Mike lorenzo wrote:Maf wrote:Mike lorenzo wrote:Mavs fan who comes in Peace .. I am European and I also support you ... what would they think of this trade ...
Denver
In: Siakam / S.Johnson
Raptors
In:Drummond/Porte
Cavs
In:Millsap/Barton
I doubt you'll find anyone here who would take that. First, most of our fans are too high on MPJ.
I say no because we already look like Snowhite and four dwarves enough. So if we take Siakam and give away three of our bigger players (yes, on our team Will Barton is bigger player) who will play SF? Facu?
do not argue with you ... they know better the needs of the team.
My argument ... I thought, they are prepared to win now. Porter is younger, and has a huge goal scorer ceiling. but ...
I thought her health was a concern. Siakam today. has better scoring numbers, rebounder, passer and above all much better defender I think a better fit with Jokic ..
It also includes the trade to S.Johnson, the boy can defend a little.
Surely he would have to make a trade later ... Hollis Jefferson / MKG free agency, Ariza if cut or Harkles should be accessible
I don't know where this idea that the Nuggets have to win now has come from. I think even most Denver fans would agree we overachieved last season, but it showed the potential of the team. Jokic is a superstar, Murray is an all star talent, but we changed out 9 guys in the last year, 7 of them over the offseason. We added 4 rookies, 2 guys who have spent more time in Europe or the G league than NBA, and 1 experienced vet. That does not say that we have a front office desperate to win this season. We have JOkic for this season and then the following 2, which appears to be more than enough time to develop MPJ, NNaji, and Hampton to being good contributors.
Any player can get a career ending/altering injury at any time, I have watched it happen to some of the highest potential stars that have come into the NBA, I also remember a superstar prospect overdosed the week of the draft. Right now MPJ is healthy and from all indications the medical staff and front office does not view it as a major long term issue.
Nobody will argue that Siakam is better today than MPJ is, but you will plenty of argument if that will be true even in the next year. Despite getting covid and being out for 3 weeks MPJ's numbers are improving across the board, even over what he did in the bubble last year. He has shown the ability to be a good man to man defender, a good weakside shotblocker and rebounder, and most importantly he does not need the ball in his hands to be successful on offense. He is exactly what we need with Jokic and Murray, he just has to quit making the young player mistakes that he makes.
The entire reason we let Craig walk in the offseason was that he was a huge detriment on offense, with him and Plumlee on the court we might as well have been playing 3 on 5 on offense. None of us want to see that again. While Dozier is still getting stronger he has shown plenty of potential of being the SF defender we need, and he is not totally incompetent on offense.
Most teams that are playing 6 guys with 3 years or less experience in the NBA and that changed out half of their roster over 1 offeeason are bottom dwellers. Most people who paid attention knew we would start out slow and that the team would improve over the season. We are right on track despite the injuries and covid mess.
If Nnaji, Hampton, Dozier, and especially MPJ continue to improve at the rate they are improving at right now for the next year, than we have a very good chance to have a contender next year, while still being a very young team.