Official Speculation & Free Agency Thread (PtVII Mods Close)

OrlandO · Post #61 » by **OrlandO** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:38 pm

RT @WindhorstESPN: Eddy Curry did not make it thru 2nd practice with Heat, has now sat out 3rd & 4th. This experiment could be short-lived.

lol, would be funny.

Nolimit1211 · Post #62 » by **Nolimit1211** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:41 pm

Alot of us wouldn't do JJ + Ryan for Jackson.. The question is what could these two realistically get you? Theyre bench players on 95% of the league..

Post #63 » by **eyriq** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:42 pm

Nolimit1211 wrote:Hedo + Ryan For Stack 5 + Gooden works...

Thoughts?

Ugh, maybe with a Mil 1st in the coming draft

EasternMagic · Post #64 » by **EasternMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:43 pm

OrlandO wrote:
RT @WindhorstESPN: Eddy Curry did not make it thru 2nd practice with Heat, has now sat out 3rd & 4th. This experiment could be short-lived.

lol, would be funny.

Lol
if I were Dwight, I'd want to stay in Orlando just so I could dominate whoever the Heat's Center is 4 times a year

rcklsscognition · Post #65 » by **rcklsscognition** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:46 pm

OJ Mayo is offically back on Memphis. Trade is dead. Memphis tells Mayo he won't be traded anywhere.

BelgianMagic · Post #66 » by **BelgianMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:47 pm

Reggie Williams still an option?

@stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler
RT @Scoop3013: heard Reggie Williams is leaving Golden State and Magic were interested any truth? ---> yes as were a dozen other teams.

About possible more deals/signings:

@stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler
RT @james_frazier: Whose on the Magic radar with their MLE? ---> not sure they are using it.

@stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler
RT @msj444: So no more deals for Orlando! This is it? Can we still get Hibachi back!? ---> No... just not big free agent deals..

@stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler
RT @magicfanzone12: do you know of any Centers that the magic might be looking at? ---> Not feeling Daniel Orton? DO says he's ready to go.

chunnyboy · Post #67 » by **chunnyboy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:47 pm

brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

chunnyboy · Post #68 » by **chunnyboy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:49 pm

well... now i want oj

yes we can! yes we can!

*EDIT: no way Q+Ryan doesn't get that done

rcklsscognition · Post #69 » by **rcklsscognition** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:50 pm

chunnyboy wrote:brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

I highly doubt Ellis gets moved, he's Mark Jackson's project now.

Hotshot Hower · Post #70 » by **Hotshot Hower** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:50 pm

Mayo not going to Indy after all..

ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
RT @CAGrizBlog: Proposed Mayo-McRoberts deal officially dead, source tells CA. Mayo told this morning that he won't be traded anywhere

whoops! (double post)

BelgianMagic · Post #71 » by **BelgianMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:50 pm

Hotshot Hower wrote:Which FA('s) BIG's could you see here sign in terms that'd make the rotation? (MLE and below)

-- Kris Humphries
-- Earl Clark
-- Reggie Evans
-- Shawne Williams
-- Erick Dampier
-- Etan Thomas
-- Solomon Jones

For me personally i'd love to go after Humphries (full MLE) but NJ wouldn't prob let that happen so Plan B would be Etan or Damp. Btw, love Earl Clark's potential but we seem loaded with 3/4's.. Also, could see Otis going after Reggie too for rebound purposes.

I'd consider Reggie Evans, Erick Dampier & my very own (fellow Belgian 8-)

) DJ Mbenga

Mbenga would be a great backup. He can't spell "offense" but Phil Jackson called him a fantastic defensive big + DJ learned A LOT from playing with the Lakers. Very good athlete, great defender

EasternMagic · Post #72 » by **EasternMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:52 pm

chunnyboy wrote:brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

We can't trade JRich till March

rcklsscognition · Post #73 » by **rcklsscognition** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:52 pm

EasternMagic wrote:
chunnyboy wrote:brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

We can't trade JRich till March

rcklsscognition · Post #74 » by **rcklsscognition** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:54 pm

BelgianMagic wrote:
Hotshot Hower wrote:Which FA('s) BIG's could you see here sign in terms that'd make the rotation? (MLE and below)

-- Kris Humphries
-- Earl Clark
-- Reggie Evans
-- Shawne Williams
-- Erick Dampier
-- Etan Thomas
-- Solomon Jones

For me personally i'd love to go after Humphries (full MLE) but NJ wouldn't prob let that happen so Plan B would be Etan or Damp. Btw, love Earl Clark's potential but we seem loaded with 3/4's.. Also, could see Otis going after Reggie too for rebound purposes.

I'd consider Reggie Evans, Erick Dampier & my very own (fellow Belgian ) DJ Mbenga

Mbenga would be a great backup. He can't spell "offense" but Phil Jackson called him a fantastic defensive big + DJ learned A LOT from playing with the Lakers. Very good athlete, great defender

As much as I'd like to keep Clark, we need a backup center just in case. I'm thinking Otis is having a hard time deciding on using the MLE on Clark or another backup C to anchor D12 and Orton.

christian72589 · Post #75 » by **christian72589** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:55 pm

jameer isn't being traded.

we would have virtually no starting pg.

chunnyboy · Post #76 » by **chunnyboy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:55 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
EasternMagic wrote:
chunnyboy wrote:brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

We can't trade JRich till March

yea check the original post - I'M CLEARLY AWARE OF THAT-

read before you criticize

EasternMagic · Post #77 » by **EasternMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:55 pm

rcklsscognition wrote:
EasternMagic wrote:
chunnyboy wrote:brown going to GS is a good thing for us, gentlmen-

kwame had a decent season last year - 8ppg 7rpg in 26 minutes - and i would say that he looked better than biedrins did last season- woj says he's likely to start in GSW because of his defensive abilities (and Mark's new philosophy), and to be fair, kwame is an above average post defender, it's just that he doesn't have the ability to catch a ball.

i know GSW owners are new and they're excited but are they really going to pay $10mil to biedrins to be the 3rd guy off the bench? (ekpe udoh 6th man, klay thompson next man in, then biedrins) this has to mean they're willing to trade him to a team with deeper pockets (hey! that's us!)

ellis ($11mil) + biedrins ($9mil) for jrich ($6.5mil) + jameer ($8) + jj (6.75) could theoretically work before the deadline (but after march 1st) ... seems like we're giving up a quite a bit tho huh?

We can't trade JRich till March

whooooopsies

EasternMagic · Post #78 » by **EasternMagic** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:57 pm

chunnyboy wrote:yea check the original post - I'M CLEARLY AWARE OF THAT-

read before you criticize

LOL

CHILL CHUNNY! Good grief! Wasn't a criticism, I was just pointing something out, and I didn't see the last part. My bad bro. Geez....freak out...

chunnyboy · Post #79 » by **chunnyboy** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:01 pm

so on march 1st, i say we do two deals

ryan + Q for OJ

then jrcih+jameer+jj for ellis+biedrins

(curry is jackson's project not so much ellis- why? jackson was a PG who operated well with a smooth shooting SG (reggie) or a dominant big (ewing) jrich and jj fit that SG mold much better - and has natural SG size - than ellis does- also mark jackson and van gundy were going bonkers over what barea did off the bench in P&R and getting his own shot - nelson can do that in a similar role, only better)

so a week into march we're looking at

ellis-oj-hedo-bbd-dwight as a starting 5

i like.

struckrk · Post #80 » by **struckrk** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:01 pm

Could someone please repost the pic of Glen Davis flexing in the Magic uniform??? I can't find it.