This squad though...Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
Deron/Chris
Kobe
Iggy
Bynum
Dwight
Odom
Artest
Walton
DFish
Barnes
Aaron Brooks
JR Smith
coach: Jeff Van Gundy
Welcome to the 2011-2012 season, ladies and gents.
Originally Posted by SoHi 23
Tough loss, can't win em all of the time.
I say trade Bynum while he has value because he's just gunna get injured again.
The biggest need is obviously a point guard, Fisher was probably the worst starting pg in the league.
Bynum/LO for Howard is the dream move, I don't think Otis does it tho. Which means we'll have the same team next year.
I don't see a NBA ran Hornets team trading Chris Paul to the Lakers.
I can't wait until the lottery so I can come up with crazy ways the Lakers could trade for Kyrie
Originally Posted by SoHi 23
Tough loss, can't win em all of the time.
I say trade Bynum while he has value because he's just gunna get injured again.
The biggest need is obviously a point guard, Fisher was probably the worst starting pg in the league.
Bynum/LO for Howard is the dream move, I don't think Otis does it tho. Which means we'll have the same team next year.
I don't see a NBA ran Hornets team trading Chris Paul to the Lakers.
I can't wait until the lottery so I can come up with crazy ways the Lakers could trade for Kyrie
Yeah, we definitely need a change at the PG position. THing is...Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
CP1708:
Well, tough season to get thru.
I'm sorry things didn't work out as we had all hoped, but as crazy as it sounds, we aren't going to win every single year.
Lotta stuff went well for us this year, but alot also went south on us. It sucks that Phil goes out like this, but I suspect he feels like he wasn't getting thru to his players anymore. Regardless, his career will never be matched.
We all have spoke about Dwight, and it's gotten to the point that I feel the same about this as I did the KG to LA campaign we ran for so many years.
If we don't get Dwight, then the obvious next need HAS to be PG. I love Fish more than anybody except probably Ska, but he should go ahead and move to the bench now. I think Blake got a raw deal this year. I never liked the guy, but his fit is a good one in LA, he just struggled this season. He can also spot fill between 1-2 if we are able to add a better starting PG.
PMatic mentioned getting JR Smith. Dude is a damn clown, but his skills are exactly what we badly need. An athletic player with range for days. Last year I wanted us to get Ray Allen, but of course Boston had the upper hand there, Smith is like Ray, but alot dumber.And without Phil, I dunno if we wanna put a first year coach in charge of JR. My guess is we would have to hope he would listen to Kobe.
Better PG
Kobe
Ron
Pau
Bynum
LO
Fisher
Ebanks
Is still a solid solid core. We would need to tweak the back end of that bench, and we MUST add shooting somewhere. I only remember 2 of us being upset about Sasha getting moved, and this was why. Add to that, we gave up our #1 as well in the deal. ALL FAIL.
One bright side, Luke is that much closer to being off our books.Small victories.
CP1708:
Smith is like Ray,
... wait, WHAT?!
Sorry, was tryin to get it posted real quick here at work.
I meant in terms of range/shooting, not accuracy or any of that.But it would be nice to have someone of that ilk to play minutes for Kobe, but also play along with Kobe when we slide him to the SF spot. I thought Ray woulda been perfect for us this year, even though we don't run enough screens for people, we could have adapted a way to do so.
One thing I am hopeful for, is for Ebanks to improve greatly. He could really add something to us imo, like what Trevor did. I have gone back and forth by the series in terms of, we coulda used Trevor here, (woulda been great vs Phoenix) but need Ron for this one (Boston, OKC). Well, imagine if we could have both sort of. Ron to be physical in stretches, and Ebanks to be the speed slasher type player that might have helped us close out on shooters better vs Dallas as well as drive to the rim.
I hope like hell someone works with that kid all summer long. He would be a HUGE boost if he got his game up to snuff.
Not sure if we'll get anything out of Caracter. He may not even be on the team next year, but we'll see.
Yeah, we definitely need a change at the PG position. THing is...Originally Posted by 23ska909red02
CP1708:
Well, tough season to get thru.
I'm sorry things didn't work out as we had all hoped, but as crazy as it sounds, we aren't going to win every single year.
Lotta stuff went well for us this year, but alot also went south on us. It sucks that Phil goes out like this, but I suspect he feels like he wasn't getting thru to his players anymore. Regardless, his career will never be matched.
We all have spoke about Dwight, and it's gotten to the point that I feel the same about this as I did the KG to LA campaign we ran for so many years.
If we don't get Dwight, then the obvious next need HAS to be PG. I love Fish more than anybody except probably Ska, but he should go ahead and move to the bench now. I think Blake got a raw deal this year. I never liked the guy, but his fit is a good one in LA, he just struggled this season. He can also spot fill between 1-2 if we are able to add a better starting PG.
PMatic mentioned getting JR Smith. Dude is a damn clown, but his skills are exactly what we badly need. An athletic player with range for days. Last year I wanted us to get Ray Allen, but of course Boston had the upper hand there, Smith is like Ray, but alot dumber.And without Phil, I dunno if we wanna put a first year coach in charge of JR. My guess is we would have to hope he would listen to Kobe.
Better PG
Kobe
Ron
Pau
Bynum
LO
Fisher
Ebanks
Is still a solid solid core. We would need to tweak the back end of that bench, and we MUST add shooting somewhere. I only remember 2 of us being upset about Sasha getting moved, and this was why. Add to that, we gave up our #1 as well in the deal. ALL FAIL.
One bright side, Luke is that much closer to being off our books.Small victories.
CP1708:
Smith is like Ray,
... wait, WHAT?!
Sorry, was tryin to get it posted real quick here at work.
I meant in terms of range/shooting, not accuracy or any of that.But it would be nice to have someone of that ilk to play minutes for Kobe, but also play along with Kobe when we slide him to the SF spot. I thought Ray woulda been perfect for us this year, even though we don't run enough screens for people, we could have adapted a way to do so.
One thing I am hopeful for, is for Ebanks to improve greatly. He could really add something to us imo, like what Trevor did. I have gone back and forth by the series in terms of, we coulda used Trevor here, (woulda been great vs Phoenix) but need Ron for this one (Boston, OKC). Well, imagine if we could have both sort of. Ron to be physical in stretches, and Ebanks to be the speed slasher type player that might have helped us close out on shooters better vs Dallas as well as drive to the rim.
I hope like hell someone works with that kid all summer long. He would be a HUGE boost if he got his game up to snuff.
Not sure if we'll get anything out of Caracter. He may not even be on the team next year, but we'll see.
He's still ok, but we need to get more athletic, not less.
He's still ok, but we need to get more athletic, not less.
I don't know how many more times this has to be said, but IF the Magic make this deal, they would only be locked in to Drew and LO's contracts for the next season, both have team options for the following year, so if they don't pan out, no harm no foul, they just cut ties and have $27 million in cap room.
I don't know how many more times this has to be said, but IF the Magic make this deal, they would only be locked in to Drew and LO's contracts for the next season, both have team options for the following year, so if they don't pan out, no harm no foul, they just cut ties and have $27 million in cap room.
