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Is Nene available?

David Stern

David Stern

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Matt "I Played Football in High School" Harpring has said a few times that you need 3 good big men to be able to win in the NBA. Right now, we have 2. With Denver possibly trading for Bynum and trying to dump as much salary as possible, wouldn't that make Nene available in a trade considering that he also plays the center position? Anyways, here's my trade proposal that will undoubtedly get me at least 2 negative rep points:
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=46rnoos

Would you want Nene?
 
There's no reason for Houston to trade the patriarch of their defense and one of their longest tenured players that is ALSO on an expiring contract for ****ing Al Harrington and his bloated, toxic deal when they already have too many PFs and have no need or desire to add old players.

But yes, I would want Nene. One of the best Cs in the league, IMO. I love him. I just can't see Denver trading him to us, especially not for what is basically AK and nothing else.
 
I usually hate trade threads. But this one doesn't bother me.

Birdman can be the second coming of Rodman for Phil, Melo can be Kobe's new bff. Locke can wet himself over Battier. I like Nene. Millers save a couple bucks. What's not to like?
 
vegas said:
I knew somebody would question it.
Both weird ducks
most tats of their era in the nba
No offensive game

It's a stretch, but who else could come close to being like Rodman?
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Varajeau or someone like him. Based on play, not appearance and personality.
 
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=49um49q (In addition, T-Wolves send a pick or two to Denver. Azubuike is a movable piece, I'm just not sure if anyone wants him)
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4er6kcl (this is basically what is proposed above, but done in a separate trade. The Jazz will have to take on Harrington if they want Nene and not give up Hayward, Evans, or picks [and they'd still ask or probably hang up anyway])
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=46flyts (basically the same from the Jazz's perspective as the two above, just with LA in a 3-team)

Those seem MORE plausible to me, but still a bit of a reach.
 
NUMBERICA said:
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=49um49q (In addition, T-Wolves send a pick or two to Denver. Azubuike is a movable piece, I'm just not sure if anyone wants him)
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=4er6kcl (this is basically what is proposed above, but done in a separate trade. The Jazz will have to take on Harrington if they want Nene and not give up Hayward, Evans, or picks [and they'd still ask or probably hang up anyway])
https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=46flyts (basically the same from the Jazz's perspective as the two above, just with LA in a 3-team)

Those seem MORE plausible to me, but still a bit of a reach.
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Am I the only one who really doesn't believe Denver would actually trade Melo to the Lakers?
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Am I the only one who really doesn't believe Denver would actually trade Melo to the Lakers?
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It doesn't make any sense to me, either. The package they're getting from NY makes a lot more sense with their roster and with a rebuilding plan. Bynum isn't that young anymore and isn't cheap, either. So they're not getting something to build around at a position they are already set at (I'd rather have Nene than Bynum anyway), they wouldn't get anything to build with on top of that (the Lakers have **** picks and hardly any assets they could afford to deal), AND they don't appear to be saving much money in the longterm, if any at all.

Denver really just needs to see what they can milk out of the NY sitch, or see what the Clippers (or literally anyone else) would give up for a rental. They just need to get what they can lest they be 'bron-ed.
 
I would love to have nene on the Jazz. He is probably the most underrated center in the league and has pretty much owned the Jazz everytime they have played them. He has a well developed, if limited offensive skill set, good defense, size, athletic ability and rebounding. In addition, he doesnt require the ball in order to be effective. Not sure about his ability to learn the jazz system, but I like everything else about him. He is also not a thug like many on the nuggets. Durrability might be a problem.

That being said, I dont see the nuggets moving him for anything short of an allstar.
 
cmkuhre said:
Bynum is not that young? Bynum is 23. He is 3 days younger than Jeremy Evans.
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It's not all about age. He's 23, sure, but he's been in the league 5 years or so and we're still talking about his upside. He's also had, what, three or four MAJOR knee injuries already? And his psyche is as frail as his knees are. He's a good player with great 'upside' on paper, but he's not even fool's gold. Denver would be retarded to do this.
 
Bynum has the chance to become the most elite Center in the game, I don't think that this is a horrible move for Denver. Plus, I think this increases our chances to beat LA by a lot.
 
David Stern said:
Bynum has the chance to become the most elite Center in the game, I don't think that this is a horrible move for Denver. Plus, I think this increases our chances to beat LA by a lot.
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Nene is good enough that I'd trade Millsap for him. Your trade proposal made no sense to me. For one thing, both Bynum and Nene are injury prone. Denver doesn't need to clear Nene out to make room for Bynum. I think they'd go with both, at least for the year. For another, there's not a whole lot in it for Portland, and Denver doesn't have to include Utah to make the Bynum-for-Crymelo trade work. You're proposing they do it to dump future salary, but that's at a huge cost this year.
 
franklin said:
Nene is good enough that I'd trade Millsap for him. Your trade proposal made no sense to me. For one thing, both Bynum and Nene are injury prone. Denver doesn't need to clear Nene out to make room for Bynum. I think they'd go with both, at least for the year. For another, there's not a whole lot in it for Portland, and Denver doesn't have to include Utah to make the Bynum-for-Crymelo trade work. You're proposing they do it to dump future salary, but that's at a huge cost this year.
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This thread isn't meant to be about my trade proposal, its meant to be about possibly acquiring Nene. The only reason why I think Denver would want to trade him is to dump future salary like you said. It specifically mentions in the articles about trading for Melo that they want to dump as much future salary as possible, and this trade definitely does that.
 
The same report came out in the NJ talks. They were already adding Billups, but wanted to squeeze Harrington in as well. They don't have a whole lot on the books next season as it is (K-Mart and JR Smith come off, and a $14mm team option on Billups), so they might be flexible in who to let go at this point. I have them at 33.1 committed next season after your trade, and pretty much nothing the following year. That would give them a lot of firepower in FA, but they need something to entice the stars. That's why they're after draft picks. I think they either need to get picks or need at least a skeleton core to start with.

This makes more sense to me even though there are some pieces missing (i.e. I hate Artest to Utah): https://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6x983c2
 
I would love for LA to give up Bynum and Artest for Melo. That way he and Kobe can fight over the ball.

It would screw over the Nuggets too, as Bynum makes Kirilenko and Boozer look like Karl Malone.
 
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