Nuggets trade for Arron Afflalo
by Broncoman on Jul 13, 2009 3:43 PM MDT
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Trade: As seen in the adjacent link, the Nuggets got Arron Afflalo and Walter Sharpe from the Pistons in exchange for a future 2nd round draft pick.
The move clears some cap space for Detroit. I would think Detroit would be gun shy to make a deal with the Nuggets after last season and us getting Billups for Allen Iverson. I am not real familiar with either player, but I think our management has been real good of late identifying talent and pieces to the puzzle with getting guys like Birdman and Jones, hopefully, this has the same effect.
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Interesting!
I’m not particularly familiar with either player either. However, the guys at the Pistons SB Nation site had some positive things to say about both guys. They don’t seem too distraught about it though.
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by PosterNutbag on Jul 13, 2009 4:18 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
GREAT Deal
Is Dumars just plain stupid, or does he just have some kind of infatuation with Warkentien and our Nuggets? I don’t get it. I know he wanted to clear cap space, he admitted that, but this was practically a steal. Afflalo is WAY better than Dahtay in all areas of the game. Wark deserves a lot of credit, he is doing a fantastic job. I can’t wait to see this guy in uniform. We are now one of, if not, the deepest teams in the league.
by GoldenNugget on Jul 13, 2009 4:24 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Affalo
He’s a young guy who’ll seemingly take the place of D. Jones as a good perimeter defender, but I believe he has a better shot than the aforementioned Jones. Might as well be a slight upgrade in my book! The other guy is probably just a throw in to relieve some cap for Detroit.
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by propheteer on Jul 13, 2009 4:51 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Affolo
I guess that means that he’ll be backing up JR Smith, and be the one providing us with defensive spark on the perimeter, and I’m assuming that Weems will back up Melo…I’m not quite sure Sharpe brings anything to the table though…i guess we have sharpe, hunter, petro, and kleiza to dangle around and see if we can get some pieces back (propose going after Speights on the 76ers and Jordan on the Clippers)
by bodmiesta on Jul 13, 2009 6:14 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Sharpe might be headed for the D-League...
Get a good gauge on him before training camp starts… If not he’ll get released.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up with Kleiza again. Affalo is an upgrade from Dahntay Jones. I think they’re going to re-sign Johan Petro…
So for the game day lineup, we might have something like this
PG – Chauncey Billups, Ty Lawson, Anthony Carter
SG – J.R. Smith, Arron Affalo
SF – Carmelo Anthony, Linas Kleiza, Sonny Weems
PF – Kenyon Martin, Chris Andersen, Walter Sharpe/Renaldo Balkman
C – Nene, Johan Petro
If the FO/GK see something in Sharpe I think it might spell the end of the crimestopper…
by CombatChuk on Jul 13, 2009 6:55 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a deep lineup
Also we got Hunter at C, although I don’t know if he’s gonna be healthy this season. If he is that just makes us that much more deep. You look at our lineup, and almost every one of the guys on our team could be put out on the floor at any given time except for Sharpe. The only thing that sucks is that we have a coach who likes to play one guy solid minutes rather than 2 guys. Still, we have tons of people to fall back on.
by GoldenNugget on Jul 13, 2009 9:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, the A's got me
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by Broncoman on Jul 14, 2009 2:05 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trade
Still hoping that the Nuggets can maybe use Hunter, Kleiza, Petro, and Balkman to get back Speights from the Sixers, and Deandre Jordan from the Clippers…maybe we can even add Walter Sharpe to get those 2 on our roster
by bodmiesta on Jul 13, 2009 11:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
1. Hunter, and Petro for Jordan
2. Kleiza, Sharpe, Balkman for Speights
3. Sign Richard Hendrix from our summer league (he was like the second best rebounder over the d-league season).
Then our roster would look like this
PG – Chauncey Billups, Ty Lawson
SG – JR Smith, Aaron Affolo
SF – Carmelo Anthony, Sonny Weems
PF – Kenyon Martin, Maresse Speights, Richard Hendrix
C – Nene Halario, Chris Andersen, Deandre Jordan
by bodmiesta on Jul 13, 2009 11:38 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah cause dosnt kmarts contract end next year and then we will need some big guys we neeed to get better at rebounding
by C-Dubb on Jul 14, 2009 10:26 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
His contract runs through the '10-11 season
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by propheteer on Jul 15, 2009 5:52 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I think K-Mart can opt out of that in '10-11
Which I’m sure he won’t
by CombatChuk on Jul 15, 2009 9:30 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'd be dumb if he did
He wouldn’t be able to get half of what he makes on the open market.
KMart= albatross
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by propheteer on Jul 15, 2009 9:33 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
kmart is smart enough to not opt out because he wont make 16mill if he did but if he wants a chapionship more than money then he will opt out cuz then we can sign more role players for our team
by C-Dubb on Jul 16, 2009 10:00 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaron Afflalo
You guys are getting a work horse with UCLA pedigree. He’s as professional and hard working as you’ll find. He made his mark at UCLA with his great defense and amazing leadership. You are very lucky to have this young man on your roster.
by King J77 on Jul 16, 2009 4:51 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
i m happy that hes on the team but i hope sonny weems still gets playing time
by C-Dubb on Jul 16, 2009 6:59 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Back-up SF?
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by Tempestuous Binary on Jul 17, 2009 8:03 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
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