Jez2983 wrote:BigO wrote:jute2003 wrote:Bobby will go into an inefficient chucker funk while still sucking at defense again soon and khris will have a stretch of games where he averages 8 pts and 6 balls dribbled off his foot per game and the pendulum will swing back. Tis the way of the forum
Yep, and posters will jump at the opportunity to call for trading Middleton and Portis for a second rounder and Josh Richardson.
I think Portis' value in a trade is an all-star or near all-star level player. AB made that comment pre season. Unfortunately at the trade deadline he wasn't playing well enough to get that return. I would trade him but we better be getting a good player back. Grant Williams, ha.
As for Middleton, Murray is the type of player we could trade him for if we believe he can elevate to an all star level. And I only do this to get younger/healthier, healthy Middleton has always been more valuable to us compared to trade value.
Let's see how this season goes. To me, a healthy KM is the key to a championship. He is of no value to any team that isn't on the brink of a championship, so eliminate two thirds of the NBA.
As to Portis, he certainly doesn't have the impact of KM, but he brings much needed shooting to a team that has sorely lacked shooting, especially before KM returned. Having multiple shooters is important in today's NBA.