I traded D. Rose for...

[creative1]

Kevin Martin. I needed 3pt shooting and I'll take Kevin Martin's scoring and FT shooting as well (we count FTM in our league). I think Martin should have a monster year if he can stay healthy. No Garcia for 4 months should completely open the floor up. However, I will admit Martin has burned me the last 2 years with injuries. Let me know what you think of the trade and my squad. And yes, I know my C's are DOMINANT. Here's my team (10 team, standard cats + FTM, H2H)

PG
Jason Kidd
(Dal - PG) Player notes
- 35:36 .416 86 .819 131 731 500 702 160 39 185
SG
Hedo Turkoglu
(Tor - SG,SF) Player notes
- 36:30 .413 314 .807 134 1294 410 375 64 19 204
G
Rajon Rondo
(Bos - PG) Player notes
- 33:00 .505 172 .642 15 953 416 659 149 11 209
SF
Blake Griffin
(LAC - SF,PF) Player notes
- - - - - - - - - - - -
PF
Al Jefferson
(Min - PF,C) New player notes
- 36:36 .497 186 .738 0 1156 548 79 39 83 92
F
Brook Lopez
(NJ - PF,C) No new player Notes
- 30:30 .531 172 .793 0 1068 665 86 44 151 147
C
Dwight Howard
(Orl - C) New player notes
- 35:42 .572 504 .594 0 1624 1093 112 77 231 240
C
Joakim Noah
(Chi - PF,C) New player notes
- 24:18 .556 123 .676 0 537 606 106 49 110 82
Util
Derrick Rose
(Chi - PG) New player notes
- 37:00 .475 197 .788 16 1361 317 512 66 18 202
Util
Jeff Green
(OKC - SF,PF) Player notes
- 36:48 .446 242 .788 96 1290 519 155 81 33 173
BN
Wilson Chandler
(NY - SG,SF) Player notes
- 33:18 .432 171 .795 103 1184 445 170 71 75 139
BN
Jason Thompson
(Sac - SF,PF) No new player Notes
- 28:00 .497 198 .692 0 910 606 93 46 59 146
BN
Tyreke Evans
(Sac - PG,SG) Player notes
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[creative1]

15 views and no feedback... come on guys. It takes two seconds.

[jorgo]

Excellent trade.

With FTM, Martin's value is through the roof.

[ChronicKerr]

It's pretty obvious you got the better value in the trade. you already have Kidd/Rondo as well.

[Relentless88]

Yep D.Rose is overrated kind of, and K-Mart can be as good as a second rounder.

[KF10]

I think it is a solid (very good) trade under those league's criteria.

Just a heads up. Kevin Martin isn't going to draw 10 FTs a game anymore. Martin said that he will attack less to the basket (He stated that he envision himself averaging 7-8.5 FTs per game) but concentrating more on his mid range game. (playing with picks, curls, back doors and etc..) So, I expect Martin's FG% come right back up to his usual efficient numbers (45-48% FG) and his overall game be better i.e steals, assists, and rebounds. Playing with Evans would make ease so much pressure off from him.

[creative1]

I think 7-8.5 FT's a game is still great, especially if it drives his FG% back up. They really don't have many people on their team this year so I'm expecting HUGE #'s from the starters. I guess that's why I took Martin, T. Evans, and Jason Thompson.

Kind of random... but do you think T. Evans wins ROY now that Blake is down 6 weeks?

[jorgo]

His preseason #s would suggest that. While it is only preseason, if I was a betting man, definitely get some money on him.

[retrospect24]

Kind of random... but do you think T. Evans wins ROY now that Blake is down 6 weeks?

He and J-Fly are the favorites now, IMO with Curry sitting in third.

[KF10]

Kind of random... but do you think T. Evans wins ROY now that Blake is down 6 weeks?

I think he has the best chance outside of Griffin to win it. And now, Griffin is down, I would assume Evans would take a healthy lead over him in the ROY race assuming that Evans comes out strong out of the gate.

*And I think Flynn can be discussed in the race too. Flynn and Evans will be probably fighting for the ROY rankings/race during Griffin's absence IMO*

[creative1]

So, now for the hard question... do you drop Blake Griffin because he is out 6 weeks? I think he will be good when he plays but I don't really like waiting that long on anyone. The good news is that my roster is stacked with big men (as you can see), so I could lose his stats and it wouldn't kill me. However, I could drop him and pick up a 3pt shooter for 4 weeks and then try to pick him back up.

Thoughts? Any Griffin owners dropping him?

[KF10]

Are you in a Keeper league? If so, IMO I wouldn't drop Griffin. He is too good of a prospect to drop in a keeper league. If not, I think you can do it for a period of time and re-snatch him back when he is almost healthy.

[raptorsfan_04]

Great trade ... you have a good chance of winning the league.

[creative1]

No, I'm not in a keeper league. It makes me worry that someone will take the risk of picking him up while he's injured. I'm kind of leaning towards dropping him because that's a long time and no one knows if he'll even produce. He would be nice in the playoffs though. I don't know what to do. He could be back faster than 6 weeks but it's probably more likely it could take longer than 6.

[KF10]

No, I'm not in a keeper league. It makes me worry that someone will take the risk of picking him up while he's injured. I'm kind of leaning towards dropping him because that's a long time and no one knows if he'll even produce. He would be nice in the playoffs though. I don't know what to do. He could be back faster than 6 weeks but it's probably more likely it could take longer than 6.

Hmm. If it is not a keepers league, you can take a risk and drop him and obtain a beneficiary player for the time being. If I was you, I don't want to risk dropping a prospect in Griffin haha

Tough choice indeed.

[beantownski]

if you have players that are goint to give you assists (which you do in kidd and rondo), then i would trade d. rose for martin everyday of the week.