Because all he does is rebound?JCSunsfan wrote:Why pass on Drummond?specialsauce wrote:PASS
And PASS on Drummond too
That's like triple the amount of money Tony Buckets makes a season! Absurd.carey wrote:Drummond makes $27M a yr through '21. Ridiculous.
You may be forgetting the profound negative effect Bledsoe would have on that Pistons team!carey wrote:I'm glad it's dead. That's a lot of long term money for some useless players and some picks that will not be lottery picks unless Davis gets hurt again I suppose.
carey wrote:I'm glad it's dead. That's a lot of long term money for some useless players and some picks that will not be lottery picks unless Davis gets hurt again I suppose.
It's impossible to have "enough" first round picks.specialsauce wrote:carey wrote:I'm glad it's dead. That's a lot of long term money for some useless players and some picks that will not be lottery picks unless Davis gets hurt again I suppose.
Agreed. Pass on any non-lottery first round picks. We have enough first round picks. At this point it's about a quality pick or a young player.
Is Asik hurt? I just assumed he wasn't good enough to play. It's not a terrible trade. The pelicans pick could have been a late lotto. Although my guess is new Orleans would have wanted lotto protection. Pistons is probably a mid 1st. A fairly similar return to the dragic trade. Although we'd have to take on 16 million a year in salary next year and 11 million the year after. I think passing is probably the right move.Flagrant Fowl wrote:It's impossible to have "enough" first round picks.specialsauce wrote:carey wrote:I'm glad it's dead. That's a lot of long term money for some useless players and some picks that will not be lottery picks unless Davis gets hurt again I suppose.
Agreed. Pass on any non-lottery first round picks. We have enough first round picks. At this point it's about a quality pick or a young player.
That deal isn't too bad if Asik's contract can come off the books under the Chris Bosh rule.
He's been diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Not certain if he'll ever be able to play again.Split T wrote:Is Asik hurt? I just assumed he wasn't good enough to play.
so insurance would be covering the actual salary. The issue is the 2019 free agency plan.Flagrant Fowl wrote:He's been diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Not certain if he'll ever be able to play again.Split T wrote:Is Asik hurt? I just assumed he wasn't good enough to play.
Completely agreed!!Ring_Wanted wrote: No argument from me that we are a team that overall needs work on defense (although to be fair, under Triano we are top10, apparently), but we are talking about Chandler's performance. I got questioned because I said he is not doing a good job on that area, and got told that stats and numbers suggest otherwise. Specifically complained about this habit of not using arms to contest stuff, then I come up with numbers that strongly suggest that people who think Chandler is bad on defense are on the right. Am I expecting Chandler to be his DPOY self? Absolutely not, and from my standpoint this is close to a straw man argument. I won't get into the armchair GM stuff again, because this could get ugly quickly and my friend, we just won a terrific game against the Wizards and we should celebrate in good spirits, don't you think?
My mom has it. It's an awful disease, but... there's a guy on the Saints that has it. He plays professional football with most of his intestine removed. I don't see how you can't play basketball with it. It probably depends on the severity though. Not all cases are the same.Flagrant Fowl wrote:He's been diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Not certain if he'll ever be able to play again.Split T wrote:Is Asik hurt? I just assumed he wasn't good enough to play.
No problem. I acknowledge that sometimes 'GMing' doesn't sit well with everybody as it can litter a thread, and I love rosterbation more than many.Aztec Sunsfan wrote:Completely agreed!!
We have to take a deep breath of this fresh air, has been a great 5 games stretch, but as likely as it is, that we won’t get back to that awful start level, we won’t stay at .500 for a long time either. And just for the record, I was not calling out for you on the “—” GMing thing per se, just trying to elaborate some on the thin line that sometimes make any of us look that way, in general.
Moreso, I’ll throw my hat into the ring and ask what would you think about a trade with Bledsoe-Faried-Valanciunas at the core of it?
We create a logjam at C, but JV should be enough to sit Chandler or to look for a trade milking this Len’s renaissance. A 2nd for a rental? After all, he is not staying.
Has been written that Toronto could trade JV out of cap concerns, and this would shed one year of future salary, with a very competitive frontcourt rotation in Ibaka, Faried and Nogueira.
Denver gets a real PG and eliminate Faried’s salary, so another asset could come out from them. What and where to?
Also posted this on the Suns news thread, but according to SI.com, the Pelicans were willing to take Jackson in exchange for Asik and Ajinca, paying us their '18 1stR for the move, with Bledsoe to DET and their '19 1stR coming to PHX.Split T wrote:
Who knows and who cares. Apparently they tried to trade for him during the past deadline. Jrue is very injury prone, Rondo is also a question mark and they have basically nothing at SG so my guess is that they are interested in a 2-PG system. Not that Jackson is reliable, but If they want to pay their '18 pick, by all means enable them. Asik has a three year contract, like Knight, but if you truly are in for the rebuild, it is not a problem and actually can come in handy to use as trading chips once they become expiring, which coincides with Booker's max contract.ShelC wrote:Why would the pelicans take jackson when they have Holiday and Rondo? Not that Rondo is a long term fit or even healthy, but do they see Holiday as a 2? Not sure those pieces fit.
