A slew of ideas for/with NON-ROTATION pieces
by BeefySwats on Jan 25, 2010 2:54 PM MST
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PrintLet's assume for a moment that any player that is not currently in the 8-man rotation that Karl uses will not be traded. This means the following players, no matter what, will not be traded:
Nene
Anthony Carter (due to Bird rights)
Keeping it (relatively) short:
Johan Petro (also has Bird rights?!) or Joey Graham for Nathan Jawai (Min). I have always liked Jawai and he is BIG. 6-10 and 280 pounds of beef. Would fit perfectly right alongside Nene, or in a big lineup (Melo-CB-Nene-Jawai-Martin). Salaries match straight up, he's young, and it's not like Minnesota doesn't have a surplus of bigs anyway.
Johan Petro or Joey Graham for DeAndre Jordan (LAC). DeAndre is another big body, slightly taller than Jawai at 6'11" but a little lighter at 250. He works the glass and is currently stuck behind Camby and Kaman, so I can't imagine he'd object to being traded to a contender.
Renaldo Balkman for Spencer Hawes or Jason Thompson (Sac). Not sure why Sac would do either of these, but Balkman is a capable PF and could fit alongside Tyreke and Omri pretty well. I mean, their only other PFs are Sean May (LOL) or Kenny Thomas, so it couldn't hurt to ask, right?
Renaldo Balkman for David Andersen (Rockets). Balkman rides the pine for another team. Again, no real benefit either way here, but David Andersen is 6'11" and 245, another player who could play a true C.
Renaldo Balkman for Hamed Haddadi (Memphis). Haddadi is never going to see PT behind Gasol, Randolph and Thabeet. He's a capable player and is 7-2 and 265lbs, a true seven footer who would actually see time in the lineup.
That's about all I could dig up now, but all of these trades work in the trade machine, all are to teams who might be receptive, and with the right filler (cash, picks, etc.) could all work, WITHOUT giving up any of the core Nuggets rotation as it stands.
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David Andersen, Nathan Jawai, and DeAndre Jordan are all players that are available and ready to go. We would have to sacrifice virtually nothing and could get a very large upside in return.
TBH, I’d really like Haddadi, given that he’s 7-2, can pass, and has the beef to stay with the larger Cs in the West.
Swats.
i concur.
haddidi would be a sweet pick up.
by calvin brodus on Jan 25, 2010 8:25 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
i would trade petro
for 2 second round slews.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
I don't think the Kings will give us either of their two best bigs for a scrub...
And they have a pretty thin frontline too. Besides, Thompson, Hawes, and Bron Jockman, who else on their team can really play PF or C? Omri Casspi is really a 3. Hilton Armstrong sucks.
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Andersen is alright, isn't he?
In your opinion, why would the Rockets trade him for a useless piece, especially when they are trying to regroup and contend in 2011 and beyond?
Like the Haddadi trade
not in love with the other ones, besides the Sacramento one, but that is a long shot if i’ve ever seen one.
i love the Haddadi trade as well, but my first choice is DeAndre Jordan. These are both very realistic deals in my opinion.
I live in Minnesota (which sucks by the way) and I have seen enough of Jawai to think he would not be a good fit in Denver. He is VERY slow and although the Nuggies no longer run and gun as much, he doesn’t seem to fit in with the other bigs we have.
minnesota is just like colorado
except instead of mountains they have lakes. other then that they are exactly the same.
pick up a calf every day pretty soon you will be picking up a cow
No way Clips give up Jordan
not without getting somethign decent in return. Clips are going to build their front court around Kaman, Jordan and Griffin. Camby is the only big I can see being traded by LAC
Yeah I agree
I certainly don’t think he gets traded to Denver, maybe New York tries to get him or New Jersey, some team trying to clear major cap space
Love the trades for Aussies :P but...
No way Houston trades Andersen.
He’s getting 15-20 minutes a night and is their only true big man getting minutes off the bench. Maybe if Yao made a surprise instant comeback.
As for Jawai, I think he’s been getting regular minutes of late and I also think whoever is coaching them now likes him a lot. On such a young team, such a big, young guy with “upside” (as you guys put it) I couldn’t see him being traded. WOuld love him in a Nuggets uniform though.
I would be pleased with any of those trades.
Julian from Australia
Haddadi the best idea
But I can’t figure Petro out: is Haddadi really a lot better than him?
Memphis might want Petro as pine-polishing 3rd stringer.. how ’bout Balkman and Petro for Haddadi and a 2nd rounder?
Any chance that Memphis would prefer to get rid of Thabeet? Hmmm, doubt that, even though Thabeet is kind of a stiff.
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