Trade with Philly

[LongLiveIverson]

Trade Tyreke, 5th and Salmons for Andre Iguodala, Evan Turner 15th maybe Nikola Vucevic...only if its looking like Thompson is not resigned.

With Salmons out of the picture you can afford to use the Amnesty on Chuck Hayes to maybe target a bigger backup center. Keeping him isn't out the question either.

FA - Sign Robin Lopez and bring the Standford kid back to Cali. Gives us a defensive minded Big to pair with Cousins. He can be pretty good just was overshadowed by Gortat who is quietly a top 5 center in the league

At 15 take a chance on John Henson. Who I can almost guarantee will be there
Top 5 seems set with Davis, Robinson, Gilchrist, Beal, Drummond. Barnes, Lillard (Hornets or Blazers) Jared Sullinger (Pistons) Perry Jones fill out the 2nd wave. Waiters and Rivers will go to either Toronto or the Suns. Meyers Leonard will be picked ahead of Henson, as will Jeremy Lamb.

C. Cousins/Lopez/Whiteside
F. Thompson/Henson
F. Iguodala/T.Will/Honeycutt
G. Turner/Thornton/Garcia
G. I.Thomas/Jimmer

Thats an impressive team with some serious depth with a much MUCH improved defense. Thornton slides into a James Harden type 6th man role, can still log 30-33 mpg. Turner can play the 1 effectively as can Iggy, so there will be plenty of mins between the three of them.

 

[sidney]

take Tyreke and Turner out of that and it'd be a possibility if we don't like Drummond and MKG doesn't fall.

 

[LongLiveIverson]

I just think Turner and Iggy would be a much better fit than Tyreke with this team. Tyreke is talented but Turner is a far better defender, the best rebounding guard in basketball and doesn't look to shoot as often but can still score. Would allow Thornton to do his thing and take make and miss shots without really messing up the flow of the offense as him and Tyreke can be black holes at times together

 

[Mass]

It's something I would consider. Turner is getting better, but I'd do it just if MKG, Barnes and Robinson are all gone at #5.

BTW, we cannot amnesty Hayes, he was signed after the lockout.

 

[Bricklayer]

Indeed, this is the way you solve the Reke can't shoot dilemna -- trade him away, along with our #5 pick, for TWO guys his same size who can't shoot.

Anybody been watching the NBA Finals? I have. Anybody notice the structure of the teams in the Finals, AGAIN? I have. Iggy is a great roleplayer and he could be there as such. But without the STAR players powering those teams, the rolepayers don't matter. Cousins can't do it alone. Thornton is not even as good as the third best player on either of those teams. If you dump Tyreke and the #5 pick you have basically sacrificed all of our opportunities to get a second Finals worthy star next to Cousins. Odds of getting another shot at that level of talent are quite low.

 

[Section 101]

Indeed, this is the way you solve the Reke can't shoot dilemna -- trade him away, along with our #5 pick, for TWO guys his same size who can't shoot.

Anybody been watching the NBA Finals? I have. Anybody notice the structure of the teams in the Finals, AGAIN? I have. Iggy is a great roleplayer and he could be there as such. But without the STAR players powering those teams, the rolepayers don't matter. Cousins can't do it alone. Thornton is not even as good as the third best player on either of those teams. If you dump Tyreke and the #5 pick you have basically sacrificed all of our opportunities to get a second Finals worthy star next to Cousins. Odds of getting another shot at that level of talent are quite low.

So you noticed they are going small ball most of the time too.

 

[Bricklayer]

So you noticed they are going small ball most of the time too.

I noticed the losing team smallballing yes, and as a result getting whipped on the boards and allowing the opposing team to shoot 52% from the field.

 

[Heuge]

I noticed the losing team smallballing yes, and as a result getting whipped on the boards and allowing the opposing team to shoot 52% from the field.

OKC 4th quarter lineup...
Westbrook, Sef, Durant, Collison, Fischer.

Id love to agree with you because small ball sucks, but I think you are wrong here.

 

[Bricklayer]

OKC 4th quarter lineup...
Westbrook, Sef, Durant, Collison, Fischer.

Id love to agree with you because small ball sucks, but I think you are wrong here.

This was a response to Miami's lineups. And Ibaka, Perkins, and Collison combined for 73 of the 96 frontcourt minutes for the Thunder. All three of them were out there for 21+min. But the thing about OKCs bigs is that they are designed specifically to stop YOUR bigs. Its purely a defensive crew. So if the opposing team's best big is rehabbing, and they are playing smallball all the time, doesn't give OKC's bigs much to do.

And my point about Miami stands. They got through a team in Boston who's last big standing was a creaky old KG. OKC is a different animal, and once Battier's uncharacteristic shoting fell off, Miami got beat on the boards and had no rim protection. If they want to play it the same way going forward they will lose the series. Again.

 

[DesertFox]

Iguodala is an upgrade on Tyreke, but a wash in terms of trade value when you consider the age difference. So it's effectively the #5 pick and Salmons for a role player that doesn't fit (Turner can't shoot) and another role player or project at #15.

It's a fair trade, but not one worth making. If you trade Tyreke AND the pick to get older, the team better be sniffing 50 wins. Switching to Iguodala hurts long term, and is not significant enough short term.