Post#16 » by The Rebel » Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:29 pm
The question really is what moves can the Nuggets make?
Jr is limited on what he could bring back.
Kmart is now going to miss part of the season and with the lockout looming I don't see expirings having near as much importance.
Afflalo and Lawson are worth more to the Nuggets now and in the future then anybody you can get for them in a trade.
Nene has some good value, but you are not going to get a better big back for him in a trade which means then who do you replace him with at center?
Andersen is a solid role playing center, but he is paid about what he is worth, and you are not going to improve either big slot by trading him.
Balkman should have never been signed to the deal he got.
I personally don't think anybody we could sign for the MLE is really going to be the difference maker either. Especially considering we now need 2 bigs, plus replacements for anybody you trade. Does anybody really believe that maybe trading JR for a servicable big, signing someone with the MLE like Mike Miller, and grabbing a couple of other bigs for LLE or less money is going to improve the team? I cannot see a roster like the following winning the chip, and even worse I think they are then stuck in cap hell for even longer.
Billups/ lawson
Afflalo/ Miller/Karl
Melo/ Miller/ Graham
Ty Thomas/ Drew Gooden or brad miller
Nene/ Andersen/ Petro
There are not many things you can do to actually improve the team long term and right now given the salary constraints that the Nuggets face. The only real options I can see to really improve beyond where they are now is waiting a year when they have some roster flexibility and hope that Melo is patient, trade Billups for a big or two, or moving Melo and just rebuilding.