Time to Raid the Grizzlies

[memo is money]

Really? Mayo had a good last game. prior to that not to much. not to mention that Memphis demoted him to the bench for a rookie.

The reason why Mayo comes off the bench is that during recent seasons, Memphis bench has always been league's one of the weakest. I'm not stating that Mayo off the bench experiment has payed dividends but it's still work in progress.

 

[GoJazz]

What about a 3 way trade where we ditch AK? Raja/CJ/OJ at the 2/3 would be fun to watch.

 

[Qman]

IMO Mayo is a far superior shooter than CJ. He is overall a more skilled player offensively.

But because of his size 6'4" he is a below average defender. He is also not a point guard. So he is stuck as an undersized shooting guard. He probably would be deadly coming off of screens.

CJ by contrast is an average defender and has proven to a solid rebounder this season. I would rate CJ as superior around the hoop because of size and strength.

Also CJ makes significantly less than OJ Mayo.

Thabeet would be very interesting to add to this team. IMO he has superior shotblocking and mobility to Fess. His post game is terrible but his free throw shooting and jumper are better than Fess's.

But I just checked and his contract is bad.

So probably no thanks to both.

 

[NCJazz]

IMO Mayo is a far superior shooter than CJ. He is overall a more skilled player offensively.

But because of his size 6'4" he is a below average defender. He is also not a point guard. So he is stuck as an undersized shooting guard. He probably would be deadly coming off of screens.

CJ by contrast is an average defender and has proven to a solid rebounder this season. I would rate CJ as superior around the hoop because of size and strength.

Also CJ makes significantly less than OJ Mayo.

Thabeet would be very interesting to add to this team. IMO he has superior shotblocking and mobility to Fess. His post game is terrible but his free throw shooting and jumper are better than Fess's.

But I just checked and his contract is bad.

So probably no thanks to both.

Dont forget he was picked 2nd. Did you see Thabeet in the D-League or something? That is about the only time he has played. I would probably take Fes even if they made the same amount of money. Good point another issue with Mayo is that he is a tweener. Trading CJ for him means we would have only one 3 ready to play in the NBA.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Trading Miles (and likely something else) seems like a lateral move to me. Sure, Mayo's younger and a more polished player, but he has truly had a horrendous year so far and we don't know what we'd be dealing with chemistry-wise. Mayo is 6' 4", not terribly athletic, and to me appears to be a player that has traditionally produced but has no fire. I like him, but at this point, we've been watching Miles ever-steadily improve and Mayo seems to be the same player or worse as the end of his 1st and/or beginning of his 2nd year. Mayo doesn't board, and he has always been a poor defender. With no fire and no body, he won't likely improve either of those much.

Miles while older still looks like a work in progress to me that the team is comfortable with. Mayo looks to me like a guy that primarily cares about getting his, and he's not even that good at it. I'm probably selling Mayo a bit short, but my primary sentiments stand.

I don't know about Thabeet. He looks like more like Saer Sene than Manute Bol, and I think Bol was a garbage player anyway.

 

[NCJazz]

Trading Miles (and likely something else) seems like a lateral move to me. Sure, Mayo's younger and a more polished player, but he has truly had a horrendous year so far and we don't know what we'd be dealing with chemistry-wise. Mayo is 6' 4", not terribly athletic, and to me appears to be a player that has traditionally produced but has no fire. I like him, but at this point, we've been watching Miles ever-steadily improve and Mayo seems to be the same player or worse as the end of his 1st and/or beginning of his 2nd year. Mayo doesn't board, and he has always been a poor defender. With no fire and no body, he won't likely improve either of those much.

Miles while older still looks like a work in progress to me that the team is comfortable with. Mayo looks to me like a guy that primarily cares about getting his, and he's not even that good at it. I'm probably selling Mayo a bit short, but my primary sentiments stand.

I don't know about Thabeet. He looks like more like Saer Sene than Manute Bol, and I think Bol was a garbage player anyway.

There is a good reason you dont know about Thabeet and that is because he rarely plays. memphis could have had Love and Tyreke Evans and Zach's money on someone else. Tough to live in Memphis.

 

[billyshelby]

Money. Mayo makes 4.4 this year, is guaranteed 5.6 the following, and his QO is 7.4. CJ is 3.7 (with an option to let him go), and 3.7 (which is highly attractive given his production.)

I like Mayo. I don't like him enough that I wouldn't take the bargain in CJ, but I can't really assess his ceiling having not watched him. Don't like his height, though, so I'd have to be really, really sure he was going to make it as a star 2 guard to swap CJ for him.

 

[LogGrad98]

Trading Miles (and likely something else) seems like a lateral move to me. Sure, Mayo's younger and a more polished player, but he has truly had a horrendous year so far and we don't know what we'd be dealing with chemistry-wise. Mayo is 6' 4", not terribly athletic, and to me appears to be a player that has traditionally produced but has no fire. I like him, but at this point, we've been watching Miles ever-so-slightly improve and Mayo seems to be the same player or worse as the end of his 1st and/or beginning of his 2nd year. Mayo doesn't board, and he has always been a poor defender. With no fire and no body, he won't likely improve either of those much.

Miles while older still looks like a work in progress to me that the team is comfortable with. Mayo looks to me like a guy that primarily cares about getting his, and he's not even that good at it. I'm probably selling Mayo a bit short, but my primary sentiments stand.

I don't know about Thabeet. He looks like more like Saer Sene than Manute Bol, and I think Bol was a garbage player anyway.

Fixed.

Other than that I agree. I don't think Mayo would be upgrade enough to justify the cost.