Would SVG have traded for Reggie if Jennings was healthy?

Laimbeer · Post #1 » by **Laimbeer** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:46 pm

It was a great value and I think everyone is more comfortable if Reggie is our point of the future. There still would have been benefit to it.

Ghost · Post #2 » by **Ghost** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:51 pm

I would say "yes," based on the value that we had to pay to get him. Most people agreed that Singler could be an 8/9/10 guy off the bench on a great team and DJ Augustin was a rental backup. Reggie Jackson has the potential to be an actual building blocking for a great team.

I also think he could play next to Jennings without many problems. I might be in the minority there. If Jennings didn't get hurt, who knows how we would have done in that 4-6 stretch that DJ started.. we could be in the playoffs right now and Jackson could have been viewed as someone who could push us up

Manocad · Post #3 » by **Manocad** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:55 pm

I doubt it. IMO the impetus for getting RJ was Jennings getting hurt and not knowing what kind of player he can be moving forward. That being the case, you make a move that looks good for now and the future. Without Jennings getting hurt I doubt SVG would have been looking to make an upgrade at PG; SF was a much bigger concern at that moment.

Post #4 » by **dVs33** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:00 pm

I would say no just because Jennings was playing out of his mind and he's on a good deal for another year.
I hope SVG keeps Jennings tho. If he takes some time getting healthy we could resign him on the cheap.

ImHeisenberg · Post #5 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:17 pm

Not likely. Pistons were playing really well and I doubt Detroit's brass would feel compelled to chase down a deal with OKC and battle out so many other teams.

He Filled it Up · Post #6 » by **He Filled it Up** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:26 pm

Very unlikely IMO.

gerd10 · Post #7 » by **gerd10** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:33 pm

I'd say yes. RJ has the potential to be a better defender since he has the ideal size and length compared to BJ. Plus I think he knows Jennings will cool down sooner or later. IDK just my 2 cents.

Kilo · Post #8 » by **Kilo** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 6:48 pm

I can't see how Stan and Co could do that to Jennings if he kept up playing well though the deadline. It was sort of a perfect storm though - Jennings injury opens us up to bringing in a pg and OKC was after Singler all season and also needed a back-up point in any deal and we just happened to have a former college teammate of Durant as our point guard on a silly reasonable two year deal.

Maker_84 · Post #9 » by **Maker_84** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:02 pm

Jennings will be great off the bench next season. Dinwiddie just isn't very good unless he's in for defensive situations

BadMofoPimp · Post #10 » by **BadMofoPimp** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:17 pm

If he knew he could get Reggie for DJ and Singler, I am sure he would.

captainrebel · Post #11 » by **captainrebel** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:48 pm

The deal probably would have been Jennings for Jackson.

Post #12 » by **Snakebites** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:03 pm

Yes.

We got him as a long term piece, not as a short term replacement for Jennings.

fekz · Post #13 » by **fekz** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:14 pm

Nah. Jennings was balling and seemed to have hit his stride under SVG.

Lionlifer · Post #14 » by **Lionlifer** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:31 pm

If the trade would have remained the same, with Singler, DJ, and a 2nd going out, I think yes.

That is great value on a possible long term piece, and Jennings is only under contract for another year right?

DocRI · Post #15 » by **DocRI** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:09 pm

Didn't SVG say after the trade that they didn't think they'd be able to make a play for Jackson until the summer? As in, they planned to make a play for him this summer? If so, then yes; if he and Bower already had their eyes on Jackson as a long term piece, I think they would've traded for him regardless of Jennings' health once the price became right.

RexRyan · Post #16 » by **RexRyan** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:21 pm

No. With Jennings healthy, this wouldn't have been the situation Reggie would have wanted. I think the Pistons would have made a play for a SF instead.

epheisey · Post #17 » by **epheisey** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:32 pm

Like others have said. At the cost of Augustin, Singler, and a 2nd rounder, he would absolutely do this trade again. You simply can't pass on a return like that. Even if Reggie came in to be a backup to Jennings, that's a HUGE upgrade over Augustin.

Also, Stan has been pretty open to competition among players, and allowing them to prove whether they deserve to be starting or not. That's far more opportunity than Jackson had in OKC.

DBC10 · Post #18 » by **DBC10** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:13 pm

I think so, if the situation were to come up again. Maybe we even give up less assets since teams knew we were without a starter caliber PG and were more or less desperate to compete.

I never viewed Jennings as a PGOTF anyways since I just don't like his habit of falling into his jumpshot so many times, it seemed too Jamal Crawfordish to me.

sfballa13 · Post #19 » by **sfballa13** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:44 pm

epheisey wrote:Like others have said. At the cost of Augustin, Singler, and a 2nd rounder, he would absolutely do this trade again. You simply can't pass on a return like that. Even if Reggie came in to be a backup to Jennings, that's a HUGE upgrade over Augustin.

Also, Stan has been pretty open to competition among players, and allowing them to prove whether they deserve to be starting or not. That's far more opportunity than Jackson had in OKC.

was it one or two 2nd round picks?

epheisey · Post #20 » by **epheisey** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:52 pm

sfballa13 wrote:
epheisey wrote:Like others have said. At the cost of Augustin, Singler, and a 2nd rounder, he would absolutely do this trade again. You simply can't pass on a return like that. Even if Reggie came in to be a backup to Jennings, that's a HUGE upgrade over Augustin.

Also, Stan has been pretty open to competition among players, and allowing them to prove whether they deserve to be starting or not. That's far more opportunity than Jackson had in OKC.

was it one or two 2nd round picks?

Not sure, I've heard both 1 and 2. Doesn't make a difference IMO.