Good win or bad win?

[MARIS61]

Would you trade Sergio for Paul? Straight up? Assuming we add guys like Ike and Frye as fillers.

Not that NO would ever do that, but if so I guess it would depend on what we did with Roy.

Roy seems to need the ball in his hands to do anything, and obviously Paul would make that unlikely nearly all the time.

I would like to see Roy learn to move without the ball more. With a true PG like Paul, or Sergio, someone like Rudy might be a better starting SG option than Roy eventually.

In any case I am fairly certain Roy would have to be a part of any trade for Paul.

 

[B-Roy]

Not that NO would ever do that, but if so I guess it would depend on what we did with Roy.

Roy seems to need the ball in his hands to do anything, and obviously Paul would make that unlikely nearly all the time.

I would like to see Roy learn to move without the ball more. With a true PG like Paul, or Sergio, someone like Rudy might be a better starting SG option than Roy eventually.

In any case I am fairly certain Roy would have to be a part of any trade for Paul.

The fact that you didn't say yes straight up makes me think you've lost your sanity.

Indeed, you have.

 

[mook]

Hmm, do you really feel that New Orleans loses their spirit to even play defense without Paul? I'm not asking facetiously, I'm really curious as to your opinion.

It wasn't just "spirit." When Paul went out, who was "guarding" (and I use that term loosely) Bayless? Antonio Daniels, a guy who clearly didn't have the speed to do much more than draw one charge on him.

Plus, I think a lot of teams that are good defensively, but not great defensively, tend to let their offense dictate the intensity of the defense. If time after time after time you look utterly incompetent on offense, as the Hornets repeatedly did last night whenever Paul was out of the game, it has an impact on your morale on the defensive end. Maybe not if you are Ben or Rasheed Wallace, but if you are Peja Stojakovic or David West it does.

Portland has played against superstars like Paul and won before. Portland's offense was underperforming pretty clearly to me; Paul is great but not that great, that he can single-handedly hold down opponents' offenses.

I'm not saying Portland can't ever beat a superstar. I'm saying there are some superstars that have games where they thoroughly dominate our team. LeBron had one recently. Paul was in the middle of one when he got taken out.

Doesn't happen all the time. I actually like our odds against that team in a best of 7 series. But I think there will be 2 or 3 games where we look utterly at the mercy of Paul. We may not lose by 25 (as we were on our way to doing last night). But our team will put up its typical 95 points while his puts up 105.

 

[CutTheCheck]

Nate must be livid.

Yeah... head coaches always get super pissed when their team wins. especially in come from behind wins...

 

[Natebishop3]

Yeah... head coaches always get super pissed when their team wins. especially in come from behind wins...

I WAS livid!