Posted by Finestrg:
Not only does nobody except you and I like this guy's talent and potential NYK, nobody else seems to even have an opinion on him one way or another. Strange. Oh well. But I tell you what, if Portland brings in Livingston on top of Blake (who's a young veteran and a guy they like), Bayless (who's been playing well for them since summer ball), and Sergio (possibly the odd man out - there was a point when Taurean Green was even getting time at the point over Sergio last season), plus Roy who, when he gets back, is a guy they want handling the ball a lot anyway, that really means someone might be expendable.
Hard to gauge what his value might be (could we offer little more than say Pat Ewing Jr. for him or would it take Lee)? Now if we're talking Lee, that's fine, but I might want back a little more than just Sergio, maybe Martell Webster. The only thing I was thinking about before is that Webster's due to get a new contract soon and he might be looking for even more money than David Lee (Webster was a high draft pick, has had some success in the league shooting the ball so far and he still has a relatively high ceiling). Is Webster worth a big contract? What kind of impact would signing Webster have on bringing in a FA in a couple of years? If we can't go player for player for Sergio, would it even be worth it for us to expand the deal? Something to think about. If I'm Walsh, I'm keeping a close eye on this though...
[Edited by - finestrg on 09-23-2008 11:23 PM]
Great points Fine, maybe one day we'll get this guy. You and I will be only 2 people with Sergio jerseys though haha.
I think if Donnie is actually interested in Sergio, he would have a bit of leverage since the team has so many damn guards and I thought I recently read some reports of Nate McMillan being down on him, maybe he could use MikeD's system, which would best serve his euro abilities. I'm not sure what we could give up, since we don't have really anyone to match up with Sergio's contract
(Mardy Collins does, maybe we can send him and a 2nd rounder for Sergio?) I would love to get Sergio/Webster, but you are right about the whole Webster contract scenario, do we want any part of that? Now I like Webster and his talent, but I'm not really so sure I really want to commit anything to him contract wise with 2010 coming up,since we have to keep 2010 in mind. I'm also not so sure I want to trade Lee for him, it's too much of a gamble. I also think Lee is going to have a huge year under MikeD.
With all that said, I think Webster is a perfect fit for MikeD's offense since he's a great shooter (although his %'s have been down, but if you've seen this kid's shot, it's pure) and with the way D'Antoni's offense is run with all the ball movement, I can see Martell getting a ton of open looks from mid and long range.
We'll see what happens, I'm not holding my breathe though.
9/23/2008 9:50 PM
