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Handlogten's Heros said:
If Ainge still has his magic touch he sends JC to NOP and gets a first back. Then everyone sits around confused at WTF the Pelicans are doing.
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That would be nice, but I still don't think we are in a position to just dump Clarkson for no value back right now if we truly are "all in".

I know some people will say that it's addition through subtraction, but I don't think Quin or his teammates will see it that way.
 
LoPo said:
That would be nice, but I still don't think we are in a position to just dump Clarkson for no value back right now if we truly are "all in".

I know some people will say that it's addition through subtraction, but I don't think Quin or his teammates will see it that way.
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You can then use that exception and a little draft capital to get Justin Holiday. Its a precursor to another deal. I think NOP is the most obvious JC destination... then you can figure out the other stuff a little easier.
 
I think if anyone's getting moved, it's Clarkson.

Here's some sobering stats - I looked up his FG % for each individual game this year he's logged minutes in (50 so far):

- Games where he's shot <50% = 33 (66% of games)
- Games where he's shot <25% = 8 (16% of games)

This would be a bit more tolerable if his defense was better, but we all know that's not his hallmark.

The good news for him is that January was his best month in every metric, but he's still going to have his worst season in shooting percentage in his career.

I am a bit fearful that we'll lose our only bench scoring option seeing as how the Rudy Gay experiment is not working out as well as planned, but I'm not sure how we convince JC to stop throwing up low-percentage shots at such an alarming rate.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
You can then use that exception and a little draft capital to get Justin Holiday. Its a precursor to another deal. I think NOP is the most obvious JC destination... then you can figure out the other stuff a little easier.
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If dominos fall like that, then it's brilliant business, but how much would New Orleans give us in addition to taking his entire contract? I doubt they throw in much more than a 2nd or 2. Maybe that's enough to let us turn around and use our exception on a guy like Holiday, but I don't know.
 
I think it's fair to say that the Jazz have some kind of standing offer for both Grant and Barnes. Ingles + JC/Royce + 1st round pick (maybe some parts moving other places). I think both SAC and DET are just waiting on the best offer to come in before the deadline.
 
KqWIN said:
I think it's fair to say that the Jazz have some kind of standing offer for both Grant and Barnes. Ingles + JC/Royce + 1st round pick (maybe some parts moving other places). I think both SAC and DET are just waiting on the best offer to come in before the deadline.
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If we are getting either of those guys, I really hope we send Gay instead of Royce. Replacing 1 good one with 1 great one still leaves us with holes.
 
LoPo said:
If we are getting either of those guys, I really hope we send Gay instead of Royce. Replacing 1 good one with 1 great one still leaves us with holes.
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I don't think our defense actually improves by trading Royce for Barnes/Grant. Those guys aren't better defenders...but between Royce, JC, and Gay other teams are definitely going to want Royce. Have to give something to get something.
 
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