Baron Davis / LA Clippers trade discussion

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Splitting off a few of the trade topics from the "jumbo" trade thread.

In this topic we will continue the discussion of potential trades concerning the LA Clippers.

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[SWedd523]

I am seriously laughing out loud at those thinking a trade for Baron is a good idea. I mean, seriously, LOL!


Stop living in the past folks. Allen Iverson is a bum. Tracy McGrady is a bum. Baron Davis is a bum. When your TEAM OWNER even heckles you in public, your trade value cannot go any lower. DJ absolutely does NOT need to be included in any Baron deal. The Pistons were talking Carroll/Diop for Rip Hamilton--who is better than Baron. So why add more in for a worse, less valuable player?


We're supposed to be blowing this shit up, not adding players that blew up when they got their last contract. $40mil for ONE terrible player is worse than $32 for two. It makes it even worse because when Baron's fat ass gets injured, we're looking at extended minutes for Shaun and Tank--excuse me while I go throw up.

Locking into Baron would show that the FO has no real plan and that they all need to be canned for Pritchard and his cronies.


The only, ONLY way I would ever consider Baron is if he brought Eric Gordon to town. And while the Clippers FO is filled with idiots, I don't think they're that bad.

[spectre]

I am seriously laughing out loud at those thinking a trade for Baron is a good idea. I mean, seriously, LOL!


Stop living in the past folks. Allen Iverson is a bum. Tracy McGrady is a bum. Baron Davis is a bum. When your TEAM OWNER even heckles you in public, your trade value cannot go any lower. DJ absolutely does NOT need to be included in any Baron deal. The Pistons were talking Carroll/Diop for Rip Hamilton--who is better than Baron. So why add more in for a worse, less valuable player?


We're supposed to be blowing this shit up, not adding players that blew up when they got their last contract. $40mil for ONE terrible player is worse than $32 for two. It makes it even worse because when Baron's fat ass gets injured, we're looking at extended minutes for Shaun and Tank--excuse me while I go throw up.

Locking into Baron would show that the FO has no real plan and that they all need to be canned for Pritchard and his cronies.


The only, ONLY way I would ever consider Baron is if he brought Eric Gordon to town. And while the Clippers FO is filled with idiots, I don't think they're that bad.

I remember once you said we didn't usually see eye to eye on the PGs. Hell, I'm considering just re-posting what you wrote and leave it at that from now on.

Well said.

[Black]

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In my opinion this is swapping bad money and dead weight(B-Diddy) for bad money and dead weight(Diop/Carroll).

There is no way that this deal can help us in any way from a basketball perspective.

[Brad]

other than opening roster spots. Maybe they can make the Clips give us Kaman if we take Davis off their hands.

[SWedd523]

In my opinion this is swapping bad money and dead weight(B-Diddy) for bad money and dead weight(Diop/Carroll).

There is no way that this deal can help us in any way from a basketball perspective.

It's worse than just that actually.

1 player for $40
2 players for $32

You have to have 12 guys on an active roster. At least with Gana and Carroll we have two bums can can fill a roster spot AND save us $8mil. If we trade for Baron, that takes $8mil away from some other player we could sign to a deal, which means we have to pick up some other cheap bum. Think Linton Johnson III or Domibrick McGuire.


It just really isn't worth it as a standalone trade. After the add-salary-in-a-salary dump anal reaming we took from Dallas, I have lost all faith in the FO. A Baron trade without Gordon pushes me FIRMLY into the lollipop camp.

[dnbman]

Assuming the basic trade is in place -- Baron for DJ, Gana, and Carroll-- what else should reasonably be added to make this beneficial for the Cats?

[SWedd523]

Eric Motherfucking Gordon.





Or switch DJ for Najera.