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re: Noel and Davis on front line minus Holiday at PG
Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:41 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:41 pm to Fun Bunch
I remember saying at the time that Demps was under pressure to try and "win now". With Davis, you have an elite player so it's not like he has killed the franchise, but I think you can question the way he's tried to build around him. Go after big names regardless of the fit.
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Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:56 pm to PortCityTiger24
Well think of it this way. Memphis has the best front court in all of basketball, they pretty much manhandled a large center Asik and AD.
Does anyone honestly think Noel/AD would have fared better? Noel has no offensive game at all and if he played, AD would be forced to play center against Gasol. That is not something that is going to work very well or at least not without AD needing a 24hour ice bath.
The trade is fine, you get yourself a quasi-all star/ a slightly above average PG for a pair of 1st rounders.
The biggest blunder that is holding this team back is the large contract EG holds, remove that and we could have a SF worth a damn: Ariza, Parsons, or Batum.
Does anyone honestly think Noel/AD would have fared better? Noel has no offensive game at all and if he played, AD would be forced to play center against Gasol. That is not something that is going to work very well or at least not without AD needing a 24hour ice bath.
The trade is fine, you get yourself a quasi-all star/ a slightly above average PG for a pair of 1st rounders.
The biggest blunder that is holding this team back is the large contract EG holds, remove that and we could have a SF worth a damn: Ariza, Parsons, or Batum.
This post was edited on 11/4/14 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 11/4/14 at 4:59 pm to PortCityTiger24
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I remember saying at the time that Demps was under pressure to try and "win now". With Davis, you have an elite player so it's not like he has killed the franchise, but I think you can question the way he's tried to build around him. Go after big names regardless of the fit.
I honestly think the Holiday trade was too pricey. I think it's fair to question the price of getting Holiday, not the development of the draft picks of players who were picked at those spots or after. Anybody can play the "your GM isn't Sam Presti" game with draft picks. I'm sure in a truly transparent world, Dell would admit to buyer's remorse on Holiday after basically landing Tyreke for peanuts later. In a vacuum, the Holiday move is still in my opinion Dell's biggest misstep outside of He-Who-Has-No-Knees-Heart's extension. Though oddly enough, I actually understand that move more. In reality, Holiday was a big step towards luring Tyreke here, and even with the ascension of Davis, NOLA isn't a sexy landing spot currently.
It is honestly hard for most of us to objectively judge Demps as Monty Williams is a complete nincompoop. He's done a very decent job at acquiring talents and the Evans/Holiday deals are looking like bargains comparing them to Rubio/Burks and other small market teams.
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