Rhymes with Nintendo - The Gerald Henderson Thread

[HornetJail]

I'd rather trade Al for Gordon over JJ and maybe get rid of Brian Roberts in that deal. But I definitely want to move Hendo. I'd take Jack for him or jack squat.

would you guys do hendo/roberts/jefferson for dwill and our #29 pick?

I'd do Hendo + Big Al + Roberts for Dwill + Plumlee + 29.

WHAT.

Why would you even joke about taking on Williams' contract? I'd rather sit through the exact same roster and let them expire next summer than have to watch Williams' bum ass eat $20M plus in the offseason where we're supposed to really improve the team.

[Prokorov]

They're also both shot clock carnivores. They will devour the **** out of it which will demoralize the players you want to inspire.

Joe johnson is the king of killing the shot clock with his mark jackson like 12 second back downs in the post.

and we dont have any players to inspire. the guys we have are lost causes, dogs, and the biggest pansies in the league. we need guys who play hard, not to inspire others to play hard. KG and piece couldnt get these guys inspired... no one will. we will suck next year no matter what, id prefer to do it with 5 guys who care. Jack | Anderson | Henderson | Thad | Brook gives us 4 guys who will play hard and a center who will at least score efficiently.

Oh man, I thought JJ was better at recognizing double teams and passing out of traffic.

he is... but sometimes it takes im 8 or 9 dribbles to back his man in before that double comes. his post game is top notch. scoring and passing. you will grow to enjoy that part of his game for sure.

[Snidely FC]

Hendo is in. So basically anybody we draft this year is going to get ZERO playing time. Great, I smell Devin Booker.

Booker is money! You'll love him___________.

a)when he's strong enough to defend
b)when learns to dribble
c)when he learns to pass
D)in three years
E)All of the above.

[MasterIchiro]

Hendo is in. So basically anybody we draft this year is going to get ZERO playing time. Great, I smell Devin Booker.

Booker is money! You'll love him___________.

a)when he's strong enough to defend
b)when learns to dribble
c)when he learns to pass
D)in three years
E)All of the above.

3 years lines up with Curry perfectly. We're not doing diddly in the meantime.

[yosemiteben]

do you guys think the hornets would realistically entertain that?

the hornets, I don't know. Half this board would probably break their mouse trying to click the accept button.

To be fair though, half the board would also dump Al for a similar expiring that was guaranteed not to play if they could.

[BeesWax]

Hendo is in. So basically anybody we draft this year is going to get ZERO playing time. Great, I smell Devin Booker.

Booker is money! You'll love him___________.

a)when he's strong enough to defend
b)when learns to dribble
c)when he learns to pass
D)in three years
E)All of the above.

F)right now.

That is what I chose.

[Soul Rebel]

Can we please make the Al + Hendo = JJ trade. I nominate Ichiro as GM by proxy...... let's do this.

[MasterIchiro]

Can we please make the Al + Hendo = JJ trade. I nominate Ichiro as GM by proxy...... let's do this.

The front office takes baby steps so I don't anticipate any paradigm shift. Al and Hendo are fan-friendly players and they're part of the rebrand. Year 2 of the relaunch of the Hornets is still early and the front office views them as stabilizing forces. It was Lance they wanted to move for JJ last year.

They're slow.

They lose McRoberts and replace him 1 year later with Hawes.

They pass up Mo for Brian Roberts only to trade for Mo halfway through the season.

They tried to trade Hendo then signed him for 3 years, then tried to trade him again.

As far as we know (from Zach Lowe's sources) they were willing to talk turkey on every except Al (and Kemba).

They should have been more motivated to move these 2 a long time ago but they didn't, because they're slow.

[Liver_Pooty]

Jesus. Trading for Deron Williams?

[HornetJail]

Joe johnson is the king of killing the shot clock with his mark jackson like 12 second back downs in the post.

and we dont have any players to inspire. the guys we have are lost causes, dogs, and the biggest pansies in the league. we need guys who play hard, not to inspire others to play hard. KG and piece couldnt get these guys inspired... no one will. we will suck next year no matter what, id prefer to do it with 5 guys who care. Jack | Anderson | Henderson | Thad | Brook gives us 4 guys who will play hard and a center who will at least score efficiently.

Oh man, I thought JJ was better at recognizing double teams and passing out of traffic.

he is... but sometimes it takes im 8 or 9 dribbles to back his man in before that double comes. his post game is top notch. scoring and passing. you will grow to enjoy that part of his game for sure.

so in terms of impact, he's Al Jefferson who can create his own shot with the best of them but does it from the perimeter and can pass.

