re: Which would you rather?

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"hassan101"



boom alter back at it again... gotta be kidding me with this shite

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iamandykeim

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Wait...arent you one of the Whitesiders (aka alters)

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re: Trade IdeaPosted on 11/10/15 at 8:13 pm to william45 what if hassan ends up being better than AD.... y'all have been bashing this idea of hassan's potential for so long and Hassan keeps looking better and better... not saying it's likely but what if...

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re: Omer Asik - iamandykeim on 11/17/15 at 1:30 pm I really think we should trade him and some picks for Hassan Whiteside...

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re: when's the next HUGE pels trade coming? - iamandykeim on 9/27/16 at 1:57 pm Davis for Hassan possibly?...

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yep. weak attempt

playoffs.

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A Top 5 pick is very possible if we wanted it

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How so?

Draft pick

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who here would have loved to have Sam dekker?

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sure. but Dekker over Russell and Noel? you serious clark?

what a weird and awful way to be optimistic about the Pels

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sure. but Dekker over Russell and Noel? you serious clark?

what a weird and awful way to be optimistic about the Pels

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i'm more or less trying to say, those considered 'top draft picks' who are even 1-2 (lets be honest, no injury and noel is #1 overall) aren't surefire players either. Its a crapshoot, but there's talent that can be found in the later rounds. The draft could be a complete dud for all we know (even though this draft is considered so deep) and if we're to get a top 5 pick we'd have to sell the whole barn to acquire just pure assets and roll the dice someone develops into a co-star with Davis.

I'd rather build around what we have, only make deals that can possibly get us or Davis better (Like Holiday-Rubio type of swap), and not flush it all just for more picks or something useless so we can tank. Playoffs and trying to find talent > blowing it up and rolling the dice.

Russell is still a volume shooter with a poor shot selection. He hasn't really progressed much and the numbers are not this 'superstar' people were calling him to become.
TS 50.7->52.0
ORTG of 96->102
DRTG of 112->111

Noel has been a defensive anchor, never developed any offensive game and from the looks of it it just seems like he isn't going to. All while having what seems like a plethora of injuries every year.

Sam Dekker was overlooked and in his 2nd year he's had decent minutes: TS% 55.9, 117 ORTG, 109 DRTG. He's developing and I guarantee by next year he's going to have even better pure numbers, that's time to develop players. We have time to do it and making the playoffs while doing it is better than not IMO.

A guy like CJ McCollum was a 10th overall pick, yet is arguably the 2nd best player from that draft.

Guys like Steven Adams (12), Giannis (15), and Dieng (21) have developed into better players than guys like Oladipo (2), Porter (3), Noel (6), and McLemore (7).

In the 2014 draft, the top 3 guys were Wiggins, Parker, and Embiid. 3 guys who are superstar caliber players and by far the best 3 in their whole draft. Yet there are gems in the later parts: Saric (12), LaVine (13), Warren (14), Hood (23), Capela (25).

I'd love to have a Wiggins-Parker-Embiid, but the draft could end up being a total flop like the 2012 class. That class was considered deep yet these can't miss guys like MKG, Waiters, Ross, and TRob ended up having worse careers than their fellow class: Harkless, Fournier, Crowder, Green, etc

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I cant remember a single team tanking their way out of being bad, so ill take playoffs.

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OKC is the example everyone likes to throw around

Demps has traded most of his 1st round picks, so he has only drafted Ad, Rivers and Hield. Rivers was obviously a terrible choice, but if you go look at that draft class, it was slim pickings. Henson would have been great, but you just picked AD. Fournier would have been the correct, and awesome choice, but Demps would have been crucified taking him at 10. A whole lotta gm's passed on him.