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Clippers offering Bledsoe, Butler to Celtics for Garnett

PKM said:
I love KG for a contender.. But his personal production is declining fairly quickly.
Great for the Clips, probably not so much for the Jazz.
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I'm looking at it from a mentor/infusion of character angle. This team sorely needs all kinds of intangibles and KG can still play.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I'm looking at it from a mentor/infusion of character angle. This team sorely needs all kinds of intangibles and KG can still play.
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I just figure you'd have to pay an awfully high price. Not really interested in giving up young or future pieces for a guy like that.
 
mhindy said:
I just figure you'd have to pay an awfully high price. Not really interested in giving up young or future pieces for a guy like that.
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Al is a young, future piece? And is Bledsoe, really? He's a player, but he's not a PG.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I'm looking at it from a mentor/infusion of character angle. This team sorely needs all kinds of intangibles and KG can still play.
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I was thinking something similar. It might take two seasons but if Favors and Kanter could get half the fire that KG has then this team could very well be contending in that same period of time.
 
Sorry, didnt have time to read all the 150ish posts,

but am i interpreting this wrong? I thought Garnett had a no-trade clause?
 
OP, that's too much for Bledsoe. He's good but not that good. Besides, not sure we have anything that they'd want. Paul wouldn't get many minutes as they have Odom to backup Griffin; maybe Al could fit in as a low post scorer. Would they want Burks who would never get off the bench based on their current roster?
 
Here was my idea in another thread:

Thanks for the input. How about this:

https://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=b93v37j

The changes are this:

Utah gives up Al and Paul.
Boston gives up Rondo and Pierce
Brooklyn gives up Humphries
Clippers give up Bledsoe and dead weight (Hill, Odom, Green)

Utah:
Rondo - Mo - Tinsley - Watson
Foye - Hayward - Burks - Murphy
Williams - Carroll
Favors - Humphries - Evans
Kanter

Clips look like this:
Paul - Billups
Crawford - Barnes
Pierce - Butler
Griffin - Thompkins
Jordan - Turiaf - Hollins

Boston:
Bledsoe - Terry - Bradley
Lee - Barbosa
Odom - Green - Hill
Garnett - Bass - Sullinger - Wilcox
Big Al - Melo - Collins

The Nets basically swap Humphries for Millsap.

The Clippers gain a superstar and keep Crawford.

Boston gets their superstar with Al (I know, I know, but you can sell him as a guy to go next to Garnett), young potential pg, and cap room next summer.

New Jersey gets Millsap for nothing.

The Jazz get Rondo, and keep the big 4. I think the Jazz take the biggest risk out of the group. They give up two known commodities for potential in Favors and Kanter and Rondo might demand out if it doesn't pan out quickly.
 
PKM said:
Something that hasn't been mentioned (that I have seen) about Bledsoe is how he has the badass factor. He'd be a great addition to our young guys because he has a "let's kick the enemy's ***" mentality. I think we sorely lack that guy on this team.
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Yea, a little bit of the Garnett **** you attitude.
 
Eenie-Meenie said:
OP, that's too much for Bledsoe. He's good but not that good. Besides, not sure we have anything that they'd want. Paul wouldn't get many minutes as they have Odom to backup Griffin; maybe Al could fit in as a low post scorer. Would they want Burks who would never get off the bench based on their current roster?
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Paul>>>> Odom!!!

Odom sucks this year... With Paul they would have a great big sixth man to go with Crawford!!
 
jope said:
Sorry, didnt have time to read all the 150ish posts,

but am i interpreting this wrong? I thought Garnett had a no-trade clause?
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He does have a no trade clause. These are all assuming he'd waive it to go to LA for another championship run. I don't know what the people are thinking that have him coming to Utah in a proposed trade.
 
Rather have Odom than Butler. Even if Odom quits on you, it is only for 40 games. Getting Butler would hurt the Jazz cap too much and they would have 2 mediocre SFs on the roster next year (assuming Marvin re-ups), who Corbin would play over Hayward and Burks.
 
I don't have the time to wade through all 11 pages of this thread, so someone might have already brought this up, so apologies if this is redundant.

I used to be high on Bledsoe, but he has not been all the impressive running the point in Chris Paul's absence. Not only are his stats so-so, but the Clips are in the midst of a losing funk. I'm leaning now toward the opinion that Bledsoe is overrated, a bit of a tease in limited minutes, but full starter's minutes have begun to reveal his shortcomings.
 
PKM said:
and the Celtics won, again, without Rondo.

I guess we cab deduce that both Rondo and Bledsoe suck. Also, CP3 sucked when in NO.
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Cute but Rondo's proven he can run a team and be a great facilitator, and Paul nearly took that NO team to the conference finals. Bledsoe's done neither. Even remotely done either.
 
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