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New Orleans gets:
pruitt and bbd

bbd is redundant in boston with powe playing the same position and now that they have pob at center. bbd will be a big need for noh to provide low post scoring that would free up their wing shooters.

chandler/armstrong/ely
west/bbd
posey/butler
peja/mopete
paul/james/pruitt

Boston gets:
julian wright

wright is a promising player who fits the c's need at the sf spot and can also play pf. he is young and can be part of the up and coming young group of boston. the c's can then sign a vet pg and maybe bring back pollard.

perk/pob/scal
kg/powe/wright
pierce/wright/walker
allen/t.allen/giddens
rondo/house/t.allen

would you guys do this?

I wouldn't do this deal because while JL is a better player than Baby or Pruitt (right now), he isn't what we need.

We need a 3 man that can shoot. Julian can't shoot. If you were to substitute him in for Pierce, Ray Allen would be the only player on the floor that would be comfertable putting a shot up outside 15 feet. Tony Allen poses a similar problem.

Signing Ryan Gomes or Devean Goerge makes more sense.

gomes and george are not great 3 pt shooters as well. wright's 3pt shot can be developed esp the wide open ones.

the case with wright is that his size, length(7'2" wingspan) and athleticism is even better than what posey was giving us to make up for his lack of 3pt shooting accuracy compared to posey. he simply gives us something on offense that would've allowed us to be even better last season which was going to the line.

we can also include scal for butler in the deal so boston gets a good 3pt shooter.

rambo_ortega wrote:New Orleans gets:
pruitt and bbd

bbd is redundant in boston with powe playing the same position and now that they have pob at center. bbd will be a big need for noh to provide low post scoring that would free up their wing shooters.

chandler/armstrong/ely
west/bbd
posey/butler
peja/mopete
paul/james/pruitt

Boston gets:
julian wright

wright is a promising player who fits the c's need at the sf spot and can also play pf. he is young and can be part of the up and coming young group of boston. the c's can then sign a vet pg and maybe bring back pollard.

perk/pob/scal
kg/powe/wright
pierce/wright/walker
allen/t.allen/giddens
rondo/house/t.allen

would you guys do this?

Sure I would do it. J. Wright has a much higher ceiling than either Pruitt or BBD. I think the bigger question is why would NOH do it? Why would NO trade last years 1st rounder for our 2 second rounders from last year? It's not like any of those players has shown much yet.

dsorc wrote:

rambo_ortega wrote:New Orleans gets:
pruitt and bbd

bbd is redundant in boston with powe playing the same position and now that they have pob at center. bbd will be a big need for noh to provide low post scoring that would free up their wing shooters.

chandler/armstrong/ely
west/bbd
posey/butler
peja/mopete
paul/james/pruitt

Boston gets:
julian wright

wright is a promising player who fits the c's need at the sf spot and can also play pf. he is young and can be part of the up and coming young group of boston. the c's can then sign a vet pg and maybe bring back pollard.

perk/pob/scal
kg/powe/wright
pierce/wright/walker
allen/t.allen/giddens
rondo/house/t.allen

would you guys do this?

Sure I would do it. J. Wright has a much higher ceiling than either Pruitt or BBD. I think the bigger question is why would NOH do it? Why would NO trade last years 1st rounder for our 2 second rounders from last year? It's not like any of those players has shown much yet.

I do agree. I don't think NOH would do that trade.

But, I don't think we make that trade either. Bill Walker and Julian Wright are similar prospects. Losing Both Pruitt and BBD would really hurt our depth. Pruitt will have a chance to earn the backup PG spot. Baby could be anywhere for the 3-5 big. We need the depth in the front court.

I don't think the Hornets would do it, but I'd do it. In a second. I agree he has a higher ceiling than either BBD or Pruitt and I think he'd be ready to contribute next season.

GregB wrote:

dsorc wrote:

rambo_ortega wrote:New Orleans gets:
pruitt and bbd

bbd is redundant in boston with powe playing the same position and now that they have pob at center. bbd will be a big need for noh to provide low post scoring that would free up their wing shooters.

chandler/armstrong/ely
west/bbd
posey/butler
peja/mopete
paul/james/pruitt

Boston gets:
julian wright

wright is a promising player who fits the c's need at the sf spot and can also play pf. he is young and can be part of the up and coming young group of boston. the c's can then sign a vet pg and maybe bring back pollard.

perk/pob/scal
kg/powe/wright
pierce/wright/walker
allen/t.allen/giddens
rondo/house/t.allen

would you guys do this?

Sure I would do it. J. Wright has a much higher ceiling than either Pruitt or BBD. I think the bigger question is why would NOH do it? Why would NO trade last years 1st rounder for our 2 second rounders from last year? It's not like any of those players has shown much yet.

I do agree. I don't think NOH would do that trade.

But, I don't think we make that trade either. Bill Walker and Julian Wright are similar prospects. Losing Both Pruitt and BBD would really hurt our depth. Pruitt will have a chance to earn the backup PG spot. Baby could be anywhere for the 3-5 big. We need the depth in the front court.

i agree. i dont think either team does that deal. NO from a talent standpoint and us from a depth standpoint. wrights shooting isnt even close to the issue. with obryant still unproven you dont move a guy that stands to play some backup center minutes. and pruitt has no value to NO.

There is no way NO contemplates that for even a second Wright has all world athleticsm and they wouldnt dream about trading him for 2 round round picks, if there names werent Ellis or Arenas. He doesnt have the skills yet but if he works hard WATCH OUT, he has freakish speed and hops for a guy that size, I would love to get him but we dont have the pieces to.

For the record, Julian didn't play much, or take a whole lot of threes, but he did hit 42% of them, and shot 53% from the field.

He's an excellent man and help defender already, and Byron said he wants to develop him into the teams back up PG.

Not happening.

Not that it would happen, but I'd do it. JW is a talent and is going to break out in the next year or two.

I would do it in a heartbeat, Wright is an awesome player, and his three point shooting is really coming along. However, there is no way in hell the Hornets trade their best young player (besides paul) for two second round picks, one of whom has hardly stepped foot on an NBA floor. This is ridiculous to even discuss.

That said, I do like the idea of exploring trade options with BBD because you really can only have so many undersized power forwards. I just don't think there is a quality market for him just yet. I think there will be in time though.

This makes absolutly no sense for NOH, why would they trade Wright for these 2? I mean I like Big Baby and Pruitt but Id give them in a second for J Wright

I know Davis did some inside scoring before there was a scouting report about him, but what I saw last year was a player who as the year went on, was unable to play inside because bigger players with leap were blocking him. He was going further and further away from the basket jacking up shots as the season went on. Maybe he'll become a good wide-open shooter, but since he can't jump he's going to get blocked on any contested shot.

Pruitt hasn't proven he is above Dev League potential yet.

Absolutely explore what Pruitt and Davis could bring in a trade, but I don't think a high end prospect (like Wright) is coming back.

NOH would hang up the phone. Try putting that on the trade board and see the more unbiased responses you get from other fans.

Don't sign Devean George; past his prime, can shoot any more (never could) and his D is questionable; he's only getting a look cause Bartlestein's his agent and he and Danny like to tussle...