I want us to sign Beno for five years at five million, and try again in the draft next year.

If the Clips get their grubby hands on Beno, then I vote sending BradBaby to the Bulls for Thomas/Noah and Hinrich. Throw in Shelden if we must.

If neither of that works, I vote we shoot Kevin Pritchard and steal one of his fifteen point guards. Rodriguez is a sexy name.

cuz there’s too many fours?

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Those are all good deals. Even the Walker deal (provided you send Walker home) is good in the sense that it creates time for K9 as the fourth big, which might, MIGHT be used to trade him somewhere. The team would also be forced into playing Hawes and Thompson heavy minutes, which I think is a GREAT idea. The problem is that I think the Kings would be tempted to hold on to Walker (versatility!) which would make it very, very difficult to watch the Kings play basketball. Especially if Walker squashed Thompson’s minutes.

I’m going to say ‘No’ on $17.4 million for three years on Beno. I think Beno is decent to good, but the MLEs have to stop for this team to really rebuild. 2010 could be the year to make a big move, and I don’t want Beno’s $7 million salary cluttering things up. I would offer Beno a 2 year $12 million deal, so as not to screw up the 2010 offseason. My guess is he walks away from that offer. For now, I’ll take a middling guy like Lowry or Crittendon or a little better guy like Felton who makes less money and has a shorter contract.

WAY too many turnovers

cuz my Boss is getting 0 productivity out of me right now. It’s taken me six hours to fill a PO request.

I’m not that enamored with Felton, so we’d need at least a pick to make that deal interesting.

why you guys are so enamored with felton? there’s a reason a) he’s being shopped around the league
b) bobcats just took a 5-11 guy to replace him

btw that tar heels team turns out to be bretty bad… felton, may, williams, mccants – all crappy to average pros

Bobcats are shopping him which has been confirmed by their selection of DJ Augustine over Brook Lopez.

So they’re going to trade their starting PG so the can go into the season starting a rookie? I’d guess Felton isn’t going anywhere for a while.

5 years, $43.3 million?

Next.

higher FG% + lower turnover ratio = higher basketball IQ

Plus he shoots much less – I want Martin and our other future cornerstones getting the shots – not the bandade point guard.

Myself, I’d be fine with giving Beno a three year MLE. I don’t think 3/4 of a season warrants anything more.

I also am definately inthe Ron Artest Camp and think we should offer him a three year extension at 10-11 mil with a team option on the third year + a 1 mil bonus this year for signing the extension.

You want to pay Beno the MLE to play 3/4 of the season. He played 65 games and wasn’t even signed until Nov. 1.

You want to pay Artest $10-11 mil plus a signing bonus, He played 57 games last season. Even with his 7 game suspension taken off that total, he was injured or sick more than Beno was.

Not saying Beno deserves more than MLE money, but slapping the “fragile player” label on him is unfair.

BTW, KMart played in 61.

Shelden will never, ever see the floor. He’s now the 5th big man behind Brad, Spencer, Mikki and Jason Thompson. If I were him, I’d be on the phone right now demanding to be traded or released.

does seem like a Petrie guard. Anybody know more about whether or not he plans on staying in New Orleans?

Duhon, Arroyo, and maybe J-Will (just for old times sake)

I was thinking along the lines of Miller for Nazr/Felton, too, but we’d have to make the future 1st lotto protected for the next three years or so. Not sure if the ‘cats go for that, if NY really is dangling Lee.

Other options include: dealing Ron for BJax (also for old times sake, and he’s expiring) and a future pick from Houston (or Brooks if they’ll do it) or one of the many PGs riding the pine in Portland, Seattle, or Memphis

I said it above, and I want to expand on it here. No, he’s not the sexy pick – but none of the above, besides perhaps Pargo or Arroyo (who are not going to be available) are point guards I want moving forward.

What we need for the next year or two is a bandaid, preferably a pass-first point guard with maturity and a high basketball IQ. Carter qualifies on all counts.

MM is still the trade that gets Hawes more minutes and could land us a late first next year. What, Hawes and MM as the two centers? (nope)

I still think Hawes needs Miller around for at least half the season and I DO think Miller has some value, he distributes/assists like no other center in the half court, would be a better rebounder next to a real solid PF and can score. 15/9 guy last season, nothing to sneeze at. We’re only out of love because the teams isn’t winning. He really could be someones missing piece.

Trade a proven 6th man for someone who hasn’t been able to prove he’s an NBA PG?

Oh hell No!

That’s good to hear. We like QD, and we want him to succeed here.

Note to JustaRealDude – I think that the overwhelming majority (if not everyone) here would love to see summer league footage that shows that Quincy Douby could run the point in the NBA. My God, if he showed some point skills with his shooting ability? Rajon Rondo? Rondo this!

Quincy Douby has been a great guy in the community, and from everything I’ve read (and not read) he is a great teammate. The only question has been can he fill a role that he has not been asked to fill before.

To this point in his career, I wonder how things would have turned out for Douby if he had walked into Monta Ellis’ s situation at Golden State. Or Vujacic’s situation in L.A. Alas, he is here, being asked to adjust his game for the needs of the team. I wish him (and us) all the luck in the world.

since he’s restricted and I’d imagine the Cavs would match any reasonable offer.

f) trading for Felton
g) trading for Portlands armies
h) sign Shaun Livingston (up yours, Clippers!)
i) D-League?
j) Douby?
k) Aaron Brooks?

But it’s not terrible for them, especially if they like Lowry/Crittendon. That said, it’s a longshot at best

I imagine that they’re planning on playing Mayo at the 2 with Gay at the 3 (now that Miller’s gone), so I don’t think they have “4 PGs” like some people are saying . . . but this isn’t horrible for them. You still have to wonder if they’re going to try and get Beasley with Mayo as the centerpiece of their offer to Miami, but Mike Miller was reportedly part of that offer, so who knows if Riley bites or not.

I’d have to look at the numbers to see how feasible it really is for this deal, but the idea ain’t half bad.