Denver Nuggets off topic/Trade ideas thread

[3iverson3]

It isn't Miller or Al's fault most of the time. Miller has been horrible defensively because most of the time he is playing 2. If Karl takes that away we should be fine. Having the same team will be great to see the development and chemistry really grow. You could always get a back up pg anytime. Now Mcgee can come off the bench still (if that happens) with Miller!

Maybe the best thing to do is nothing. Let Rudy go and play jham. Re-sign both TY and Mcgee. Pick a pf who can shoot and has defensive upside in the draft. Pg's come more than bigs so I think we should draft a big who can score when Al leaves.

[jt1bui]

If the Nuggets resign Mcgee to 7-8 mil a year, no way he comes off the bench making that much money.

[Poz303]

Stone, Hamilton and Faried will be playing in the summer league so hopefully Hamilton will show enough that GK will use him more this coming season. But you are right, if we keep Miller then Hamilton's role will likely be reduced as GK will go with Ty and Miller for a 2 PG lineup

As for Mozgov, he needs to realize he is a 7'1" big man. Needs to work on strength. I saw guards take the ball from him when he rebounds.

If he ever strengthens his grip and realizes he can out jump and rebound 75% of players in the NBA he will become a beast on the boards. Right now he plays soft but I have seen him make some power moves. I guess thats part of his development.

There was one instance in the playoffs where he pulled down a rebound two feet from the basket and turned around and passed it back to a guard. Come on man! Grab the rebound, go up hard and throw it down.

[Poz303]

Masai Ujiri was very broad on the Nuggets draft philosophy...

“We’re going in there open-minded,” Ujiri said. “Is it to move up, move back, stay with the pick? We’ll see what it brings us. The draft is a deep draft – at least that’s what the perception is – and we’re going to take advantage of it.”

They dont have many roster spots available of they chose to maintain the team as is... so I would imagine they may try and move up in the draft.

[jt1bui]

It isn't Miller or Al's fault most of the time. Miller has been horrible defensively because most of the time he is playing 2. If Karl takes that away we should be fine. Having the same team will be great to see the development and chemistry really grow. You could always get a back up pg anytime. Now Mcgee can come off the bench still (if that happens) with Miller!

Maybe the best thing to do is nothing. Let Rudy go and play jham. Re-sign both TY and Mcgee. Pick a pf who can shoot and has defensive upside in the draft. Pg's come more than bigs so I think we should draft a big who can score when Al leaves.

Neither Al or Miller have ever been great or even decent defenders.

[Kurple]

what about Kim English at #38, impressed me the few times i saw him play

[3iverson3]

If we play Miller as a true backup with 20-25 minutes then we won't have to worry about Miller defensively as much. He should be going up against the other teams backup pg and that shouldn't be much of a problem.

[Kurple]

a true backup would get 13-15mpg.. no way miller play that

[3iverson3]

By true backup, miller will get around 25 minutes, I meant playing him mostly against the opposing bench. It won't happen if we don't get a key sg off the bench though. If we don't get that sg then Miller will play a lot in the 4th which is bad news.

[Kurple]

25mpg is still 12 minutes (an entire quarter) less Lawsome time

[BallIsAll]

I say we move up and pick rivers in the draft.

http://www.hoopsrumors.com/2012/05/w...er-jordan.html

And if we could somehow pick harden up

[Kurple]

hm. i wonder what we would have to give up to move up for rivers.

not sure if it's worth it

[Ty_Lawson]

Maybe Andre Miller and JHam and Koufos to portland for a pick? :S

[BallIsAll]

Maybe Andre Miller and JHam and Koufos to portland for a pick? :S

we dont have miller under contract... I can see KK, brewer + 20th pick to the rockets for the 16th pick. we could keep birdman and thats 3 seven footers then sign a FA PF and amnesty harrington


Lawson - Rivers - Stone
Afflalo - FA SG - Hamilton
Gallo - Chandler
Faried - FA PF
Mozgov - McGee - Anderson

[Ty_Lawson]

how do you think to draft rivers with 16th pick?
and we could S&T miller