RealGM

Curious to see where everyone stands on what they hope to see done with Lance. I'm honestly still intrigued by his potential but am seriously doubting if he can turn things around here.

Buy him out.

I wonder if he even wants to be here.

BuzzKing60 wrote:I wonder if he even wants to be here.

Thats my thing. I actually believe he will get his game together eventually and he fits great on our second unit imo but he is still shooting inexplicably bad and he doesn't seem happy here. It might be the right thing to do for Lance to trade him if we don't think we can help him get his game back.

I don't know if I'd go as far as a buyout. But like I said, if we don't really want him here and being here, for whatever reason, will hinder his ability to get his career back on track then it isn't an inconceivable last resort.

I want to trade him but I dont want to include any young player/asset with him. I dont really care what we get back for him as long as it isn't more than a 2 year deal.

There is no point in trading him. His value is at rock bottom. The likelihood of him getting back on track is higher than us getting anything worthwhile in a trade. So no, I don't want to trade Lance, but I would in the rare event that a team actually gave us a legit asset back- and no I don't consider Joe Johnson or Jose Calderon an asset.

I would trade the hell out of Lance with Zeller attached for something I like. Emphatic yes. Yes 10x. I wouldn't trade MKG, Kemba, Biz, or Vonleh to do it tho.

I'd be fine with trading him for a decent role player, I just don't want to send out any of our young guys in the process.

Hornet Mania wrote:I'd be fine with trading him for a decent role player, I just don't want to send out any of our young guys in the process.

Would you be willing to part with Zeller?

catch20two wrote:

Hornet Mania wrote:I'd be fine with trading him for a decent role player, I just don't want to send out any of our young guys in the process.

Would you be willing to part with Zeller?

As with Lance, I'd only part with Zeller as part of a major upgrade. I think both have a lot of room to grow, but if we can get something pretty nice for the pair (hopefully with Marvin attached), I think we've got to look into it.

If it takes getting rid of Zeller to get rid of Lance then I can live with that.

No offense, but having studied research methods and stuff, that's one lop-sided poll.

Can't say that I really have the answer that I would like to choose. It looks like three rather negative ones and one positive one in regards to Lance.

I'm surprised MJ isn't taking more heat for signing Lance.

catch20two wrote:

Hornet Mania wrote:I'd be fine with trading him for a decent role player, I just don't want to send out any of our young guys in the process.

Would you be willing to part with Zeller?

It depends. I would not trade Zeller simply to unload Lance, that's just bad asset management. The only way we can make this Lance situation worse is by making one of our other prospects a casualty of ridding ourselves of a disappointing player. If we can bundle Zeller with Lance and acquire a guy who we can add to the core I would definitely at least consider it. It's hard for me to imagine that offer materializing though, Zeller's value is probably as low as it's going to be for several years.

TheKingofSting wrote:I'm surprised MJ isn't taking more heat for signing Lance.

Can't blame Jordan. Not many of us REALLY wanted Lance but it was a desperate measure that was necessary at the time. Our free agency was looking super bleak.

I still wonder if Lance is not healthy?

TheKingofSting wrote:I'm surprised MJ isn't taking more heat for signing Lance.

It was such an obvious decision. It made so much sense at the time.

Plus it's such a small deal- 2 years at $9M, plus a 3rd year team option, that nobody really cares too much if he turns out to be a complete flop.

You guys know how the national media and everyone jumps on MJ in a hurry though.

I voted yes because I like Lance and Walker and they are both better off being on different teams and Walker is obviously not the one whos going to leave so its a no-brainer. I hope Lance gets traded to the west and kills it out there.

Do I want to see him traded? Depends on what we get back. The least I would take is expiring contracts for Lance and Marvin Williams. Attaching an asset doesn't make any sense nor does trading for a player on a longer or bigger contract (Jose or Joe Johnson). If he craps on MJ's desk just send him home and wait until he expires. I don't know who we would go after with that money this summer anyway. Just wait until 2016 if Lance doesn't work out.