What about JJ hickson?

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Derick rick said:
will he go back to cleveland? They have 10 million with the possibility of 13 million.
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No way Hickson is worth that much. I still think Hickson's game was some what masked the guy is not a top PF. He's just a stats guy. If he was all that then why aren't the Blazers fighting to keep him around and why don't you hear rumors of other teams wanting him?
 
BigGameDamian said:
No way Hickson is worth that much. I still think Hickson's game was some what masked the guy is not a top PF. He's just a stats guy. If he was all that then why aren't the Blazers fighting to keep him around and why don't you hear rumors of other teams wanting him?
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He is not saying that Hickson is worth that much. He is saying that CLE has that much money left to spend.
 
Seems to me the Blazers have space for one more big, and that could be JJ Hickson, if no one offers him more than what the Blazers have left. But that's really doubtful.

I think Hickson knows, looking at the roster, that he'd be fighting two young guys for backup minutes - Leonard at center and Robinson at power forward - and why should he accept less money and a much diminished role? Only if he has to, and like others on here, I doubt he'll have to. His stats last year were certainly inflated, but he can score and rebound, and isn't a bad defender. Someone (other than the Blazers) are bound to pick him up.

I'd love to have him on the team to be that competitive force, to push the young guys - Robinson, especially - to develop. No better motivator than an experienced guy breathing down your neck for playing time.
 
The new CBA had really changed the NBA. Most teams are being very careful how much they spend on FA's. also lots of trades with decent players being traded to unload their contracts. Neil's done great job of taking advantage of this.
 
I feel like I said this in another thread, but I don't see Hickson taking the money that we have left, and he obviously will want to start, which I don't think we can offer either. Doing a sign and trade is the best option at this point, if it's available.
 
I would rather go with Tyler Hansbrough, Kenyon Martin or I think Lamar Odom could really help this team. I say Kenyon Martin because I think this team could use a nasty player.
 
magnifier661 said:
Because he's good? They could use him or any of the others if a trade comes up
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So they're going to sink a huge chunk of their space into a guy who plays the same position as their #1 pick and a guy who they drafted 4th overall in 2011?
 
Natebishop3 said:
So they're going to sink a huge chunk of their space into a guy who plays the same position as their #1 pick and a guy who they drafted 4th overall in 2011?
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Huge chunk? What you think he's gonna get? I'm thinking around 4.5 mil
 
Natebishop3 said:
So they're going to sink a huge chunk of their space into a guy who plays the same position as their #1 pick and a guy who they drafted 4th overall in 2011?
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Bennett is supposedly a SF.
I thought HIckson was a Center now?
That's one hell of athletic lineup.
 
magnifier661 said:
Well technically he wasn't free to accept an offer. We still held his rights rember?
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Um, he can sign wherever he wants to. He's under the same "limitations" as Josh Smith, who just agreed in DET. Which is to say, none.
 
I wonder what it is that NBA GMs and scouts see in Hickson that's caused them to pretty much ignore him the last two off-seasons. He's a very solid starting calibur PF, I wouldn't mind keeping him and trading LA, but he must have some flaws that aren't so apparant to me.
 
Sinobas said:
I wonder what it is that NBA GMs and scouts see in Hickson that's caused them to pretty much ignore him the last two off-seasons. He's a very solid starting calibur PF, I wouldn't mind keeping him and trading LA, but he must have some flaws that aren't so apparant to me.
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It's called really sucking at defense. I mean worse than monroe
 
magnifier661 said:
It's called really sucking at defense. I mean worse than monroe
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But does he suck that bad as a PF? He's doesn't have the defensive skillset of a center, but he can guard the post etc. There are a lot of PFs that couldn't really defend the middle like a center. LA can't defend the middle either.
 
jlprk said:
It's the opposite. Olshey caused Hickson's problem by waiting to renounce him until teams ran low on money. Had Hickson been available earlier, he'd have gotten more.
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jlprk said:
That's what's delaying interest from other teams. That deflates his value. For all we know, Olshey has received calls but is playing hardball.
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You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Yes, we had a cap-hold until we renounced Hickson, but that had absolutely no impact on any other team signing him. He was not a RFA; it's not as though we could have "matched" another team's offer and kept him.

Hickson getting no significant offers (that we know of) yet had nothing to with anything but other teams' opinions of his value.
 
Sinobas said:
But does he suck that bad as a PF? He's doesn't have the defensive skillset of a center, but he can guard the post etc. There are a lot of PFs that couldn't really defend the middle like a center. LA can't defend the middle either.
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Well statistically, he's worse against pfs
 
PtldPlatypus said:
You have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Yes, we had a cap-hold until we renounced Hickson, but that had absolutely no impact on any other team signing him. He was not a RFA; it's not as though we could have "matched" another team's offer and kept him.

Hickson getting no significant offers (that we know of) yet had nothing to with anything but other teams' opinions of his value.
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I gotta admit I thought the same thing
 
The problem is the perception of value. In Hickson's mind he's worth more than the MLE. In the mind of GMs, he's worth less than the MLE. If he wants to start he has an even bigger problem. He's a bench/energy guy.
 
magnifier661 said:
Well statistically, he's worse against pfs
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No, statistically he's better against PF's. Also, it should be noted that PF's across the league are better statistically than C's, so positional defense from the PF spot is more difficult than from the C spot. Where Hickson lacks, mainly, is in the team defense category, which is much more important from the C spot than from the PF.

IMO, Hickson would be absolutely adequate defensively as a PF.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
No, statistically he's better against PF's. Also, it should be noted that PF's across the league are better statistically than C's, so positional defense from the PF spot is more difficult than from the C spot. Where Hickson lacks, mainly, is in the team defense category, which is much more important from the C spot than from the PF.

IMO, Hickson would be absolutely adequate defensively as a PF.
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Look at the defensively. That per only accounts for offense.
 
Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 52s
The Denver Nuggets have reached agreement on a three-year, $15 million deal with free agent J.J. Hickson, league sources tell Y! Sports
 
RR7 said:
Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 52s
The Denver Nuggets have reached agreement on a three-year, $15 million deal with free agent J.J. Hickson, league sources tell Y! Sports
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Good for JJ. He played hard and earned that contract.
 
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