Trade Targets (postcript on yesterday-other teams)

[trwi7]

We should have a thread about how stupid the Martin signing was. It was stupid when we gave him the first 10 day contract. It somehow got even dumber when we gave him the second 10 day and then guaranteed his contract for the rest of the season.

[SupremeHustle]

Reggie Jackson is the most skilled guard in the league, apparently.

[VooDoo7]

We should have a thread about how stupid the Martin signing was. It was stupid when we gave him the first 10 day contract. It somehow got even dumber when we gave him the second 10 day and then guaranteed his contract for the rest of the season.

Never thought I'd say this, but I really wish Hammond were in charge of things right now. Martin was a Kidd decision. And if rumors are true that we could've traded Ersan for Stauskas/Thompson, but didn't pull the trigger, I'm willing to bet that was Kidd's decision as well. Remember how all he talked about leading up to the season was Ersan?

[tski1972]

Kenyon Martin is as durable as these forums.

[Baddy Chuck]

K-Mart wouldn't even be a contributor if he was healthy.

[Frank Nova]

K-Mart wouldn't even be a contributor if he was healthy.

I think K Mart has contributed to the team in terms of we've been winning since he got here. He's been in guys' ears during games and im willing to bet there's a level of comfort and confidence for guys like Henson/Giannis knowing a guy like Kenyon Martin has their backs and might actually have the teams best interest in mind. A lot of ppl seem to overlook the mental aspect of the NBA and it's just as important as having talent. Same goes for a guy like Dudley and Zaza and a coach like Kidd. I'm a firm believer in good leadership and guys that have been through the ringer already opening up and taking the responsibility to help show other guys the way. I think K Mart deserves a little more respect than continuously being bashed on here because he's 38 and his body can't really hold up anymore. Things seem to have really turned around once he came here and I won't go as far as to say he deserves all the credit for it but he's clearly lended a helping hand...

[blazza18]

Mayo for Taj

[ReasonablySober]

K-Mart wouldn't even be a contributor if he was healthy.

I think K Mart has contributed to the team in terms of we've been winning since he got here. He's been in guys' ears during games and im willing to bet there's a level of comfort and confidence for guys like Henson/Giannis knowing a guy like Kenyon Martin has their backs and might actually have the teams best interest in mind. A lot of ppl seem to overlook the mental aspect of the NBA and it's just as important as having talent. Same goes for a guy like Dudley and Zaza and a coach like Kidd. I'm a firm believer in good leadership and guys that have been through the ringer already opening up and taking the responsibility to help show other guys the way. I think K Mart deserves a little more respect than continuously being bashed on here because he's 38 and his body can't really hold up anymore. Things seem to have really turned around once he came here and I won't go as far as to say he deserves all the credit for it but he's clearly lended a helping hand...

This has been said 200 times, but again, simply hire him as a coach. He can go at the young guys in practice and be right there on the bench during the games.

[JimmyTheKid]

Please rehash the Kmart signing in the Kmart thread so I don't have to read that garbage during deadline week. Thanks.

[raferfenix]

I checked out the Raptors board to see what they think about this:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/567356892117499906[/tweet]

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1372898#start_here

Most of it is them hyping themselves up about getting Boogie. Hard to see Karl jettisoning him so soon but who knows.

Otherwise I was interested to see the discussion about how JV just doesn't seem to be a good fit with their coach. Apparently defense is a big concern for Valanciunas.

[Wisky4life]

Posts like this are my favorite thing about trade deadline time. What planet are you living on?

Just throwing something out there. Who knows what the Raptors front office is like. You get a win now in old man Pachulia, Ersan coming off injury and the highest ceiling known to man, JOB3.

Why wouldn't they want them.

People familiar with how Masai Ujiri runs his teams? I just don't understand what you think the Raptors would get out of this. They give the 2 most valuable players, lose cap space, AND the players that they do get (JOB doesn't count) are old and broken. I really really don't understand why you'd be "a little mixed" on the idea though. That would be a trade that the NBA would have to investigate for being shady because it is so lopsided.

The trade idea was more on the sarcasm side. I was just trying to lighten up everyone's day. It seems until this week is over, people are going crazy. I think the Bucks need a little bit of stability to calm us all down.

