Comments on: Thunder announces summer league rosters

By: ATR

ATR — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:09:25 +0000

I was just throwing Dalembert out there as an example. I think that there are other potential trade candidates that we may not be thinking of. Definately have to consider the salary structure and how it impacts the entire team. I am not advocating for sammy d, but a true center would make a big impact. Esp along with a Milsap signing.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:57:45 +0000

Wow. The Pacers are twice as interested it seems.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:54:09 +0000

Per Rotoworld-
Magic GM Otis Smith said on Wednesday that Orlando is prepared to pay a stiff luxury tax to keep restricted free agent Marcin Gortat.
“The owner said we can go into tax so that changes things,” Smith said. “At this point, we’re matching everything that comes back to us on him.” The Rockets are doing everything they can to attract Gortat, and the Thunder, Pacers, Knicks and Pacers are also interested.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:52:47 +0000

I thought they were going to try to start gasol at the pf.
Does this mean that they spent the #2 pick on a backup?
Maybe we could trade collison and watson for gasol straight up.

What does everyone think of that?

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:42:16 +0000

I’m just shaking my head at Memphis right now. The trade alone makes this an unbelievable move.

Remember when we were all talking about what it would take to pull the #1 pick away from the Clippers, and the general consensus was that you’d have to take on the bad contracts of either Davis or Randolph, and we all chuckled at the thoughts of someone actually doing that? And now Memphis went ahead and took Randolph anyway, and it wasn’t even part of a deal swapping the #1 and #2 picks.

Unbelievable.

By: p

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:36:17 +0000

i don’t disagree with you … because i don’t know how good he really is … nor how consistently good he can be …
but i do think he’s good .. & that he can be a 2nd tier center …

when you consider that guys like dalembert make $11M … or dampier … or jermaine oneal … or eddy curry … i think gortat can be better than all of them at at least half the price!…

i dont think pulling the trigger on a guy for 6M is that bad … i can almost assure he would contribute more for 6M than collison & earl watson do for that money …

& thunder should have 2 picks in the lottery next year – which they can use to replace guys & keep the salary low a little while longer …

its not a big risk in my opinion

By: J-W

J-W — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:29:22 +0000

Gortat is over-valued after his role in the playoffs.

By: p

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:10 +0000

according to truehoop: Gortat’s agent mentioned wanting a full mid-level exception. That amounts to around $30 million over five years.

if he can be had for that, i think its a good move

By: J W

J W — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:16:24 +0000

I remember when DeAngelo and Sheldin Williams were at Midwest City and everybody thought they would both just jump straight to the pros.

He could play man, but he always seemed to run into trouble off of the court. It will be interesting to see what happens with him.

By: p

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:15:08 +0000

oh yeah, detroit is dumb … ben gordon is good, but he adds as much to a team as he detracts … i guess he can at least come off the bench as to not upset rip hamilton! … this was their big play when they let chauncey go for cap space? … to end up going from chauncey to AI to gordon & villanueva … thats crazy!

memphis – wow … like, i really felt like they could be competition with the thunder as far as up & coming western teams if the proverbial ball bounced the right way for them … but the ball just bounced to zach & they may never see it again.
zach is like a bigger, better ben gordon – he’s gonna hurt you about as much as he helps you …
he obliterated the thunder last season tho 22& 13 with the clippers, 29 & 19 with the knicks