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Bassman wrote:Quote on Hornets SI coming from Kendrick Perkins:The Charlotte Hornets, might need to keep an eye on them, all the way through the draft." ESPN's Kendrick Perkins said on Sunday.
"They might be moving on from LaMelo Ball, I'm hearing that. Though it sounds crazy, this draft - there's gonna be a whole lotta trades."
Balllin wrote:Zion Williamson is 6-5, with a 6-10 wingspan. I see him as a slightly better Kenneth Faried.
Bassman wrote:Quote on Hornets SI coming from Kendrick Perkins:The Charlotte Hornets, might need to keep an eye on them, all the way through the draft." ESPN's Kendrick Perkins said on Sunday.
"They might be moving on from LaMelo Ball, I'm hearing that. Though it sounds crazy, this draft - there's gonna be a whole lotta trades."
Lwcasu wrote:Is there a Ball for Harper trade where salary could be matched? #2 and #4 would allow us to really build. I like that better than 4 firsts for Ball.
I’ve said it before, if we are all in on Ball we need to trade this pick and get a good vet (for a win now move playoff run). I don’t think the number 4 in this draft alone gets us that much farther and my concern is we lose Ball for peanuts in the future.
Regardless of what you think of Perkins (I enjoy his commentary), we better be actively either shopping Ball or moving the pick in a trade for an established vet because no one at 4 is going to make that much of a difference for our team.
Heck, if we could move Ball and get the number 2, it opens up the door to draft Ace at number 4. You can tell him you might actually become the number 1—not happening with Ball. And FWIW, I’m not anti Ball, I just think there is a point you consolidate your draft capital and try to get another star beside your star. The TJ draft last year kind of solidified my opinion.
Bassman wrote:Quote on Hornets SI coming from Kendrick Perkins:The Charlotte Hornets, might need to keep an eye on them, all the way through the draft." ESPN's Kendrick Perkins said on Sunday.
"They might be moving on from LaMelo Ball, I'm hearing that. Though it sounds crazy, this draft - there's gonna be a whole lotta trades."
JustBuzzin wrote:It could be true, I just laugh at the messenger.
It's definitely being discussed. He has his father and brothers pushing him to the Clippers.Bassman wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:It could be true, I just laugh at the messenger.
No doubt about Perkins “validity”…but I posted it since it’s just another log on the fire of several sounding this bell. Maybe nothing happens, but seems a lot of chatter within circles picking up on a Ball trade.
Agree there is no path toward a deal with the Spurs. Teams needing/wanting a big time PG are the Nets, Pelicans and Wiz. I’ve tried to come up with a New Orleans deal, but it’s not so easy. I don’t see them trading Zion nor the Hornets doing that for Melo without extras. Tried Melo and Miles. Tried getting Murphy plus a big contract/not so good players (of course need to include 7 and 23 also) but it’s hard to find the right numbers that work relative to our trade exception.
Bassman wrote:Quote on Hornets SI coming from Kendrick Perkins:The Charlotte Hornets, might need to keep an eye on them, all the way through the draft." ESPN's Kendrick Perkins said on Sunday.
"They might be moving on from LaMelo Ball, I'm hearing that. Though it sounds crazy, this draft - there's gonna be a whole lotta trades."
JustBuzzin wrote:Y'all blaming Ace for everything lol
I'm thinking it's Fears who also plays PG. Why would Ace not want to play with Melo?