BRIGGS wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:Lamb seemed to have a good stretch last year, especially the 1st half of the year. Got hurt and never seemed to have the same impact. Hardly played at all in the playoffs.

Limited range on his shot.

Why do the Hornets want to get rid of him? Is there a numbers game going on there, or does it have something to do with his playing?

Hawes has a lot of limitations as a player...does he provide anything more than a 3pt shot at this point in his career?

I think youre getting a serviceable stretch 5 for a 22 pick. Hed be easy to flip next year

Hawes can shoot, and has some passing ability...but is he broken down physically at this point? Don't know what his injury was last year. He is an extremely "old" 28 year old, and his athleticism was never off the charts to begin with.

I would like the pick, though.

WaltLongmire wrote:

mreinman wrote:seems way too good to be true

If they clear Hawes or Lamb it looks like they have around $45M to play with in FA.

They have to sign Batum, who will be a max contract, I assume. Don't know if they want Marvin Williams, Lee, and Jefferson back, or whether they are looking for outside FAs.

completely forgot about marvin ... just started a thread about him.

WaltLongmire wrote:

mreinman wrote:seems way too good to be true

If they clear Hawes or Lamb it looks like they have around $45M to play with in FA.

They have to sign Batum, who will be a max contract, I assume. Don't know if they want Marvin Williams, Lee, and Jefferson back, or whether they are looking for outside FAs.

they might want Lin back too; he contributed in their system

Chandler wrote:what the hell are we waiting for? seems too good to be true

We just traded for Rose before the draft... safe to say things are escalating rather quickly

Chandler wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

mreinman wrote:seems way too good to be true

If they clear Hawes or Lamb it looks like they have around $45M to play with in FA.

They have to sign Batum, who will be a max contract, I assume. Don't know if they want Marvin Williams, Lee, and Jefferson back, or whether they are looking for outside FAs.

they might want Lin back too; he contributed in their system

Krylon wrote:I don't think they are trying to bamboozle someone into take a bad contract here. They just desperately need cap space to re-sign Al/Batum/Lin. Gotta cut salary somewhere, Lamb/Hawes are it. Courtney Lee is another name as well. They have a lot of pieces they need to deal with so it's not super surprising they're trying to get someone to take 1 of these 2 guys.

Chandler wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

Chandler wrote:what the hell are we waiting for? seems too good to be true

We just traded for Rose before the draft... safe to say things are escalating rather quickly

seems like someone is offering free money and we're wondering if it's worth it. What am I missing? Lamb or Hawes are decent enough and #22 will get a contributor

This is just a rumor with no word from anyone actually in the Charlotte front office to actually back that rumor up.

WaltLongmire wrote:

newyorker4ever wrote:

Chandler wrote:

EnySpree wrote:

Chandler wrote:what the hell are we waiting for? seems too good to be true

We just traded for Rose before the draft... safe to say things are escalating rather quickly

seems like someone is offering free money and we're wondering if it's worth it. What am I missing? Lamb or Hawes are decent enough and #22 will get a contributor

This is just a rumor with no word from anyone actually in the Charlotte front office to actually back that rumor up.

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https://twitter.com/WojVerticalNBA/status/745963574426734592

Isn't Wojo the rumor-god?

If he is reporting it, you figure it has some legs.

most definitely - or anything that comes his Vertical on yahoo, they send out some rumors too.

crush was saying that yahoo is airing their own draft special tonight and will have the rumors before NBA has them. should be interesting.