franco12 wrote:could you imagine how much worse it would be if we hadn't traded for Grant, and were stuck with Tim Hardaway Jr still?

Maybe we could trade for him back since he hasn't played yet?

Did Early get any time in pre season at the 2g spot?

There is no reason why Gallo can't start and take at least 30 minutes every game, and rotate Sasha & Grant in to cover the other minutes, with Calderon limited to spot minutes until Afflalo gets back.

Crazy!

Hardaway doesn't play defense. Hawks coach ain't having that apparently

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nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

franco12 wrote:could you imagine how much worse it would be if we hadn't traded for Grant, and were stuck with Tim Hardaway Jr still?

Maybe we could trade for him back since he hasn't played yet?

Did Early get any time in pre season at the 2g spot?

There is no reason why Gallo can't start and take at least 30 minutes every game, and rotate Sasha & Grant in to cover the other minutes, with Calderon limited to spot minutes until Afflalo gets back.

the grant trade was tremendous. Phil has made some great moves along with some terrible moves like calderon

All GM's have moves that don't pan out. Probably even more so for rookie GM's. It's the nature of the biz. Overall it looks like this summer was a very good set of moves. Phil still has work to do tho. It's gonna be interesting to see what he does from here. If he can make one more good move to improve the guard situation that could be a HUGE difference maker.

i had a feeling you would respond immediately after i said phil made ONE bad move. I have said many times phil has done a good job for the most part but theres nothing wrong with pointing out a mistake

I think it is a move that didn't pan out but it wasn't necessarily a mistake based on what he was trying to get out of Jose. Jose was supposed to be the bridge to the future PG. He was never the permanent solution. He had been solid up to that point and looked like he could do the job well enough to allow time to develop his replacement. There was nothing to indicate he would struggle this much.

Calderon had multiple years left on his deal when acquired. In no way was he a "gap". The downward trend of Calderon was expected. He's older, doesnt do alot of things pg's do in this game today, doesnt defend, and only takes wide open uncontested basically set shots. Even if he were hitting his shots at his normal clip he'd still be an awful player. Acquiring him was a mistake when the trade was agreed upon.

100 percent correct

Hollinger Stats - True Shooting Percentage - Qualified Point Guards
RK	PLAYER	                GP	MPG	TS%	AST	TO	USG	ORR	DRR	REBR	PER	VA	EWA
1	Pablo Prigioni, NY	66	19.4	.642	47.1	12.4	10.8	3.2	8.8	5.9	13.02	38.7	1.3
2	Stephen Curry, GS	78	36.5	.610	26.7	11.8	28.2	1.8	10.9	6.4	24.13	557.6	18.6
3	Jose Calderon, DAL	81	30.5	.596	30.0	8.2	16.4	1.4	7.6	4.5	15.25	156.4	5.2
4	Patty Mills, SA	        81	18.9	.588	16.3	6.9	21.2	2.6	9.6	6.2	18.80	177.7	5.9
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here's some real data...

http://www.82games.com/1314/1314DAL1.HTM Notice calderon was a minus on the floor that season, easily their worst starter.

Here's one more....

http://www.82games.com/1314/1314DAL2.HTM

Notice that most of top 5 man units featuring caldeon are all in the negative. he hasnt been starter quality in a while.

Mike Conley

Vasquez
Chalmers
Cole
Bayless
Sessions
Gary Neal

And as for SGs, no realistic big names, but a few decent cheap options if Afflalo looks bad/decideds to bail:

Eric Gordon (no thanks!)
Courtney Lee (Who I would target)
Kent Bazemore
OJ Mayo.

Again no one to get excited about. Really our only option is to improve from within. Ideally if Galloway and Grant can hold down the PG spot, I would add Courtney Lee for SG and have Afflalo come in off the bench. If Galloway looks better as a SG, just target one of the cheap PG options and have them either start or back up Grant.

Another option would be take an IT style gamble and trade for Ricky Rubio (which I wouldn't do, but is a possibility if the Twolves stumble this season)