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Post#1 » by Raptor04 » Tue May 20, 2008 2:55 am

I was just wondering if you guys would be interested in trading away your draft picks (1st and 2nd) for veteran leadership and expiring contracts?

I'm a Raps fan and was wondering if you would trade those 2 picks to us for our 17th pick, Anthony Parker and Rasho Nesterovic?

Your Possible Team:

Felton/Boykins
Richardson/Parker
Wallace/Morrison/Dudley
Okafor/May
Nesterovic/Mohammed

This not only gives you a ton of depth incase of injuries, but also gives you alot of playoff experience and some expiring contracts for relief at the end of the season.

Your thoughts?
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Post#2 » by BigSlam » Tue May 20, 2008 3:08 am

No.

Rasho and Parker aren't enough to move 10 or so spots down the pecking order in the 1st round.
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Post#3 » by Paydro70 » Tue May 20, 2008 3:33 am

Hmm... well, it's really not bad value, mostly because I like Rasho, but I don't see the point of getting another swingman and another true center. If you were offering Rasho's equivalent at PF, maybe.
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Post#4 » by WaydownSouth » Tue May 20, 2008 3:33 am

I add emphasis to your post Slam....

Hell No..

I don't think Rasho and Parker add much or anything new to the roster that we already have. I take a defensive stopper in Westbrook with our pick (if we don't move up) or Randolph.
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Post#5 » by Raptor04 » Tue May 20, 2008 8:21 pm

Yeah, but don't you think it would be in your team's best interests to get some players that are already established and try and get into the playoffs first? You already have some good players at almost every starting position, so why get a high pick and just keep him tied to the bench?

It seems injuries were a big problem in why you failed to make the playoffs, and Rasho and Parker have both been NBA ironmen for the most part. And they would really help when guys like Richardson and Okafor are in a dry spell.

So really, not only would you be getting 2 guys that are not only playoff vets, but possible starting quality incase of injuries and a helluva depth, plus you could still draft a good guy with the 17th.

Also, Rasho and AP are expirings, and it looks like your team is gonna be in a scramble in a while if you don't clear capspace. So bringing over 2 vets you could probably get great value and play them in more limited time to decrease their value at the end of the summer, then sign them again if it works out for cheap.
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Post#6 » by Rich4114 » Tue May 20, 2008 9:20 pm

Geeze, at LEAST include Bargnani (sp?).
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Post#7 » by fatlever » Tue May 20, 2008 9:40 pm

i fail to see how nesterovich and parker would be the pieces to help push the bobcats into the playoffs. neither player would start for us. parker would back up richardson and fight for time with carroll when richardson moved to sf. rasho would most likely play behind nazr or behind okafor if we went small. the 17th pick would not even sniff our top 9. so again, what is the point?
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Post#8 » by BigSlam » Wed May 21, 2008 12:56 pm

Yeah, but don't you think it would be in your team's best interests to get some players that add some youth to your aging roster and try and get you past the 1st rond of the playoffs first? You already have some good players at almost every starting position, so why have your 1st overall pick tied to the bench like Bargs? Maybe you should look at creating space for him to play at the 4?

It seems playing time and double up on positions were a big problem in why you failed to make it past the 1st round of the playoffs again, and you have a huge hole at the 3 to fill your biggest position of weakness.

So really, wouldn't a trade of Crash, Ammo, the 9th pick for Bosh make sense?

Not only would you be getting 2 guys that are young and on decent contracts, but possible starting quality incase of injuries and a helluva depth, plus you could still draft a good guy with the 17th.

Also, Jose looks like he will leave and you will get nothing for him so with the 9th pick you could draft DJ Augustin to back up TJ - the Texas connection!! And it looks like your team is going to keep playing Bargs in limited mins so this will free playing time up for him.
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Post#9 » by aniloman » Wed May 21, 2008 1:00 pm

I like your thinking BIG SLAM! Bosh would look real nice next to Okafor!
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Post#10 » by Badd_Intentions » Wed May 21, 2008 2:19 pm

Hell no, those guys wouldn't push us into the playoffs. We'd be better off drafting Love.
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Post#11 » by chrbal » Wed May 21, 2008 2:38 pm

Richardson, Carroll, and Parker. 3 sgs, great.....and with Nazr already here, there is no real need for Rasho.

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Post#12 » by Raptor04 » Thu May 22, 2008 8:34 pm

Do you guys really think Caroll and Nazr are playoff calibre players? Even that good to be in the rotation on a good team?

I mean, with so many injury prone players, it's not good depth at all IMO. Caroll is a streaky shooter and can't play defense, while Nazr sometimes is just another bigman running up and down the floor, not even getting involved. And when your guys go down, they're the one that are gonna take the 25 minutes?

I mean, Parker could still start for you and Rasho could give you a good 15 minutes each night. How about:

Felton/Boykins
Parker/Caroll
Richardson/Dudley
Wallace/May
Okafor/Nesterovic/Nazr

Looks good to me, then package away Caroll and Morrison for a better backup to Parker.

And Bosh is definately not available.
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Post#13 » by Badd_Intentions » Thu May 22, 2008 9:35 pm

Nazr is a solid backup center. He can hit midrange and play good enough defense. Rasho isn't a huge upgrade if any at all.

Parker is a good player, but nothing to put us over the top.
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Post#14 » by WaydownSouth » Thu May 22, 2008 10:02 pm

The issues I see if that both the player duplicate players we already have, plus it costs us a top 10 pick and a high 2nd round pick. There isn't much around 17 that appeals to me.

Who knows and maybe our injury curse has finally run its course and we'll get close to 82 games (plus hopefully a few more) out of the core guys.

At best with those two players you mention we make the first round. I feel that with a great coach in Larry Brown, some luck with injuries and our young players developing with more experience we are now or extrememly close to a first round team. Next season we basically add Ammo and the 9th pick to the roster who should help. We were only 5 wins from the 8th seed this season.

They maybe expiring contracts, but I'd rather take our 9th pick who we have for a minimum of 2 years with a team option of another 2, is pretty cheap and seeing how they pan out.

I'm willing to trade you May for the 17th or Harrington and May for Garbajosa.

The 9th pick is a hand grenade.....

Players like Amare, Dirk, McGrady and good role players like Oakley, Rodney Rogers, Augmon and Weatherspoon were pick 9, but some terrible players like Sweetney, Ed O'Bannon, Eric Montross and Rodney White have also gone 9th.

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