Would Gerald Wallace make this a playoff team?

by nobodyinparticular on Dec 14, 2011 10:19 AM PST

Living in Portland, I get to hear a lot about the Blazers. According to the most recent report, Portland is said to be a 3rd party in a possible three-team deal with Orlando and New Jersey in which the Blazers send out Gerald Wallace and receive little more than draft picks. The thinking here is that the Blazers are looking to unload payroll, commit to Nicolas Batum and have some cap space for the great FA market in 2012.

My thought is this: if the deal with the Magic falls through,would it be in the Kings' best interests to move some draft picks and maybe young/cheap talent for Wallace?

I'm thinking 2012 and 2014 1st round picks and maybe Jason Thompson, Hassan Whiteside and/or Donte Greene for Gerald Wallace. Then the Kings could maybe ditch one of John Salmons or Francisco Garcia to remove the logjam at SF. By trading for Gerald Wallace, you are getting exactly what you would get with AK47, but in a better package.

Remember last year when the talk was about adding a front court player who was better than Evans/Cousins right now? The player doesn't have to be elite, just All-Star or fringe All-Star level. Gerald Wallace is exactly that type of guy. He provides athleticism, rebounding, defense and versatility at the 3 and 4.

If the Kings could pull this off, would they be playoff contenders?

(This is a FanPost from a member of the Sactown Royalty community. The views expressed come from the member, and not Sactown Royalty staff.)

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If we add Wallace and he stays healthy, then probably playoffs

But I don’t like giving up 2 first round picks for him, especially since the 2012 draft is stacked. Plus, I think our first round draft picks may be tied up due to the Hickson trade. He and AK-47 are very similar except one is slightly better at passing/shooting and the other is more athletic (both injury prone).

I still think AK-47 is a better option since he would not cost any assets. If we don’t want Salmons or Garcia, we can always amnesty them.

by SharkKings49 on Dec 14, 2011 10:41 AM PST reply actions

We wouldn't be able to give the Blazers much

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by wallywagon11 on Dec 14, 2011 10:57 AM PST reply actions

We can't trade any picks until 2017

thanks to the Hickson trade and the protections on the pick that we sent Cleveland.

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by Aykis16 on Dec 14, 2011 11:05 AM PST reply actions

this makes me realize that the Casspi - Hickson trade is more baffling to me every time I look at it from a different angle

by betweentheeyes on Dec 14, 2011 8:14 PM PST up reply actions

Which pick did we include?

A first rounder, non lotto that gets less restricted until its nonrestricted in2017?
A right to exchange first rounders?
Or something else?

huh? wha?

by effin steve on Dec 16, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions

I think...

The draft pick is lottery-protected next year, top-13 protected in 2013, top-12 protected in 2014 and top-10 protected from 2015-17. If the Cavs don’t receive the pick by 2017, they will receive a second-round pick.

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by section214 on Dec 16, 2011 11:19 AM PST up reply actions

Heres to hoping the Cavs get two 1st round picks in 2012!

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by effin steve on Dec 16, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

I like the idea a lot

Perhaps a trade of Salmons / Garcia and Whiteside / Thomas would make it work but other than a salary dump I don’t see what’s in it for the Blazers…

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by Sacto_J on Dec 14, 2011 11:20 AM PST reply actions

Well, we were a play-off team when we had him...so I am guessing he would?

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by LiquidPolio on Dec 14, 2011 4:18 PM PST reply actions

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by DaRubiesSLOKingsA's on Dec 14, 2011 5:09 PM PST reply actions

Even if we could trade 2 first round picks, which we can't

GW is not worth 2 first rounders any more than Carson Palmer was. Again, if Portland is looking to she salary you don’t need to give up two first rounders for GW.

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by SavageBeast on Dec 14, 2011 6:03 PM PST reply actions

I would willingly trade them our interest in Jamal Crawford.

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by elfboy_ on Dec 14, 2011 7:47 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Man you drive a hard bargain

Done

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by SavageBeast on Dec 15, 2011 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

I’ve always like Wallace. I’d love it if we could pick him up.

by Charles L. Pierro on Dec 14, 2011 9:41 PM PST reply actions

I would love to add Wallace

But no way in hell I’d trade two firsts for him. Too injury prone, and he isn’t a perfect fit, merely a good one.

by rory_sayer on Dec 14, 2011 11:09 PM PST reply actions

Yes.

by mayfieldcol on Dec 15, 2011 9:51 PM PST reply actions

Hey NIP....

….I was curious are the upperbowl seats in the Rose Garden terrible seats? I’m thinking about going down there for the game on the 26th….

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by pookeyguru on Dec 15, 2011 9:59 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

I wouldn't say terrible

You can see the floor pretty well assuming you’re in closer half of the upperbowl.

Personally though, the couple times I have sat in the upperbowl, I had a tough time drowning out the red/white/black of the fans on the other side of the arena as I tried to watch the game. My eyes had a hard time focusing on the players on the floor. I know that sounds weird, but I don’t know any other way to describe it. I haven’t heard of anyone else having that problem. My solution was to buy a couple tickets from the 200 level in the corner on Craigslist for about $35 each.

Just being that much closer made the game much more enjoyable and easy to watch. That also happened to be the game the Kings came into the Rose Garden and stunned the Blazers last year behind a 26-point effort from Tyreke Evans and some good defense.

Bottom line, if you’re going to be in the upperbowl, try to get as close to the front as possible so that you can be more on top of the action.

by nobodyinparticular on Dec 16, 2011 1:13 AM PST up reply actions

Thanks nip!

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by pookeyguru on Dec 16, 2011 9:58 AM PST up reply actions