Rodney Hood and realistic targets for the Small Forward position

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Seems like that would be a more popular site for frequent Pels chatting.

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Guess not, Son.

It’s a Louisiana based message board and one of the most active ones. Reddit doesn’t seem to be that popular in Louisiana as opposed to other places.

I glance at Reddit from time to time but not a huge fan.

Anyway. Hood has been discussed here at length. Use the Search function.

Why would Cleveland make him a UFA when they don’t have to? I’m sure they would prefer to keep him for cheap for another year.

I just figure, we saw Julius Randle fall into our laps because LA renounced his rights.

Bulls renounced Nwaba.

This seems to be happening more now than I remember in recent years. Actual rotation players, too.

I assume it's GMs working, coordinating with agents to give these players the best opportunity to succeed.

With Hood being so public about wanting to play for another team, it seems like a move to get Cleveland to renounce him or, at least, trade him. I mean, it's been two-plus weeks of FA, and no one is signing him to an offer sheet, including CLE.

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wouldn't the most money we could offer him, per year, is the value of the Q-Pon exception, $3.8mil

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Without salary going out, yes.

If we did a S&T and had salary going out, we could actually do an uneven trade where we take back a bit more money than we send out.

In both cases you mentioned they were released to create cap space to sign someone else. The Pels also have no cap space so you’d have to trade for him in a S&T which means giving up something of value. I figure you’re at least looking at Ajinca + Diallo. Another trade I’ve seen would be Miller/Okafor/2nd for a S&T.

Another thing about S&Ts are they have to be at least 3 years long. If you’re giving Hood $6-$10 million that possibly makes bigger moves down the line more difficult. Unfortunately it’s not as simple as he’s a UFA and we have the cap space to give him a 1 year deal.

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A lot guys active here, but are you also on r/NOLAPelicans on reddit?

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There goes this thread.

We don't need to get tied up into any shitty contracts this season. I don't want to call this season a wash, but the Warriors will repeat. All I'm hoping for is to upset a couple teams and possibly win a couple games in the second round of the playoffs.

Next year, we will have some decisions to make but we will have a ton of money. The Warriors will have to decide who to pay and who to cut next year. There's also this Timberwolf that will be around next year in Free Agency. He would be perfect for our team. All in all, Go Pels.

You're really onto something. He does have some value, but not much. I think a lot of teams wouldn't even look at him after the fiasco in the playoffs. For the Pels, he is a risk worth taking.

Don't forget he has an injury history as well. He gets "nervous stomach" on game days. I remember him sitting out a couple games last season for it.

Except, aren't they well into the tax? Resigning him will cost them a lot more than his salary.

Not sure I trade Hill for Hood. I know, why u say?.... Only way we compete with Warriors is DEFENDING them. Hood will not defend better than a healthy Hill.

If Hill limits Durant to say 27 points on 9-20 including a few free throws and 2-3 threes, and Hill gets say 12 points (which should be the goal for him), I take that than Hood putting up 20, but gave up 35+ to Durant.

Hill's defense is his potential value to any contender if he's healthy. Last year, wasn't a good barometer if he is worthy of his value to the team. He's not there to light up the scoreboard but to limit the other.

Now, if Hood is attained short of the 1st nine in rotation, fine. But, not trading any of our "defensive" players for mediocre offense. The tradeoff is not worth it. I like Hood, don't get me wrong and could probably start for Hill, but I only see defensive ability to stopping pace and space ball.