[/quote]BlazersBroncos wrote:He hasn't played SF since 16/17 and even then it was a 2-1 split b/t SF and PF.
Not true. Melo started at SF this season against the Lakers for about 90 seconds until Skal got injured.
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[/quote]BlazersBroncos wrote:He hasn't played SF since 16/17 and even then it was a 2-1 split b/t SF and PF.
If Blazers can find a taker for Hood in exchange for cap room, this could be enough to get Blazers under the tax this year
Trading Whiteside, Hezonja and Simons for Covington and Dieng or proposal that i find on internet because they are around 22 milions in contracts - Whiteside, Hezonja, Little and FRP for Oubre , Kaminsky and Saric .
BlazersBroncos wrote:Trading Whiteside, Hezonja and Simons for Covington and Dieng or proposal that i find on internet because they are around 22 milions in contracts - Whiteside, Hezonja, Little and FRP for Oubre , Kaminsky and Saric .
The second trade isn't good IMO. Oubre is overrated and plays freelance most of the time, Saric is an impending FA and Kaminsky is trash.
I would think about the first deal. We would need to get a bit more value back IMO. Maybe they add the 2020 SRP (35-40 range likely). I am a bit more inclined to move Simons because I am enamored with Josh Green as our 1st round pick, a true two way SG who can contribute to the game when not scoring, unlike Simons. Then again, Simons offensive potential is pretty securely still in the 20ppg range despite some stinker games recently.
Hard to walk away from Simons, but we need to push some chips in to keep the main man happy. RoCo and Dieng are both winning pieces. Dieng especially is tremendously underrated.
BlazersBroncos wrote:^ Saric's rookie contract ends after this season. So we are trading Little and a FRP for Oubre. I just don't think he is worth that. He is putting up fools gold stats on a bad team. Once you look deeper, you see the reality of him as a chucker and off-script gambler who isn't that good at defense (OBPM -0.3 / DBPM 0.0 / VORP 0.6 / WS48 .100).
Take into account his knucklehead character and I am good without him, especially at the cost of essentially two FRP's.
d-train wrote:I'm surprised the great play of Melo is being dismissed. Oubre is an expensive downgrade. Even Covington is a downgrade. Our SF position is covered nicely by Melo, Ariza, Hood, Little, and Hoard. It's not a position of need unless there is an upgrade. The only upgrade we can afford is a drafted steal, unlikely to happen. We are lucky we got a free agent steal.
d-train wrote:Hayward is an upgrade. Porter is not an upgrade.
Devilzsidewalk wrote:DB is like the ultimate Wolves troll
DusterBuster wrote:d-train wrote:Hayward is an upgrade. Porter is not an upgrade.
Hayward is washed. No opinion on Porter, just commenting about Hayward.
zzaj wrote:d-train wrote:I'm surprised the great play of Melo is being dismissed. Oubre is an expensive downgrade. Even Covington is a downgrade. Our SF position is covered nicely by Melo, Ariza, Hood, Little, and Hoard. It's not a position of need unless there is an upgrade. The only upgrade we can afford is a drafted steal, unlikely to happen. We are lucky we got a free agent steal.
1) Melo hasn't played SF in 4 years.
d-train wrote:zzaj wrote:d-train wrote:I'm surprised the great play of Melo is being dismissed. Oubre is an expensive downgrade. Even Covington is a downgrade. Our SF position is covered nicely by Melo, Ariza, Hood, Little, and Hoard. It's not a position of need unless there is an upgrade. The only upgrade we can afford is a drafted steal, unlikely to happen. We are lucky we got a free agent steal.
1) Melo hasn't played SF in 4 years.
Melo is a SF because he has a SF's skillset. He plays like a SF. A team can play as many SF's as they want. You can put Melo in the game and call him a PF. It doesn't make him a PF, he's a SF. The Jazz starts 2 SF's. Several teams start 2 SF's. You can argue that Melo can't defend other SF's, but you would be wrong. Defense is a challenge for Melo, but he can defend any SF as well as either of Jazz's SF's. There are a many SF's besides Melo that can't defend the quickest SF's 1-on-1 well. Larry Bird was so slow that McHale often had to guard SF's. Smart competitive veterans like Melo know how to overcome their weaknesses.
zzaj wrote:d-train wrote:zzaj wrote:
1) Melo hasn't played SF in 4 years.
Melo is a SF because he has a SF's skillset. He plays like a SF. A team can play as many SF's as they want. You can put Melo in the game and call him a PF. It doesn't make him a PF, he's a SF. The Jazz starts 2 SF's. Several teams start 2 SF's. You can argue that Melo can't defend other SF's, but you would be wrong. Defense is a challenge for Melo, but he can defend any SF as well as either of Jazz's SF's. There are a many SF's besides Melo that can't defend the quickest SF's 1-on-1 well. Larry Bird was so slow that McHale often had to guard SF's. Smart competitive veterans like Melo know how to overcome their weaknesses.
This line of rationale is so flawed I'm not going to spend the time making the bullet points.
You think Melo will be on the team next year and that he can be part of the "nice" rotation of Melo, Ariza, Little and Hoard at the SF position. Got it.
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