Rhymes with Nintendo - The Gerald Henderson Thread

[Benjamin Linus]

garcia now off the board with a 2 year vet min deal.

what teams have enough cap space left to offer hendo a decent deal? hawks, mavs and cavs?

i wonder if the mavs or hawks are considering a deal for hendo. mavs lost mayo and hawks dont really have a solid sg until williams is back fully healthy and even then he is more combo guard.

calderon, hendo, marion, dirk, ??

teague, hendo, korver, milsap, horford

Denver should have some cap space after after losing Iggy, right?

Seems like he would be a good fit on that team and next to Lawson. I would also imagine OKC having some cap space available after losing Martin, but I don't know if he's much of a fit there.

[LamarMatic7]

garcia now off the board with a 2 year vet min deal.

what teams have enough cap space left to offer hendo a decent deal? hawks, mavs and cavs?

Morey wins the bargain of this summer award by signing Garcia to that contract.

Couldn't the Spurs sign Hendo, perhaps?

[fatlever]

they just resigned manu and picked up belinelli. with green on the roster that gives them 3 shooting guards. doubt they would go after hendo.

[LamarMatic7]

they just resigned manu and picked up belinelli. with green on the roster that gives them 3 shooting guards. doubt they would go after hendo.

oh yeah, I forgot about Belinelli. my bad.

[Snidely FC]

Hendo #8 on ESPN Insiders list of best remaining free agents:

Henderson took his game to a new level after the All-Star break, averaging 18.5 points per game. While that was partially explained by increased playing time, he pushed his per-36 averages from 16.6 points and 2.6 assists before the break to 19.0 points and 3.7 assists thereafter. His true shooting percentage also improved from .514 to .547. The Bobcats may be able to get a good deal to bring back the restricted free agent, who has apparently drawn little outside interest.

Quality guys going for extremely reasonable prices. Garcia, DWright, Dunleavy, Delfino, Belinelli, MBarnes going from 1 to 3 mln. Lots of value there. Maybe Hendo's asking too much?

[-Ian-]

It's a good thing for us that Hendo has drawn little interest from other teams. I hope we can re-sign him for 6-7M per year.

[vorbis]

we'll see - henderson's agent may advise him to just play under the QO this season and try again next summer for a long term deal. wouldn't be the worst strategy in a deflated market. i do feel a lot more confident that henderson will be a bobcat next season than i did in, say, april.

[HornetJail]

we'll see - henderson's agent may advise him to just play under the QO this season and try again next summer for a long term deal. wouldn't be the worst strategy in a deflated market. i do feel a lot more confident that henderson will be a bobcat next season than i did in, say, april.

2014 free agency is going to be an absolute frenzy. Hendo will get buried completely relative to all the talent that will be free agents next summer. He's better off getting his payday now.

[James Gatz]

we'll see - henderson's agent may advise him to just play under the QO this season and try again next summer for a long term deal. wouldn't be the worst strategy in a deflated market. i do feel a lot more confident that henderson will be a bobcat next season than i did in, say, april.

2014 free agency is going to be an absolute frenzy. Hendo will get buried completely relative to all the talent that will be free agents next summer. He's better off getting his payday now.

How many other second tier guards are available next year outside of Hayward?

[HornetJail]

Wade, Kobe, Lebron, Hayward, Turner, Paul George, Stuckey, Bledsoe, Bradley, Vasquez, Lou Williams, Ray Allen, Crawford, other Crawford, Sefolosha, J-Rich, Shawn Marion, Pierce, Deng, Battier, Granger, Caron Butler, Marvin Williams, Ariza, and Aminu are all wing players that have to be paid next summer somehow. Hendo's better than a good portion of these guys, but teams are going to be much more focused on bigger names next summer. These are only the wing players.

[hotrod]

@GhJr09: u ain't bout this cardio life mannnnnnnnn @nazrmohammed @ TWC Arena http://t.co/A1ddRcI0lM

Interesting to see him working at at TWC.

[Liver_Pooty]

@GhJr09: u ain't bout this cardio life mannnnnnnnn @nazrmohammed @ TWC Arena http://t.co/A1ddRcI0lM

Interesting to see him working at at TWC.

He might have the biggest/most muscular calves in the league.

[KembaWalker]

nobody can top Ray Allens calf implant lookin legs

[Liver_Pooty]

nobody can top Ray Allens calf implant lookin legs

Haha. Forgot about him.

[Liver_Pooty]

What's the latest we can get a deal done?

[bluestar]

this makes me think i need to do a SG ranking. lets try. this is much harder than pg rankings due to combo guards and wings who play both spots.

kobe bryant
---------
james harden
dwyane wade
manu ginobili
--------
paul george
andre iguodala
eric gordon
joe johnson
monte ellis
----------
jamal crawford
kevin martin
klay thompson
tyreke evans
wesley matthews
oj mayo
jr smith
demarr derozan
evan turner
---------
tony allen
arron afflalo
avery bradley
---------
bradley beal
jj redick
ray allen
dion waiters
--------
jared dudley
thabo sefolosha
gerald henderson
danny green
marcus thornton
lou williams
vince carter
-------
rodney stuckey
jason richardson
jason terry
ben gordon
nick young
shannon brown
courtney lee
alexy shved
alec burkes
john salmons
terrance ross


this is tough. by my rankings i have hendo at #27 on the shooting guard list. that being said, there really isnt much difference between #10 and #42 on this list other than consistency. the main point is that shooting guards like hendo are available in every draft and often in the mid-to-late 1st rounds as well as 2nd rounds and they are also available every summer in free agency.

who did i forget and where do you think my rankings are way off? too much credit to the defensive guys like allen, bradley, thabo and afflalo? or not enough? too high or too low for the rookies beal and waiters? does kobe deserve a tier to his own?

kobe bryant
---------
james harden
dwyane wade
paul george (SF)
--------
andre iguodala(SF)
joe Johnson
--------
eric Gordon(when and if healthy otherwise drop next tier)
monte ellis
manu ginobili
tyreke evans
demarr derozan
klay Thompson
bradey beal
oj mayo
jr smith
--------
jamal crawford
kevin martin
wesley Matthews
arron afflalo
----------
dion waiters
tony allen
jj redick
ray allen
----------
thabo sefolosha
gerald henderson
danny green
lou Williams
vince carter
marcus thornton
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FUTURE UPSIDE TALENT

terrance ross
alec burks
avery Bradley

The rest really doesn't matter!

Edit: By the way a 3yr 15 million dollar deal would be good value for a guy like Hendo. Not much upside left at 25 but a solid contributor and still young enough to maybe surprise.

[fatlever]

i did those ranking just before hendo went nuts, i think. if i did them over today, i would definitely move him up

[bluestar]

i did those ranking just before hendo went nuts, i think. if i did them over today, i would definitely move him up

I considered moving him up a tier and dropping both the Allen"s down but I thought maybe what those guys bring individually in offense from Ray and Defense from Tony may mean more than the total package of Hendo to their respective teams?
You would probably have a better idea as a Charlotte fan.

[fatlever]

so just for fun, new shooting guard rankings

kobe bryant
-------
james harden
paul george
dwyane wade
--------
andre iguodala
joe johnson
--------
eric gordon
klay thompson
manu ginobili
jr smith
---------
tyreke evans
monta ellis
oj mayo
tony allen
---------
arron afflalo
jamal crawford
kevin martin
ray allen
bradley beal
jj redick
gerald henderson
demarr derozan
evan turner
wesley matthews
---------
thabo sefolosha
dion waters
danny green
jared dudley
vince carter

thats as far as i am going today

[fatlever]

and true, george and iggy should probably be with small forwards now.