Good news: Wilson Chandler expected to remain with Nuggets

though your fantasy may not pan out, hey there might be times that line up will be on the floor. And guess what? Its not as if teams could take advantage of that squads lack of team. Will and Stone could run as could Nene, Gallo and Moz.

Realistically, I look for Will to play some SG next to either Ty or Miller.

but as of now, what draft talent is blocking? They can have J Ham back up the position Chandler doesn’t play. Beyond J Ham, what draft talent do we currently have>

Regardless of whether he stays long-term or not, you sign him to a contract and at worst he’s a tradeable asset. Sign him up!

After the playoffs I swore Chandler was a less-talented Melo who never passes and looks like TJ’s dad in Smart Guy. But as we’ve gotten further from the playoffs, I have slowly let that memory fade, and for some reason want Chandler to play here again.

I say might as well sign him and worst thing that happens is we have a talented ball-hog on our team. One of the few redeeming qualities in GK is he genuinely doesn’t like ball-hogs, and is now willing to act on that.

Will stunk in the playoffs

Frankly Will appeared shell shocked after trade. WEll after playing in China, he’ll never feel shell shocked by anything that happens in the US NBA ever again

Start or not, Will probably appreciates that he could get starter minutes anywhere from 2 – 4. There are I think 240 minutes divided up among players every game. I find it hard to believe that Will wont merit a solid 30 minutes per game

so I hope you don’t think I’m condascending. But I’ve looked at the free agent classes over the next couple years. I don’t think there are any impact guys coming out at the positions we’d be looking for. It seems our best bet for impact talent would be Chandler and draft picks. We can sign those without cap space. What do you think?

Definitely true and I agree we should sign him. He has upside to be great on both sides of the court, and that’s better than most (if not all) free agents coming out. But what big name free agents do you think we go for? Correct me if I’m wrong, and this doesn’t necessarily detract from your points, but I don’t see any realistic, impactful options.

but our defense is just bad when he is on the court. He hustles but doesn’t rotate,can’t play post D and gets beat off the dribble. He has to shoot 70% to make up for it. A winning playoff team cannot, I repeat cannot win with him playing the 4 for extended minutes.

But this would be a great business move.

Much like letting Chauncey go.

totally agree, and I also thing Al’s value won’t ever be this high again, you can already see his production starting to slip a little. Add in a Bird amnesty at the end of the season, and we’re all set to give some of that $ to Moz and new backup PG.

trade him while he’s hot for picks. let dre walk at the end of the year and let the young guys develop. hollinger had a great piece on espn about the spurs today about how they let the young guys develop. granted we dont have a tim duncan but i dont see why gallo, ty, will, and the rest cant develop together into a championship caliber team

This month w/o Gallo will be tough. We need to win a few games to get our confidence back, but also the youngsters need to gain some experience. K2 is starting to contribute w/o Moz,and I’d like to see the three rookies given the opportunity to get their quota of mistakes out of their systems.

Considering the state of our 3-pt shooting, I’d run a few of AAA’s plays for Hamilton. He’s not ready on D, but let him go for a few minutes at a time – he can definitiely shoot.

I’ve been following the Knicks since the 2010 season, when it was first leaked that Melo wanted the Knicks, and only the Knicks, and I must say, that is simply Chandler’s demeanor. He wasn’t disinterested as everyone states, last year in the playoffs, its just his personality. He’s and aggressive rebounder and defender, he just never gets too high or too low emotionally, which I actually think is a good thing. He can fill it up too, when his confidence is high. Sadly he really did let the Melo trade talk get him down and it hurt his game last year before the trade, but I think a 3-4 year deal would go a long way…. if he gets consistent minutes, he’ll lead us in scoring, period. Resign him and trade AAA to Minnesota for a signed Rubio jersey, Masai!

See: Rajon Rondo, Jrue Holiday

Stone has good court vision (broke Tim Hardaway’s UTEP assist record) and could be an inexpensive but strong back up.

I do understand some of what you say about his lack of explosiveness, but he is a do all kind of PG. His ability to play 3 positions because of his size is truly remarkable. He makes good basketball decisions. Do I ever think he will become a starting calibre PG? Probably not, but he definitely could be a very solid backup for years to come.

Plus, you have to cut him some slack. He is a rookie on a non-guaranteed contract. He definitely has to play it safe, both for his job security and playing time. I have a feeling that Stone has more playmaking game than we are seeing. Rooks are very often apprehensive. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. Look at how foolish Iman Shumpert looks jacking up all those shots. Stone plays within himself which is a good sign of maturity and basketball IQ.

I have suggested that in the past…. he played the 2 w/ the Knicks a lot. He is quick enough to guard most 2 guards, and honestly, we need someone besides Gallo on the floor that create his own shot. Will take some pressure off of Gallo.

Will is more of a finisher while AAA can be more of an initiator

But, look, I like AAA a lot but if you look at what they brought to table from last season on, its clear that Will has more to offer.

If Will returns after March 1, it’ s too late to sign an offer sheet. Nuggets or nowhere.

at Ieast we know if jr gets pt he is gonna produce and make a difference. with chandIer it’s just more of the same, soIid compIimentary pIayer.

The past couple years he’s had a real consistent midrange game, shot the 3 well, and always played great D. Those things don’t just disappear.

I like that all the young talent developing here. Hoping that Wil can step into Harrington’s current role, Faried and Koufos can move Bird out the door, and JHam and Brewer can replace Rudy.

no way is he anything but an important complementary player.

Right now we need that badly but he wont turn around the team with present pieces.

My hope is that Moz gets healthy, KK moves to more appropriate back up role, AAA regain last years form and Nene avoid injury, and in time Gallo comes back and re-rounds into playing shape – then Chandler will make a perfect jack of all trades.