Nuggets trade up to 18 and get Ty Lawson from UNC
by Nate Timmons on Jun 25, 2009 10:51 PM MDT
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PrintI'm very happy with this trade and taking Lawson! Full write up coming tomorrow.
For now ... check out Lawson's interview from the combine.
The Denver Post has some stats on Lawson from his days at UNC click here.
I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend reading this interview that Ben from Blazers Edge did with Ty Lawson and published on June 23rd. THE TY LAWSON REPORT
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Fantastic move
Who nows how Ty will work out in the NBA. If he doesn’t succeed it won’t be for a lack of trying. He seems like a perfect fit for the Nugs up-tempo game; great speed and a decent outside game.
Nate- do you think AC is the odd man out now? I believe Jones is an UFA, correct?
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
That's "knows"
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
Propheteer ...
I believe the Nuggets will attempt to bring AC back next season.
I’m not sure if anthony will want to sign a one year deal or not though and that’s all I see Denver offering him at this point in his tenure. I think it’ll be up to him as I think Denver will offer him a deal.
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He's a 10 year vet
Meaning it’s going to cost the Nuggets $1.3 mil or so to sign him to a third one year minimum deal in a row. That means we would paying more than we did for the last 2 years while getting a lot less on the court now that Lawson is locked up for a while. Financially, it makes very little sense
by runningdonut on Jun 25, 2009 11:19 PM MDT up reply actions
But it wouldn't surprise me
To see Denver doing this anyways, since AC is probably not getting more than the minimum anywhere else. Also, GK said he wants AC back in this article
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5juAowMfDEHcM7mA2908jqwHFVnMgD99255DO1
by runningdonut on Jun 25, 2009 11:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Yes, I think we all know that GK is comfortable with Carter and Carter is obviously familiar with the team and offense.
I think to hand the backup duties to Lawson right away is probably a little too much to ask right now … especially from a GK rookie.
Carter made $1.1 million last season, but his cap number only counted for somewhere around $700,000+ for some reason. Crazy cap rules … I don’t get them all. But I hear you on him getting a raise and a raise on the cap number (which is huge.)
This very well could be the end of AC’s reign as Denver’s backup PG, but I’ll be surprised.
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by Nate Timmons on Jun 26, 2009 9:14 AM MDT up reply actions
AC
was pretty awful offensively in the playoffs. I can’t imagine Lawson being much worse even as a rookie.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
Brilliant.
Great use of the protected future pick. We stuck it to the Hornets and the Jazz who both wanted to draft a PG. The only possible downside I see to this is we are stuck with Steven Hunter’s expiring for a little while longer.
Hunter's deal will get traded at some point.
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by Nate Timmons on Jun 26, 2009 9:15 AM MDT up reply actions
Could not be happier!
Lawson has been my favourite college player the past few years, and I could not be happier with him joining the Nuggets.
I think he’s exactly what they need, and will have an above-average NBA career — be it with the Nuggets or elsewhere after a few seasons.
I just hope I’m not wrong…
Words from Chapman, Karl, Lawson & Warkentien
In case some didn’t see this…
"My hope is that we can get A.C. back and Chauncey and have Ty as a guy who will work hard and prove that he’s got to play sometime," Karl said. "He’s a great talent. Over the last four or five years, I’ve become more and more impressed by little guards because you just can’t cover em. It’s hard to cover ‘em. From what I’ve been evaluating and seeing is you’ve got one of those guys who’s very difficult to cover."
Full article: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-draft-nuggets&prov=ap&type=lgns
Great move
Made even better by the fact that the Charlotte pick is protected against being in the top 12 next year. I think Lawson is just what this team needed. And I’m amazed he fell to 18 in a pretty weak draft.
MHH: Shagging Dater one contributor at a time.
by Bob in Boulder on Jun 26, 2009 11:39 AM MDT reply actions
Lawson himself thought he'd go 5-14 range and he certainly believed he'd go ahead of his teammate Tyler Hansbrough ...
But I agree with the Charlotte pick … I think it winds up being in the 14-21 range next season as the Bobcats will have a surprisingly decent season and make the “oh so great” pick really just another late round pick in a crap shoot draft.
Anytime your team gets a player that they give up a nice asset to get you should be excited. Especially since the Nuggets front office has been making some really nice moves over the past couple of years. These guys seem to get it and know what they are doing.
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by Nate Timmons on Jun 26, 2009 12:20 PM MDT up reply actions
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