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Denver Trade Breakdown

Change in Team Outlook: -8.5 ppg, -1.0 rpg, and -1.0 apg.
Incoming Players
Steve Blake
6-3 PG from Maryland
3.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 2.5 apg in 23.3 minutes
Jerryd Bayless
6-3 PG from Arizona
No games yet played in 2009-2010


Outgoing Players
Ty Lawson
5-11 from North Carolina
12.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 3.5 apg in 21.7 minutes
Renaldo Balkman
6-7 SF from South Carolina
0.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg, 0.0 apg in 0.0 minutes

Thoughts?

Uh oh...

Why would we?

Ty is pretty much untouchable, unless we get a star in return. And not a chance to deal with division rivals. I really like Rudy Fernandez, I'm sure our team likes him too, but not even if he's included, would we do that deal. I believe Ty is that important to this team.

Think about this, when he's on the floor, all of a sudden, he makes our bigs (not named Nene) a threat offensively. We really relied heavily on Nene for post production, but now with Ty's speed to break down and draw defense and passes either off pick and roll or double team, guys like KMart (especially him) are going to finish around the rim easier. It really takes load off Nene's shoulder...

He also actually plays very good defense, I've been impressed throughout pre-season, Jazz and last night's game with his quick footwork to stay in front of his man. I thought he defended Rudy very well, contested his shot the best anyone his size can, and I thought his defense is pretty good, but Rudy just knocked down tough shots. Karl is going to realize the rookie actually plays good defense on Rudy when he watches tape, only happened Rudy knocked down tough shots and made it look like "he burned the rook". The only real problem (and I don't really think it is a problem) with his defense is when a strong guard like Deron Williams takes him to the post and score. But Ty is strong himself, he's gonna watch tape and figure out how to do better defensively, maybe draw a charge, etc.

Why would we give him up? His speed makes 2-3 guys pretty much irrelevant on offense to relevant, he is a Yang to Billups' slow Yin, his game gives us a different dimension on the offensive end.

Just because Ty looked good in two games....we're going to take a time machine back to 2007.....no, makes no sense. We like Ty.

do not want steve 'toe on the line' blake back here.

or to give up lawson after what i've seen of him. and i can assure the you the denver front office loves him more than any fan, and would not do a trade involving him unless it was really good.

At least give us a player who is equal to Lawson's value.

Nuggets won't be trading to get point guards. They're perfectly happy with that position right now. Any trades they're pulling will be to acquire big guys capable of rebounding.

^Yeah agreed... only reasonable trade is to bring in a good rebounder. Right now it seems we rely rebounding on Nene, good thing Karl harps on the guards and forwards to help out rebounding... I really like Afflalo always tries to box out for better positioning for rebounds.

Not even double digit rebounder like Troy Murphy or David Lee would make us part with Lawson...

I think Kurt Thomas would be a good get if we can send Balkman out as well to save money.

I know he's old, but he's a great defender, rebounder, and has a midrange shot.

Balkman's actually a great rebounder.