NuggetsWY wrote:skywalker33 wrote:Manolito wrote:After Fultz injury, Orlando might be a good trade destination if they are still willing to compete
Barton + Cancar + unprotected 2021FRP x Gordon.....don´t know if that is enough. I guess ORL will ask for Nnaji or Hampton instead of Cancar
Gordon is averaging 14/7 and is not a defensive slatwart like Grant, not giving all that up for an average overpaid. And realistically, with their need, they aren't dealing from a position of strength IMO
I'd offer Barton + Cancar but not with a 1st and certainly not with Nnaji or Hampton.
No matter what I personally think about Nnaji or Hampton's talent, I would use them to get some good experienced players because no signs Malone will go anytime soon or change his methods. As a basketball fan, I wish we traded Beasley and Juancho a year or two earlier or Nurkic before the start of the 2016-17 season, so they would not waste all these seasons and the Nuggets would get a bigger outcome back. To get Malone's attention and respect under 22 players must show flashes of a future star like Jokic, Murray, or Porter, and young Harris was amazing too at some point when his TS% was close to 60% (and Nuggets are not stacked in 2015 like today). Craig, Morris, and I guess Campazzo get their chances already under rookie contract years, but they started their NBA career when they are already 22+ old.
Look at Boston #26 pick rookie point guard Pritchard. Kemba is injured so Brad Stevens gives him the chance to play some minutes, and if he playing well on a sudden day his playing time goes up, so he already has one 30+ minutes game (Porter didn't have last season before bubble) when he scored 20+ points and yesterday he even has buzzer-beater in such important game for Celtics vs Heat, their opponent in last season ECF! And how many minutes #22 pick PF Nnaji gets so far considering that PF Green didn't play the opening 4 games while Porter was out the next 3?? Just 5 minutes overall, despite a very decent performance during preseason games. How many minutes played PF Bol Bol which was TOP10 contender for the rookie of the year award by bookmakers before the start of this season? He played just 14 minutes overall. To compensate MPJ's and Green PF minutes Malone rather prefers to use even older guards (Barton and Dozier) over young players whose PF is natural positions.
Hartenstein gets some chance to play and he used it very well, but since Green is back his minutes despaired. He will turn 23 in the next 3-4 months so I guess he is in a better position, but still... until Malone is Denver coach we should trade young assets which talent is recognized to get notable veterans which would be actually used.
If Orlando wants to give up from this season because of Isaac and Fultz's injuries and use it to rebuild the team, and Denver's FO finally starts to use the "win now" strategy, or just to not be delusional about Malone, Hampton, Nnaji, and 2021FRP can be very useful assets. For example:
ORLANDO: Barton, Harris, Hampton, Nnaji, Cancar, DEN2021-1st, DEN2025-1st
DENVER: Gordon, Fournier, Ross, ORL2021-2nd, ORL2022-2nd