gets integrated in his new team.
Re: Goran Dragic Trade Watch
I'm just being Captain Gloom.
