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NBA teams ready to play 'Let's Make a Deal'
Posted by: gwoelfel on January 11, 2008 at 3:23AM EST
BY GERY WOELFEL
Journal Times
Let
I think the Bulls would be making a huge mistake to let L. Deng go, if I were them, I would ride it out with him and perhaps try and move Ben Gordon. I also think it would be a huge mistake for them to move Andres Nocioni.cam2win wrote:Wow, great work by Woefel. This definitly wasn't a fluff article and he wasn't holding back on what he knew.
Problem is most of the out-going Bucks names do not equal the list of players he hears are available.
The name I think I would like most is Deng. I wonder with the Bulls seemingly hesitant on extending Deng and the fact they need someone who is a PF or C that can score, if they'd be interested in a CV package? Maybe CV and Simmons (a Chicago native) for Deng and filler (maybe Duhon)?
Lots of names I want on that list....most are unobtainable IMO without including other Bucks.
My other disappointment is to not see Mike on the Bucks list of available players. I like Mike alot, but it's time to move on.
The Bucks have played very well at times against sub 500 teams.. even with the new confidence found by guys like Simmons, Bell, and Ivey.. they would have more games that resembled the huge Washington & Detroit blowouts rather than the confidence building wins against teams like Philly, Miami (who is horrible this year and we played 2 in this winning streak) and Bobcats.COSA NOSTRA wrote:Yeah I read that and found that odd that Redd was not on there? As well as the Bucks are playing with him being out you think they would consider moving him?
xTitan wrote:I believe Pietrus would also be a rent-a-player, can't see why a team that has absolutely 0 title hopes would acquire a rental player, this isn't baseball.
GSW needs another big body.. so instead of wasting time with Barnes (who I only think is productive in a system where he can chuck as many long distance shots as time permits), I would propose offering Dan Gadzuric for Mickael Pietrus (if the Bucks want him thad badly). He would be a perfect fit for them. He could run the floor with their chuckers and would crash the boards whenever a lob was thrown. He wouldn't be depended upon for offense, and could help Biedrins out with the shotblocking. To pull off a deal like that though, I think we would need a third team that might be intersted in either Bobby Simmons or Charlie Villanueva, and in return I would want a big man to back up Yi.EastSideBucksFan wrote:I think we should not even think about Deng. If Paxson wouldn't let him go in a Garnett or Pau deal. We have no chance of getting him.
I think the most likely candidates for us will be Pietrus or Maggette.
To acquire Pietrus we don't have a good one for one deal.
Perhaps they will throw in Barnes they have Azuibuike needing more time as well as Bellinelli.
I don't see them moving Harrington. He is their backup center for the most part and fits extremely well into their system.
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Oh and I think to get Mickael Pietrus in a trade, doesn't he have to agree or something? I think because he signed a 1 year deal, he can't be traded without giving his permission or something like that. Fam & GAD could better answer that question though..
BuckFan25226 wrote:The only places Gadzuric has any chance to succeed are Golden State and Phoenix. So a trade to either would make sense. And I don't even care what we get back, as long as they are expirings and we get rid ourselves of his contract.
EastSideBucksFan wrote:
Warriors can trade disgruntled Pietrus
Forward welcomes a chance for more playing time somewhere else
By Geoff Lepper
STAFF WRITER
Article Launched: 12/30/2007 02:57:41 AM PST
OAKLAND -- Warriors forward Mickael Pietrus spent much of this summer waiting for a trade that would deliver him from Oakland. It didn't happen, obviously, but beginning this week, that possibility will be once again in play.
After signing Pietrus to a one-year qualifying offer worth $3.47 million, the Warriors have been prohibited from dealing him for three months -- a limitation that ends Tuesday.
While both sides said they're not actively seeking a divorce, there is no doubt that Pietrus would still like to wind up with a team where he'll get more consistent playing time. And it's equally clear that the Warriors are open to the idea of dealing their longest-tenured player.
"If a trade is offered, I'll go," said Pietrus, who has the right to veto any deal because he would have to relinquish his "Larry Bird rights," potentially costing himself money on the free agent market next summer. "I'll give up my 'Bird rights' for 35 minutes (per game)."
According to executive vice president Chris Mullin, the Warriors are not shopping Pietrus' wares, but they are amenable to a trade if offered something suitably desirable.
That was a big stumbling block over the summer, when Pietrus' agents tried diligently but unsuccessfully to broker a deal. Golden State was less than enamored with all the choices Bill McCandless and Happy Walters were able to provide.
"There's no urgency. That's not something I can control. That's the (front) office's job and my agents'," Pietrus said. "My thing so far right now is doing what I can do for the team and not thinking about anything else.
"It's a business, things happen every day, so if it happens to me, it's not the first time it happened to somebody. I'm trying to support my teammates and play basketball."
Pietrus, 25, set career-highs in almost every category you can think of last season, his fourth in the NBA but first with new coach Don Nelson. Nelson reined in Pietrus' tendencies to try to do too much offensively, and he enjoyed an 8.4 percent leap in his field-goal percentage, to 48.8, and 7.0 percent increase in his 3-point accuracy, to 38.8.
But this year, Pietrus' role has shrunk, not grown. After averaging 26.9 minutes a game last season, Pietrus hasn't reached that level once in 16 appearances since Nov. 24. His shooting numbers are back down near their career totals, and his averages in scoring (6.0 points per game, down from 11.1) and rebounding (2.9 from 4.5) have tumbled.
Asked recently if Pietrus still has growth left in his game after four years in the NBA and four more in France, Nelson said, "I hope there's a little growth there somewhere.
"He hasn't played as well this year as he did last year. I don't know why he hasn't played as well. He's going to say it's because he's not playing; I'm going to say he's not playing because he's not playing well. Do you want to get into that one?"
Nelson said Friday before Golden State's 124-120 loss to Denver that his more senior bench players -- swingmen such as Pietrus, Matt Barnes and Kelenna Azubuike -- were going to get their chance to help out over the Warriors' stretch of seven contests against other Western Conference playoff hopefuls.
That stretch might also serve as a bit of an audition process; one talent evaluator spotted at a recent Warriors game was paying close attention to every move made by Pietrus, Barnes and Azubuike, all of whom could be free agents at season's end.
Pietrus said he's not worried if potential suitors are thrown off by his decreased numbers while learning a new position as an undersized power forward.
"Teams already know what I'm capable to bring," Pietrus said. "In my mind, I'm already ready no matter what, where I go to. Right now, I'm just trying to focus on trying to just getting as many wins as we can and we'll see later."
”Mav_Carter wrote: my list doesn't matter...I'm pretty much wrong on everything...