Post#113 » by cinematographer » Thu Dec 5, 2013 7:58 pm
Guys:
The Houston version of this board, clutchfans, has their own buckpack, with his own sterling record. He's been reporting the Houston/Milwaukee talks have been centered around Ersan and the flipping of Asik to a third team. This guy's history and the clutchfans support of him gives him enough credibility in my eyes.
Anyways, while the Bucks' cap situation makes trading Sanders -- and the rules for dealing with extension $ in the last year of the original rookie contract -- easier than if he'd be on a team over/at the cap, it becomes much easier in July,
For the Bucks to trade Sanders, one of three things needs to happen:
1) Henson becomes a dominant defender.
He's allowing opponents to convert at only a .404 clip at the rim, which is better than Sanders last year, and only Hibbert, of players in the top 15 in blocks, allows a better rate. Small sample size alert, but it's promising.
Larry grabbed 18.6% of available rebounds last year, and a staggering 25.8% of defensive rebounds. Henson, this year, is at 14.6%/21.7%. Last year, however, Henson was 19.3%/24.4%.
Henson's vastly improved on pick and roll defending -- though, in fairness, it'd be impossible to get worse from his level last year -- but he still has lapses in rotating and positioning when off the ball. And that's a deserved drop in rebounding.
We'll see.
2) Embiid is the pick.
Sanders would be making more by himself than Embiid and Henson combined. Unless a team knocks the Bucks over with an offer for Henson, Sanders would be gone.
3) The Bucks get a Too-Good-to-be-True offer.
I don't know who would make an offer that has enough upside in the reward department to counter taking Larry's risk off the books. I don't think it would happen. But if a top-10 pick or better is offered, well, bye Larry. Thanks for standing up to the swag twins and playing amazing defense.