Also this could be why the Bucks didn't want me as the GM, just saying.

[drew881]

I checked out the Raptors board to see what they think about this:

[tweet]https://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA/status/567356892117499906[/tweet]

viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1372898#start_here

Most of it is them hyping themselves up about getting Boogie. Hard to see Karl jettisoning him so soon but who knows.

Otherwise I was interested to see the discussion about how JV just doesn't seem to be a good fit with their coach. Apparently defense is a big concern for Valanciunas.

What does that get you? I figure you would have to aim for a middling team that wants to trade an established player for depth and promise. Drummond? Cousins (mentioned earlier)? Paul George? Al Jefferson?

[Giannis Parker]

Seems like the Bucks are working on several deals, and may have in fact finalize one. Someone I talked to today referred to Norris Cole as a Milwaukee Buck.

[paulpressey25]

Seems like the Bucks are working on several deals, and may have in fact finalize one. Someone I talked to today referred to Norris Cole as a Milwaukee Buck.

Are we bringing Bosh along with him?

[JayMKE]

Seems like the Bucks are working on several deals, and may have in fact finalize one. Someone I talked to today referred to Norris Cole as a Milwaukee Buck.

gross

Noris Cole sucks

[M-C-G]

Seems like the Bucks are working on several deals, and may have in fact finalize one. Someone I talked to today referred to Norris Cole as a Milwaukee Buck.

Another 6'2 combo guard? Yikes.

[tski1972]

Seems like the Bucks are working on several deals, and may have in fact finalize one. Someone I talked to today referred to Norris Cole as a Milwaukee Buck.

is a 2017 1st coming with him?

[Turk Nowitzki]

Oh ****, Norris Cole. We're all in.

[M-C-G]

I'm assuming this site is unreliable as a rumor mill but...

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2015/02/gibs ... anter.html

4:18pm: The Jazz are unlikely to trade Kanter, and while they’ll listen to offers for the big man, he remains in their plans for the future, sources tell Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune. Team officials are confident they can alleviate Kanter’s frustration, and it would take a “pretty amazing offer” for the Jazz to even think about parting with him, Jones also hears.

3:56pm: The Bucks have a strong interest in Taj Gibson and some interest in Norris Cole, according to Sam Amico of Fox Sports Ohio, while Sam Smith of Bulls.com indicates that Milwaukee would like to have Enes Kanter. The Bulls are particularly hesitant to part with Gibson, as Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote recently, in spite of apparent interest from other teams, though there are conflicting reports regarding the willingness of the Heat to part with Cole. Kanter is trying to force the issue in Utah, having publicly expressed a desire to be traded.

Chicago hasn’t initiated any talks about Gibson, according to Cowley, though the Raptors, Suns, Pistons and Trail Blazers are among the teams to have been linked to him over the past few months, as Sean Deveney of The Sporting News wrote recently. He’s making $8MM in year two of a reasonably priced four-year extension with salaries below $9MM each season.

The Pistons reportedly offered Jonas Jerebko for Cole, but the Heat’s insistence that Detroit take Danny Granger along with him short-circuited any potential deal there. Heat team president Pat Riley denied that Miami proposed a deal to the Nets that involved Cole, who’s due for restricted free agency this summer, and the Hornets had interest prior to their Mo Williams trade.

Kanter is also poised to become a restricted free agent at season’s end after he and the Bucks failed to come to terms on an extension. Smith also indicates that the Celtics are in the mix for him, though there are conflicting reports about that.

The interest in all three players, each of whom plays a different position, seems to indicate that the Bucks are seeking a number of avenues to upgrade as they fight for playoff position in the Eastern Conference. Milwaukee, a year removed from having the worst record in the NBA, stands sixth in the East at 30-23. The Bucks are about $6.7MM under the cap, and though their roster is full, they’re reportedly in buyout talks with Larry Sanders.

[JayMKE]

Norris Cole is not a good basketball player and I would be pissed if we traded for him, I'd rather bring back Wolters that's how bad he is and he isn't even that young 26 going on 27. Like seriously, **** Norris Cole.

Luckily this seems to be coming from Cleveland's Woelfel