ecuhus1981 wrote:I don't believe that Nene will be valued and traded as "cheaply" as the rest of you think. Lots of teams with a hole at C (not PF, C!) will offer more than Kris/Brooks/2 1sts, and I really don't want to get into a bidding war for a health/age/contract combo best described as "Amar'e Lite".
I just don't see this bidding war, nor any team giving up something crazy like a solid rotation big, a B rate wing prospect and 2 1sts for Nene, that's crazy talk.
And I don't get the Amar'e Lite moniker. I mean I get what you're trying to do, but I don't make the connect, they aren't anything alike really at all in style of play, on court passion, size, etc., nor injury concerns. And to use it to compare contracts, "Lite" isn't the word. Amar'e is on what's either the worst or second worst contract in the league. Nene's is just a normal elite role playing big contract. Yes it's a little bloated, but nothing crazy.
Amar'e is a guy with ticking time bomb knees and a bad back, plus the eye thing, who has missed a ton of time on actual good teams with major long term injury concerns. Nene is a guy who's been bothered by nagging less serious stuff on lotto teams and on the Nuggets in the wake of them looking to deal him and so not rush him back. Huge difference.
Nene is a guy who with the exception of an ACL injury and testicular cancer a period of around 5 to 7 years ago has been quite healthy, especially for a big man.
Last year and the beginning of this withstanding due to some other circumstances, his injury prone label is not just exaggerated, it's basically nonsense.
I still find it funny when people(not singling you out) bring up guys like Varejao(mainly him specifically) to knock Nene, saying he is injury prone and old and therefore Side Show is a better option, but seem to ignore blatant reality, that Varejao has LITERALLY been one of the most injury prone players in the league during his entire NBA tenure and is the same age as Nene almost to the day.
Consider the offers WAS may field over the next few months for Nene:
SAS - Jackson/Blair/1sts
San An isn't in the business of going deep into the tax. Blair is unraveling and isn't much better then Jason Maxiell, he's not much of an asset, nor a get.
They also have never been an organization to give away 1sts. In fact they usually trade solid rotation guys for picks such as the Hill for Kawhi deal.
DAL - Kaman/Jones/Beaubois/1sts
Dallas is never offering this. Ever.
HOU - Cook/Aldrich/Patterson/White/$7mil in capspace
I don't see Houston offering up raw cap for Nene now. That would be a fallback plan in late July if they don't land a star at the deadline, on draft night or in free agency in the coming offseason.
Also, I like Patterson, but I'm not sure that's a better return then Hump and Brooks if either or both are rerouted for expirings and a 1st or 2.
And if Patterson is as legit as his current numbers and growth why is Houston dealing him?
But look at his FTA's, rebounding, play style. He's undersized. I'm on the fence about him and I think Washington would be too if multiple decent offers are out there.