Sold. Brooklyn re-signing Brook Lopez is probably the only thing keeping this deal from happening in real life IMO. (and Billy King going full (Please Use More Appropriate Word)).

[Prokorov]

so in terms of impact, he's Al Jefferson who can create his own shot with the best of them but does it from the perimeter and can pass.

Sold. Brooklyn re-signing Brook Lopez is probably the only thing keeping this deal from happening in real life IMO. (and Billy King going full (Please Use More Appropriate Word)).

He is just the PF version of Al jefferson with better handle and some range. he isnt a perimeter player. you can try and make him one, but he is going to disappear if you dont get him a ton of post touches and mid post isos. weve wanted him to be a catch and shoot floor spacer since he got here. maybe it will work better for you but 4 coaches here couldnt get him to do it.

[MasterIchiro]

It sounds like Eric Gordon (for Big Al) is a much better fit than JJ and I don't think we can fit both here at our one open position. Again I doubt our front office moves Al or Hendo.

[Snidely FC]

Booker is money! You'll love him___________.

a)when he's strong enough to defend
b)when learns to dribble
c)when he learns to pass
D)in three years
E)All of the above.

F)right now.

That is what I chose.

BTW my original post was not intended just to slight Booker. The point was that this team looks likely to draft a SG next week, and Hendo being back pushes the draftee further down the playing chart (Hendo, PJ, Daniels...). Who are we going to draft at 9 that is going to come in and take PT from the incumbents and make any kind of impact? Booker will be 18 when the NBA season starts. Do you see Clifford playing him? Last year with Vonleh getting no PT was frustrating! I'm not looking forward to another callow draft pick that doesn't play for a year.

[Braggins]

Id probably prefer Gordon. I don't think New Orleans would want Al though.

[LofJ]

Id probably prefer Gordon. I don't think New Orleans would want Al though.

They might be persuaded to take Henderson and Williams for him. They lack depth at the forward positions and while losing Gordon's shooting would hurt (especially in Gentry's system) they'd make up for it on the defensive side of the ball which is where they need more help (especially on the perimeter).

[MasterIchiro]

So we roll out the exact same roster and I get to pick on Cho one more year

Kemba/Roberts
Hendo/PJ/pick
MKG/Daniels
Zeller/Marv/Vonleh
Al/Biz

De ja vu.

[MasterIchiro]

Id probably prefer Gordon. I don't think New Orleans would want Al though.

They might be persuaded to take Henderson and Williams for him. They lack depth at the forward positions and while losing Gordon's shooting would hurt (especially in Gentry's system) they'd make up for it on the defensive side of the ball which is where they need more help (especially on the perimeter).

Sounds like wishful thinking.

[LofJ]

Id probably prefer Gordon. I don't think New Orleans would want Al though.

They might be persuaded to take Henderson and Williams for him. They lack depth at the forward positions and while losing Gordon's shooting would hurt (especially in Gentry's system) they'd make up for it on the defensive side of the ball which is where they need more help (especially on the perimeter).

Sounds like wishful thinking.

With the way Gentry values D'Antoni ball I agree, Gordon is likely going to be featured pretty heavily in the system he rolls out.

[MasterIchiro]

They might be persuaded to take Henderson and Williams for him. They lack depth at the forward positions and while losing Gordon's shooting would hurt (especially in Gentry's system) they'd make up for it on the defensive side of the ball which is where they need more help (especially on the perimeter).

Sounds like wishful thinking.

With the way Gentry values D'Antoni ball I agree, Gordon is likely going to be featured pretty heavily in the system he rolls out.

It's a healthy exercise and a pleasant fantasy to imagine otherwise, but I think we're stuck with the same roster as last year which was a colossal failure. It's inexcusable for Cho. Subtraction of Lance won't move the needle.

[yosemiteben]

So we roll out the exact same roster and I get to pick on Cho one more year

Kemba/Roberts
Hendo/PJ/pick
MKG/Daniels
Zeller/Marv/Vonleh
Al/Biz

De ja vu.

Except for Lance, Maxiell, and Taylor not being around, and Hawes and Daniels both being additions since last season started, and this is assuming we don't use our MLE or make any more moves in the offseason, that Biz is still around, and that we cut Barnes and replace him with no one.

Lots of assumptions.