Posted by BRIGGS:
Posted by nychamp:
Stop already. Chandler for the #5 in this draft is bad, as I immediately thought when I read it in the other thread. In Chandler you know you have a solid, two-way player with physical gifts and confidence who knows he can hang and excel in the NBA. Could possibly be a star even, maybe. Even if not, there's nobody clearly available at #5 this year about whose NBA future you can confidently project to be better than Chandler's.
I also agree that we should not be auto-bailing on Nate, we need to see what the market does and make hard decisions about his value to our team.
For this draft and our team right now it is not worth it.
Chandler's a good player. If I had my pick of two I d rather have Stephon Curry or Tyreke Evans and Andray Blatche than Wilson Chandler and Jrue Holiday.
This is how I look at this if this rumored Washington thing has any legs:
I want Curry and we're not gonna get him at 8. That seems clear now. The dude's a great, great shooter while every other part of his game, while it might need a little time to develop fully, is solid already - take to the basket, FT shooting, defense, his handle, passing, court vision - all at least average, more toward above average. There are areas he could improve in just like every other kid in this draft but man, I just don't see any glaring weaknesses at all with this kid. He's my man. If we got Curry and allowed him to take over for Duhon after next year, we're in tremendous shape moving forward IMO. Regarding a move up for the Wizards' pick, I'm in favor of using a package either built around (a) Wilson Chandler OR (b) the 8th pick. Either or but not inclusive. No way you include both in a deal like this and I think Walsh understands that so I'm not even worried.
The Chandler scenario isn't bad - Wilson's a good player that's proven so far that he's good enough to be a main cog in any team's rotation out there. And he's only gonna get better. He'll be a tough loss but we'll be OK if he were immediately replaced - that's the key for me here. I'm OK with dealing him for #5 as long as we have a plan in place to replace him (with Chandler gone and the possibility that we'll lose a few other wings like Harrington, Hughes, Nate and/or Q, we'll definitely need to replace him either in this deal or in a follow up move - whether it's with a Dominic McGuire (Blatche is intriguing, no doubt, but I wouldn't necessarily require him to be included in this deal - McGuire to immediately replace Chandler is good enough for me - in my mind in this draft, we should be concentrating on adding the best lead guard possible - the big men will come later), a SF we can get with the Wizards' #32, a mid to late 1st that we can acquire somehow in a seperate deal or with a move down with the 8th pick to a team with multiple lower picks where we can maximize value once securing the guy we want at 5. As long as there's a plan to replace Chandler (along with adding an additional wing or two - another concern I have - we could be on the verge of losing all of our wing players by the end of next year), I'm in favor of moving him for the 5th pick. That's how much I like Curry for us. And I'd have no problem sweetening the deal some (the Mobley expiring, whatever, as long as it's reasonable - i.e. you're not also getting the 8th pick Washington, get real) in order to get it done.
Man, make this happen. If this went down I'd take Curry at 5 and then if Hill and DeRozan are off the table at 8, I'd seriously look into dealing the 8th pick to the highest bidder that's willing to give me as many additional assets as possible - an additional lower pick or two this year and maybe even a 1st rounder for next year - that would go a long way in building this roster in a short amount of time. There will be a few more big center prospects available next year - I want Walsh to put us in a position to have a crack at one. I think AJ Ogilvy from Vandy is a guy D'Antoni would really like. I'm looking forward to watching him play next year...
[Edited by - finestrg on 06-21-2009 10:14 PM]
6/22/2009 1:04 AM