David Stern
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The gap in value here is really slanted in our favor... like Kings fans would burn down the arena and hunt down Vlade slanted... like David Stern would become unded to block this trade.
It's true, I would
The gap in value here is really slanted in our favor... like Kings fans would burn down the arena and hunt down Vlade slanted... like David Stern would become unded to block this trade.
I've never been a big fan of the guy, but I think WCS can be had. The physical tools and athleticism have always been great... motivation and skill not necessarily. I don't think he's a locker room issue at all, but not sure he's a guy disciplined/focused enough to work with Quin.
I think Tony is doing an okay job and is playable, but I just get the impression he is lost too often... like even when Rudy was checking in the other night he seemed confused... Rudy kinda chuckled. DM and others go the other way on his screens a lot... and I see dudes talking to him constantly… sometimes calmly... other times in a more flustered fashion. That type of stuff gets magnified in the playoffs and I think we'd be silly to role with Tony headed into the post season.
I agree, but those two IMO aren’t the answerSo I'm just going to go ahead and lobby for Al Horford (even though he is likely unavailable [now]) or Kevin Love.
Yeah, it could get ugly on the backend. But our window is the next two years and I think we should go for it. I'd rather try to figure out a lineup that's too big and have the insurance rather than figure out a lineup that's too small and way too guard heavy.
If you could throw Davis in the deal (which I think you could with Love), you save >$6 million in salary next year (provided Conley would've opted in). That should be enough to keep Clarkson, Royce, and roll into free agency with the full MLE.
Come at me.
Who is WCS?
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Willie Cauley-Stein
We need a non-tweener power forward (6'10) who can defend and comes cheap trade-wise. Someone like Noah Vonleh.
Can Vonleh defend? Can rebound like a bawse. Pass decently. He’s shooting abysmally this year from deep (14%) but he’s >30% for his career and always played on crap teams. He might be a good get actually in that he might actually be attainable despite our lack of assets and he offers something we don’t have right now. He’s also just 24 y/o and could make himself into a better player here.
Wow!! I had no clue he was on the wolves.He can defend and rebound. Not much of a passer. For what we'd be willing to trade (Niang, Davis, Goss) I think he'd be a realistic landing as he's on a 1 year contract and the Wolves stink (and they don't play him much, either, as at PF and C they have guys like Towns, Reid, Bates-Diop, Dieng and Covington).
Wow!! I had no clue he was on the wolves.
I like Vonleh... he’s a center in today’s game. Mudiay for Vonleh makes sense for both teams once Conley is back.
Ingram would smoke him... He's had some good moments against Giannis in the past. He's thick and long arms and can move fairly well... but Ingram would absolutely blow past him.The dude has been around (Wolves are his 5th team) and he's still only 24.
He has a midrange shot which is intriguing. It's fallen well some seasons. He could play either position.
I'm not going to pretend the guy would come in and average double figures in limited minutes but he'd be able to guard guys like Ingram much better than Royce which makes me want to trade for him (noone can expect Royce to guard a 6'7 guy who has a 7'3 wingspan. One can't blame Royce as he's not Inspector Gadget).
Somebody start the Vonleh thread. Mudiay for Vonleh. Then figure out how to swing Davis for Bjelica.