SBN Indiana: Should The Indiana Pacers Get Involved In The Carmelo Anthony-To-The-Knicks Trade Craziness?

I wouldn’t mind getting in on the trade, but no way I’d want to give up Paul George. He’s gonna be something special as long as he stays healthy.

Like I said in another post, at least all the waiting is almost at an end.

Take Paul out and we’ll talk

…And I NEVER say LOL. Paul George is absolutely worth as much or more than Gallinari (whose value is inflated in NY’s system, which uses him almost exclusively at PF…he’d be a terrible PF here). Our first rounder this year is almost certainly going to be as good, or better than Randolph currently is (maybe better than he’ll ever be, given what little we’ve seen out of him so far).

Wanna get involved?

How about this one with Denver getting our first rounder and us getting cash considerations to buy out Solomon Jones.

Or this one with Denver getting Minnesota’s conditional first rounder.

Or this one with Denver getting our conditional first rounder.

There’s lots of ways to do it without involving George. Notice all of them that I suggested improved the Pacers’ wins (or kept them the same) based on Hollinger’s PER, without significantly screwing anyone but Denver, who’s going to be screwed no matter what.

Here’s your trade where the Pacers are the ONLY team gaining any wins, and those are probably negated because the fictitious draft pick you promised Denver will have to come from Indiana. If ESPN’s trade machine could calculate draft picks they’d probably call your idea a loss for everyone.

Also I love how you title your SBN story “2011 NBA Trade Rumors.” Typical, BBS. Call it a “rumor” and people might read it. Call it a “trade idea” and it’s just like any other random FanPost that we read on here all the time. Glad to see your Stampede Blue headline tactics at play at the SBN mothership site.

Further, do you watch basketball? In the last four seasons Billups has spent an average of 5.3% of his floortime at SG. Also he’s 6’3. So you’d be starting a 6’0 second year PG and a 6’3 “SG” who has spent less than 6% of his time there over the last four years? How’s that working for Golden State? And you failed to mention the only reason Indiana would want him (and the main reason NY is fine with including him in a swap for Felton): He has a non-guaranteed contract next year. The Pacers would cut him. For sure.

Your argument in the comments section with someone who probably DOES watch basketball that:

Paul George isn’t better than Danilo Gallinari and, in all likelihood, won’t develop into anything more than Gallinari is right now.

This is the most laughable thing you’ve said since you told us your “sources” confirmed that Peyton Manning had some serious neck injury. Brad, you very obviously don’t watch basketball, let alone Pacers games. George is not only statistically Gallinari’s equal right now (according to PER…he’s 0.2 away from Gallinari) but he’s two years younger, has two fewer years of experience and plays half as many minutes! Extrapolation puts him on par with Gallinari as a ROOKIE! Who knows where he’ll be in two years! Claiming that Paul George won’t develop into “anything more than Gallinari is right now” is the most statistically full of shit thing you could have said, and you know it!

In all fairness to you, you were most likely just pimping your article, figuring that people from IC would go over there to SBN’s Indiana site and post comments. In all fairness to us, you should have never been writing about basketball to begin with.

I am trading in my season tickets for next year.

So, the rest of the NBA can finally feel like they can make moves. Since they seem to feel that they need watch how this thing plays out.

Go for Brandan Wright. Similiar skillsets, similar ages, much different prices. There’ve been rumors about the Warriors moving Wright + Dan Gadzuric to Jersey for Troy Murphy(’s expiring contract) and a 2nd rounder.

Wright’s on the last year of his rookie deal at ~3.3mm (~4.3mm qualifying offer if we wanna keep him), Gadzuric’s an expiring deal at ~7.3mm. The reports are that Murphy’d be moved to another team after he was acquired, so it may be contingent on that and it HAS to be Murphy, but why don’t we make that deal with Dunleavy and our 2nd rounder? Waive/buyout either Solo or TJ Ford to open the roster spot.

All that’s if we really think Randolph has some chance to be an answer at the 4, which no one should. Could just get Wright for next to nothing and have another long lanky young guy to see if he’ll turn into something, don’t see anything the last half of the year in him just don’t offer him a qualifying offer. Or let McBob (who’s 23) continue doing what he’s doing and develop a solid midrange J and bam, no need to make any trade for some young athletic freak.

I’m any angry generic Pacer fan and I disapprove of this trade.

Rawr!

Trading pretty much the only significant up-and-coming player on the roster, along with noteworthy talent, in exchange for bringing in a guy who has no desire whatsoever to play here.

On the flipside, thanks for making this post, because it was quite amusing to watch everyone rip into this truly bad suggestion. I hope you got tons of page hits on your other site.

Oh, and thanks for banning me on Stampede Blue because I hurt your feelings. You are a joke.