I think year the Wolves are going to be in the race for a playoff spot.
They have Rubio, Johnson, Beasley, Love and Darko. Ridnour, D. Williams and Anthony Randolph off the bench is a decent rotation.
Haul for D-Will vs Haul for CP3
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I think year the Wolves are going to be in the race for a playoff spot.
They have Rubio, Johnson, Beasley, Love and Darko. Ridnour, D. Williams and Anthony Randolph off the bench is a decent rotation.
freakazoid
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In other words, they should have a great chance at having 2 high picks in a very strong draft. That's EXACTLY what they want for a team that's rebuilding. Kinda weird, but it almost looks like David Stern knows what he's doing. Who would thought.
It'll be an awkward moment when David Stern or Adam Silver represent the Hornets at the next Draft Lotto. "The 2nd pick in the 2012 draft goes to... The New Orleans Hornets. *blush*"
*crickets chirp off in the distance*
*crickets chirp off in the distance*
They were atrocious last year and have made no veteran improvement whatsoever. Rubio was god-awful in EUROPE last year. They drafted a 4 for a team that already had one too many.
If they get better, it's because of Adelman, plain and simple.
Right now...
Gordon > Favors (but that could flip)
Aminu ~ Kanter (TBD)
Kaman < Harris (Harris glue, Kaman is serviceable but salary dump)
MIN ~ GS (TBD)
If DWill was traded to LAC:
Watson / Gordon / Hayward-Aminu / Millsap / Jefferson-Kaman
But he wasnt:
Harris / Burks / Hayward / Favors-Millsap / Jefferson-Kanter
So after looking at the above rosters, I like the NJ package cause of Favors & another potential bruising big w/ the Undertaker!
vslice02
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Too many unknowns...how good will Favors be? How good will Kanter be? How high will the T-Wolves pick be? (fwiw I could see Minnesota having a decent season).
Gordon clearly is the most establish piece and as mentioned by others...could be one of the two or three best 2-guards in the league within 3 years.
If I had to pick one of the two and I was a GM worried about job security, I would probably pick the Hornets' haul because of Gordon...but as a Jazz fan if could trade Utah's haul for the Hornets haul right now - I'd keep Utah's haul.
Gordon clearly is the most establish piece and as mentioned by others...could be one of the two or three best 2-guards in the league within 3 years.
If I had to pick one of the two and I was a GM worried about job security, I would probably pick the Hornets' haul because of Gordon...but as a Jazz fan if could trade Utah's haul for the Hornets haul right now - I'd keep Utah's haul.
DunkMyBalls
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NJ's package may be a little bit more of a risk, but one worth taking. Gordon is nice but Favors is worth the risk. Lets say worse case sinario Favors = Horford, and best case sinario Favors = Stoudamire. If he's only a Horford it's atleast still debatable whether you take the solid big man in Horford or E.Gordon. I'd say Horford cause scoring 2-guards are easier to find.
Fishsticks
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Not disagreeing with your post entirely, but Eric gordons don't grow on trees as you suggest. That said I like favors potential, but would love a dynamic scorer like eg. I guess I would take the nj package, but it's not an easy win for us. We have not had a true scorer on this team since Karl Malone.
Here the current players we have, Favors+Kanter seem more valuable than Gordon alone, but the key point is, they have unprotected minny pick which will be a very good player probably, and it is much worth than our gsw pick
Sneakers
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Plus I bet we would have opted for Bledsoe rather than Aminu in the package.
As others have said, there are just too many unknowns. It's too early to tell how good Favors, Kanter and Aminu will be, we don't know what the picks will produce, we don't know if the Hornets will try to move Kaman and what they will get if they do. It's very close right now, but we are probably not going to know the answer to this question for a couple of years. I did like seeing this headline though: "Lakers Fuming at Chris Paul Trade".
mellow
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Clippers getting Chris Paul is by FAR a better deal. I don't care what the Hornets, or the Jazz, or the Nets got, because none of those teams acquisitions caused the LaLakers team and media boys to get upset. Chris Paul to the Clippers has the Laker lovers howling, and that is great. Can't wait for Kobe to demand a trade to the Magic or Nets.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Going to ask this question because I'm bored....
If you could choose doing the D-Will trade last year, or doing the trade this year which would you pick, knowing what we got in the draft with Kanter and Burks last year?
If you could choose doing the D-Will trade last year, or doing the trade this year which would you pick, knowing what we got in the draft with Kanter and Burks last year?
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fairweather
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CP3 trade is better for the Hornets, hands down.
Especially in light of getting Billups, the Clippers were in the power position and ended up giving up too much. If they gave up Eric Bledsoe instead of Eric Gordon, then that would have been a perfect trade for both sides. I might have also tried to protect the Minnesota pick for the Top 3.
Comparing it to the Utah deal, the Hornets did a bit better, as it gives them more flexibility than the Jazz got, in that Kaman is a large expiring deal and the Minnesota pick compared to the GSW pick is unprotected.
Comparing it to the Utah deal, the Hornets did a bit better, as it gives them more flexibility than the Jazz got, in that Kaman is a large expiring deal and the Minnesota pick compared to the GSW pick is unprotected.