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I am with Alex on this one, I like Dieng and he is the reason I am still watching games, but I am tired of everyone just saying lets get rid of Pek, he was a boarderline all-star this year, those don't grow on trees. Also what are we going to get for Pek, If it is Deng fine, but don't think it is going to happen (he probably won't want to play here in a Sign and Trade) I would rather have Pek than Waiters and Varejo, also would rather have Pek than Eric Gordon. Pek is a top 5 Center in the NBA (Howard,Gasol, Noah, Hibbert, Pek). I love Dieng but I think Dieng and Pek would a great complement to each other, start Dieng have Pek come off the bench I don't see a problem of Dieng playing 25 minutes and Pek playing 23 minutes, saves them both all year, especially for the playoff run (maybe)

kekgeek1 wrote:I am with Alex on this one, I like Dieng and he is the reason I am still watching games, but I am tired of everyone just saying lets get rid of Pek, he was a boarderline all-star this year, those don't grow on trees. Also what are we going to get for Pek, If it is Deng fine, but don't think it is going to happen (he probably won't want to play here in a Sign and Trade) I would rather have Pek than Waiters and Varejo, also would rather have Pek than Eric Gordon. Pek is a top 5 Center in the NBA (Howard,Gasol, Noah, Hibbert, Pek). I love Dieng but I think Dieng and Pek would a great complement to each other, start Dieng have Pek come off the bench I don't see a problem of Dieng playing 25 minutes and Pek playing 23 minutes, saves them both all year, especially for the playoff run (maybe)

Kek, let me just clarify what you are saying. You're willing to dedicate 1/5 of our entire salary cap to a guy who's only going to get 23 minutes? That is, who is only getting 23 minutes a night in the 3/4 of the games he actually plays in? If we do that, and also play Love and Rubio what they deserve, we will have very little to spend on the rest of the roster.

Put me in the camp of not wanting to dedicate 1/5 of our total salary cap to a part time guy who has a difficult time staying healthy.

I wish kek was my employer. Paying Pek 12M to play 23 minutes a game. Sounds good.