sure. Why not.

Nate for PG

Posted by arkrud:

You will trade you mother to create new thread...

LOL.

Orlando should try to trade Rashard Lewis to Utah for A47.

AK47's great on ball defense would be the perfect compliment to Howard & Turk. Plus he can still spread the floor as he can hit three. He could play a Robert Horry type of role to Howard.

They should also push hard for Sessions in the offseason and let Nelson come off the bench as a combo guard.

Williams,Lewis,Boozer would be a very potent offensive trio.

Posted by newyorknewyork:

Orlando should try to trade Rashard Lewis to Utah for A47.

AK47's great on ball defense would be the perfect compliment to Howard & Turk. Plus he can still spread the floor as he can hit three. He could play a Robert Horry type of role to Howard.

They should also push hard for Sessions in the offseason and let Nelson come off the bench as a combo guard.

Williams,Lewis,Boozer would be a very potent offensive trio.

Nobody and I mean nobody is taking on Rashard Lewis's MONSTER deal until it's ready to expire in another 25 or 30 years.

This is a bad idea. Why deal a guy who is contributing nicely, who doesn't hurt the LBJ sweepstakes for a late 1st round pick?

trading Duhon is the worst thing i can think of. he's exactly what this team needs and he fits our financial goals perfectly. trading him now would be horrible.

i assume you want to make the 2009 draft pick as valuable as possible by doing this, but it makes the on court product horrible. with duhon on board we can effectively have a shot at the playoffs. that is more valuable in attracting free agents than getting a potential superstar. briggs, you know they're never gonna draft who you want to draft anyway, it's better to keep the team solid enough to compete until 2010.

Not a bad idea. Nelson really doesn't have that strong a backup in Anthony Johnson who's pretty old now and was never anything special to begin with. Duhon's been pretty solid for us actually but I like the idea of adding another 1st rounder. Where would you go from there though? 2 things - (1) We'd be adding 2 players (neither a PG) to a full roster on a team where the owner now looks dead-set against buy-outs. Might have to toss in Anthony Roberson to balance the roster. Or just buy-out Marbury already. Speaking of, Steph's out of the question to take over at PG in the event we actually did deal Duhon - either he refused to play the past few games or D'Antoni truly wants no part of this guy, whichever you believe - either way, the damage is done & he's not an option anymore. How'd this be for the follow-up:

(1) Buy-out Marbury
(2) Sign Smush Parker for the rest of the season. He and Nate wouldn't be your classic PGs in the Duhon mold, but between the both of them, I think you could get by for the rest of the season. Parker made his fair share of mistakes out there in LA but he was also a pretty exciting player from what I remember. He could flourish in a D'Antoni system once you scrape the rust off. Out of all the FA PGs available at the moment, he might make the most sense in a scenario like this. He's still fairly young, has good size, used to be very athletic, could get to the hole at will and finish and could bury the 3-ball.
(3) Use the 2 first rounders to draft a whole new backcourt for the future in Wayne Ellington and Patrick Mills. Ellington's a 6'5" SG who's arguably the best pure shooter in the draft. Pretty athletic too, can really get to the rim and finish. So far this year he's putting up over 15 ppg (44.4% on threes) for a big-time school in the competitive AAC, this off last year's impressive 16.6 ppg on 46% overall, 46.7% on threes. Not the sexy pick Stephen Curry's gonna make but when it comes to shooting the ball, pound for pound, Ellington's right there with him. Probably more of a natural SG in the NBA than Curry anyway. With the 2nd first rounder you grab Paddy Mills. He's a little small, but like DJ Augustin is proving now and TJ Ford before him, you don't have to be over 6'0" to run a nice show. Kid can basically do it all btw - lightning quick little Aussie that gets to the rim for the dish or the score and can also shoot the lights out from deep. Was awesome against the United States in the Olympics with a 20 pt. game playing against Deron Williams and Chris Paul. Impressive...

Having a new dynamic young backcourt like this in place might look real attractive to a potential FA target like LeBron James in a couple of years... Just one option. Or you could package both picks or the higher 1st along with our 2nd rounder from the Balkman trade or a resigned David Lee or Nate Robinson to move up in the draft and go for a big man like Thabeet.


[Edited by - finestrg on 11-24-2008 9:10 PM]

I think Duhon is the kind of guy that players like playing with, which at some point could work to our advantage. He's playing well too.

He's making peanuts with us, I'd hold off on it.