I'd go for getting a good young PG who plays good D and is a distributer rather than a shoot 1st PG like Bibby is. I'd love to have Hedo back, he is a good shooter and has good size. Also we need size which Battie would bring. I also would suggest trading Bibby and Cisco to Utah for Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer, other filler to make it work.
Ronnie is ready to step up as KMart did and is great on D and is an amazing athlete so if we aren't bringing into a young starter PG and instead fill our big hole at the 4/5 for Bibby then a combo of Price and Salmons would be good at PG.
We are not going anywhere and Bibby is at a cross roads after this season and is making huge $12-14M/yr I'd trade for youth. Brad has his moments on D as he did last night at SA and keeping Duncan in check. He is a great passer, but is much more suited to the Princeton system under RA then Muss so if we are going to make a run at KG this is the time!
Miller & Bibby for KG and young PG/young big from the Wolves to make it work. This is a bitter sweet trade because we know that Miller & Bibby are/were Allstars and near the top in their position, but we are talking about KG here. With Kmart, SAR/K9, Salmons, Artest, Price, Cisco to back him up, I think we have a great Defensive group here as well as enough scoring. We have good versatility at the 4 with SAR and his post presence and K9s quickness/garbage man/ scrappiness. KG could be our converted Center and K9 would thrive with SAR coming off the bench as he has in the past as our 4/5 sub.
We have really changed direction 180 and get our points from limiting the other team from scoring and have good young guys in KMart and Price at the guards who are very quick and good athletes. Bibby is making way to much to be the huge defensive liability he is. I know the guy is clutch and what he has done for us in the past, but he is really a short SG, and we need a true PG who distributes the ball and shoots if his teamates don't have better looks and he has an opening. Ronnie is a great shooter as well and can really grow into the PG position and is an amazing athlete (dunk over Boozer) and defender.
Teams PGs are really feasting on us with getting past Bibby at will and driving to the hoop or dishing off to a wide open teamate when they are doubled. We need to stop this. If we are going to be a defensive team, we need to get rid of the past in players that never will do this for us. We have awesome firepower in KMart and Price is coming along and they are both young, quick, and good on D.
I keep hearing we are 1-2 players away from going somewhere. Well get this trade done and book your ticket to deep in the playoffs. We still don't have as deep of a bench as Miami, Dallas, or SA...but we have young guys that have great talent and KG/Artest would be amazing together. Bibby/Miller are scraps from the old run and gun Kings with no Defense (Princeton system). I think the Wolves would think long and hard if we offered Bibby/Miller to them, that's a 2 for 1 starters and both of those guys are the tops in their position. If you are going to do it and win, you have to be a gambler, this middle road CWebb trade is crap, if you want it..go for it and make a big splash! If you want to be this Defensive monster team then you need the right guys to do it, not scraps from a old regime which is 180 degrees different (High offense/no Defense)!
