Comments on: More on Marco Trade

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:32:21 +0000

great…Devean George will quickly turn into this year’s version of Marcus Williams….in one case we give up a first round pick for a warm body on Nelson’s bench and in the other we give up a fun talent in Belinelli for a tired min-version of Maggette…..oh god….another suffering year for a deathbed franchis

By: MGT

MGT — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:44:29 +0000

@Harp’s Dubs:
I like that you’re thinking in terms of a combination between the basketball and financial aspects of the game, but come on: with a few notable exceptions, GMs aren’t pron to getting hoodwinked on the regular the way they used to. If only the real world were so easy to navigate as NBA Live and the ESPN Trade Machine.

1)While Milwaukee might possibly go through with a trade that would ditch Bowen and bring in Maggette, they need Thomas (having lost Villanueva), and won’t be quick to give away #8 pick Alexander–whom they love paired with Jennings in an uptempo system.

2)I have absolutely no problem re-signing Watson, but he’s best suited playing 20 mins/game; nothing against him, but he’s not the guy to whom you want to hand over the keys to the car.

3) Memphis LOVES OJ Mayo. They think he’s better than Monta as both a scorer and a playmaker. I need to see Monta play a healthy season before I can say for sure, but Mayo’s situation in Memphis is a classic ‘he means more to us than his league-wide value suggests’ situation.

4) It’s a similar situation with Beasley in Miami. The kid may look a touch lethargic at times, but his skill set is almost as complete as Randolph’s (ok, mebbe I’m a little AR4-biased). So even though Utah would love to get out from under Boozer’s (or AK47′s) contract, Miami is really just looking to add someone without giving up anyone from their core.

One financial ? for you: are we still paying Adonal Foyle?

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:24:12 +0000

Four moves to improve our team and help Cohan’s wallet:
1) Milwaukee Bucks say they want “a scoring three”. Depending on whether Hakim Warrick decides to sign with the Bucks or not, let’s shed Maggette’s contract by trading him and Acie Law to the Bucks for Bruce Bowen, Kurt Thomas and Joe Alexander when they’re all eligible to be traded (August 25).
2) Sign CJ Watson to that 3 year/4.5 mil contract and keep him as our starting PG until Curry’s ready.
3) Trade Monta to the Grizzlies for OJ Mayo and trade exception money ($7 mil).
4) Three-way trade with Utah and Miami sending Jackson, Wright and $3 mil trade exception to Utah, Boozer going to Miami and us getting Beasley and Blount from Miami.
Here’s our new team:
PG – Curry/Watson/Claxton
SG – Mayo/Morrow/Bowen
SF – Beasley/Azubuike/George
PF – Randolph/Alexander/Thomas
C – Biedrins/Turiaf/Blount
Money that comes off the books next year (all third stringers at their position):
Blount ($8 mil), Claxton ($5.2 mil), Bowen ($4 mil), Thomas ($3.8 mil) and George ($1.6 mil) for a grand total of:
$22.6 million

By: Ex-fan

Ex-fan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:03:06 +0000

Marcus, you wrote “Now, come Oct. 31, no one will be thinking on Belinelli”, but I think you’re missing something. The fans will be; he was our recent first pick and we were excited to see him develop and help us out. And when he has some solid games for Toronto and shows off his well-rounded game and hoops IQ, we’ll know that he was given away for nothing. This is the price we pay for following the most stupid and poorly managed team in all professional sports.

By: Q ball

Q ball — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:36:54 +0000

How could everybody miss this quote: “match-up against the difficult threes of the league like Ron Artest and LeBron James.” Are you kidding Marcus? You’ve got to be joking and I’m just too slow to see it. I mean seriously, there’s no way you could convince George’s own mother that he could match up against most 3′s in the league, let alone LeBron. Besides isn’t that what Steven Jackson is here to do?

By: Chris Cohan

Chris Cohan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:50:06 +0000

Because he sucks a$$, Twinkie.
Because he sucks a$$.

By: Chris Cohan

Chris Cohan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:49:32 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:39:10 +0000

Good work. This club will never contend while Cohan is the owner. When owners have to make cash moves they cannot compete. I’m not talking about an effort to get under the luxury tax, but this is a “stop the bleeding” move. Devean George was at best a gravy trainer who was in the right place at the right time with two hall of famers to get him open looks. He was an above average defender 92 injuries ago. This is all about cash. He won’t play ahead of Jax or Buke. And the experience thing is negligible when it’s the 12th man and when he never was an integral part of any team.

By: Justafan

Justafan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:34:27 +0000

more cash for Cohan……Boycott

By: TrueWarrior

TrueWarrior — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:29:02 +0000

This trade is a joke point blank. Marco could have been used along with Claxton and Law maybe include a draft or Wright for a serviceable PF like Lee in a sign trade situation. When you trade a player, you trade to make your team better, please explain to me how does George make our team better? I don’t care about the concept that Marco wouldn’t have played or earned enough minutes because it really seem irrelevant. The bottom line is Marco is a better player than George, so when you trade a player you expect an equal or better player for your team. George doesn’t help us win and let me add that we don’t know what is going to happen in training camp or the regular season. We might face injuries that would have required Marco to play. This trade is purely done to lessen the cap for this year and next. Basically the organization is saying that we don’t care about this season and we will rebuild next year. Marco was an asset or chip card that we could have used it to get a serviceable PF.