There is no reason why the team shouldn't trade the #2 pick to CLE for the 4th and whatever their pick in the 20's is if our target is T-Rob or Barnes. Beal is pretty much a lock at 3, might as well get extra pics and still get our guy.
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There is no reason why the team shouldn't trade the #2 pick to CLE for the 4th and whatever their pick in the 20's is if our target is T-Rob or Barnes. Beal is pretty much a lock at 3, might as well get extra pics and still get our guy.
It just depends on how the Bobcats rate the talent. If they value one guy a lot more than the others, then maybe not trade. If it's pretty similar, you definitely take that trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by MGH1989
.... And there's no telling if Cleveland would accept that offer. Just because it makes sense to us doesn't mean they like it as well
how about getting Batum on a free agent ?
I just don't like the idea of the cleveland trade.I think it's very possible washington would take robinson @ 3.Trevor ariza was pretty good with the lakers,and might have just been a bad fit in new orleans.And if washington had the chance to get t-rob,with beal gone,i don't think they would be heartbroken to move to move jan veasley or kevin seraphin if they thought they were getting a potential all-star.Plus he's a hometown kid.Too risky! And yes, nick batum should be our #1 target in free agency.We have the money to front load his contract and steal him from portland.He would be a great fit for us!
if we got TRob for the 2nd pick and then got Batum on free agency we would have a very young talented starting linrup:Quote:
Originally Posted by westbrook08
Walker
Henderson
Biyombo
Robinson
Batum
Batum is going to get so overpaid and hopefully not by us. At say 8 million or so he'd be an awesome acquisition but I figure he'll get at least 2-3 million more than that.
He's probably going to command around 10 mil a year.But as i said before i would have any problem giving him 12 and front loading the hell out of it.We've got money to spend and we're not going to be in a poisition to go after a max player for awhile.So as long as we front load it and make it a lower number once it's time to re-up some of our other guys,who cares? It's a move this franchise needs to make.It would give us a great young core,batum is still getting better and if we happened to land shabazz muhammed next year as well,the whole league would be on notice!
Actually we don't have that much money next year unless we amnesty someone. I did the math a week or so ago so I'm only gonna guesstimate now...something like 46-47 with the #2 pick signed, and that's with like 10 players.
At this stage wouldn't you be worried about falling right back into mediocrity signing a Crash like guy to a retail deal?
By next year, you mean 12-13 season right?Quote:
Originally Posted by spectre