BigRedDog wrote:I would take a chance. Whats his salary situation. We need a pg. How about Stuckey from Det?

BigDaddyG wrote:

BigRedDog wrote:I would take a chance. Whats his salary situation. We need a pg. How about Stuckey from Det?

Similar MO as Tyreke. I wouldn't mind taking a shot at Ramon Sessions if the price is unreasonable. He has flaws too, but at least we know he can run a team.

Ditto. Maybe we could do Felton and Bargnani for Sessions and Ben Gordon. Sessions is a free agent at season's end, so we could always sign him then if a trade isn't an option.

I agree with part of that but Evans has shown, at times, that he can play. He can, if he tries, even play some defense and set up plays. He's an upgrade over Felton/Udrih/Prigioni, even if he's currently an iffy starting PG. I'm not sure Evans can turn his career around like, say, Monte Ellis or Jamal Crawford, but if he's interested in getting better--he did for a while but he hasn't recently--he might be worth some risk. The downside is his contract, though a trade for Chandler frees up a few million.

Evans' salary is horrible btw -- north of 10k per season over the next several seasons. On the books 2 yrs beyond Chandler...Not saying he's not a good young player; he is and I think he could help us. I'd be extremely nervous about adding more salary to this mess though... Move leaves a big gapping hole in the middle too -- would the plan be to have Aldrich & Tyler fill in there? I could be down with that -- this coach isn't though. At least Chandler is a proven double-digit rebounder -- we lose him and don't commit to Aldrich/Tyler, we almost guarantee losing the battle of the boards every night (not to mention run Amar'e/Martin right into the ground). Also, if we added Evans by subtracting Chandler, is that enough to keep Melo here? What's the follow-up plan after this move? Give Melo the moon and keep everything else intact? Is that wise at this point? Trade Melo & break the rest down, leaving Tyreke Evans as the sole guy to build around?

I can see some positives with this. Evans/Jackson together could be an exciting/productive backcourt duo -- a lot of our troubles stem from our absolutely abysmal guard play at both positions. Evans/Jackson could help turn that around in a big way. Huge infusion of talent for our backcourt...Evans is a good 7 years younger than Chandler -- adding the 2 extra years of salary to the books may not be as big a deal as I thought. Evans is young enough and talented enough where that may not be that big an issue. Also, we bring in Evans/Jackson, integrate Aldrich/Tyler in the middle to the point where these guys are producing and make us forget all about Tyson Chandler, the team does a 180 & starts playing much better, etc.. suddenly this looks like a much better situation for Melo to return to. If the plan is to keep Melo and stay the course, this looks like a move to make.

Only thing I disagree with is the probability of buying a late 1st/early 2nd round pick. I know we pulled it off in 2009 with the Lakers for Toney Douglas (I think we went the full $3mm & a 2011 2nd rounder that they later turned into Andrew Goudelock) but I see picks like that going for much more of a premium now. Maybe I'm wrong, I dunno. I feel ya on getting another young PG though -- we might have a better chance of getting everything we're looking for in the one deal with the Pelicans.

Getting sessions would be nice too. Ben Gordons contact would be nice too. I don't think the bobcats have use for Bargs though.

I personally would love the idea of getting tyreke evans. Bottom line though the kicks need to do something immediately.

NardDogNation wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:Evans can't shoot, play D, or run a team. He's like this version of jr.

I wholeheartedly agree. That dude is the definition of fool's gold and I knew that from year 2 of his days in Sacramento.

Yup, prefer Mills go after Rubio.

If Melo leaves I think having a PG who can get guys the ball like him, would help attract others and help boost existing guys' games.