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If this team is really serious about winning a championship around KEVIN LOVE then first things first is getting a defensive big man/rim protector.

PEK 4 OMAR can be had easily.

PEK 4 LARRY SANDERS can be had easily.

These are deals that need to be discussed at least in management.

lets face it PEK is always injured and takes shots away from LOVE anyways. Love needs the ball in his hands as much as he can like DIRK. this team needs defense from a big man more than offense.


this will make the team better.

Wait for the offseason so the wolves can tank, and then for Sanders. Or include the hawks and get Lou Williams and Horford?? Hawks have played well without Horford this season and can probably be better if they have Saunders instead of him http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mqsglp2
or the wolves get Sanders and LOU williams or Gary Neal/.... Probably Neal more plausible

Brandon BassHole wrote:Wait for the offseason so the wolves can tank, and then for Sanders. Or include the hawks and get Lou Williams and Horford?? Hawks have played well without Horford this season and can probably be better if they have Saunders instead of him http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mqsglp2
or the wolves get Sanders and LOU williams or Gary Neal/.... Probably Neal more plausible

The problem with this deal (being in the offseason anyway) is that Butler and Brand are expirings. It wouldn't be hard to convince someone to pay Brand $4m, but no one is paying Butler $8m. So you would then be looking at Ilysova, and let's just say the Bucks are the Bucks because of deals like Ilyasova's.

I would also like to point out the irony of suggesting a Holford trade to someone who thinks Pek is ALWAYS HURT.

Well they are just included because the Trade Machine is just this season. They wouldn't be in the deal at all if it was the offeason .. And I think since their salaries along with other would be gone the deal would work

I don't know if you know this Quincy, but your caps lock is on.

Also, Pek's eFG% is higher than Love's, and his TS% is just below. He's equal to or more efficient than Love. Plus he gets many points off putbacks, which are freebies that don't really use a possession. He's making something out of nothing.

If we trade Pek so he quits "taking up shots," then who takes them all? He averages 13.7 fga/g, and Love averages 18.2. Is Kevin just supposed to take 32 shots each game? I know, we'll let JJ pick up his scoring load.

ace wrote:I don't know if you know this Quincy, but your caps lock is on.

Also, Pek's eFG% is higher than Love's, and his TS% is just below. He's equal to or more efficient than Love. Plus he gets many points off putbacks, which are freebies that don't really use a possession. He's making something out of nothing.

If we trade Pek so he quits "taking up shots," then who takes them all? He averages 13.7 fga/g, and Love averages 18.2. Is Kevin just supposed to take 32 shots each game? I know, we'll let JJ pick up his scoring load.

Thats why his FG% is higher then loves,All of peks shots are in the paint, Wonder what loves % would be if he stops shooting threes and only shoots in the paint/put backs...

But i'm not saying trade pek,But there is a few guys i would trade pek for...

1. Noah and DJ.... Then trade JJ for a SG...

2.Anderson Varejao and Waiters

3.Horford

4.Larry Sanders and Mayo..

Just a few i came up with.. There are other centers i would want but we can't get them with just Pek..

I think the ideal time to move Pek would be this offseason once the draft order shakes out & all our assets are fully at our disposal. That said I think Noah would be target #1 (in terms of fitting with Love) but he won't be easy to pry away from Chicago
The other trade of Varajao and Waiters for Pek makes sense

But I think Noah brings everything this team needs toughness, attitude, defense & he has a great all around game aside from scoring but he is solid there.
Who knows maybe chicago would trade Noah and Boozer together for Pek, Martin, Dante, and fillerto get under the luxury tax at the deadline this year. I hear their owner is rather cheap. Our frontline would be pricey next year, but it could be worth it.

Pek is a much better player then Sanders or Asik. Not even close

Horford or sanders and gary neal or Lou Williams Ill take it tho....... on a side note Waiters looks great in the Rook sophmore game... I know theres no defense but it just looks like he is playing alot harder than he does for the cavs. That might mean that he just hates the Cleveland atmosphere or he actually does hate playing with Kyrie because he thinks he is better than him... He can take as many shots from Rubio as he wants in my opinion. Get him when hes cheap, might be worth it..MIGHT... STILL ABSOLUTELY NO D IN THIS GAME SO PUT A BIG * next to it

<<If this team is really serious about winning a championship around KEVIN LOVE>>

LOL. You can't build a championship team around Love. Love will only win a championship if he's not the team's best player.