Would you trade for Whiteside?

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Trade for Whiteside

  • Yes, go get him

    Votes: 14 31.1%

  • Nah, I'm good

    Votes: 31 68.9%
  • Total voters
    45
I wouldn't trade for him or Leonard. Whiteside had attitude issues prior to his new contract and now his team benches for most of the playoffs so that tells me that he isn't all in. Leonard doesn't even want to play for SA so why would want a guy that is in no hurry to help his team? I want guys with talent, but also guys that want to play. I give Lillard all the credit in the world for that. He is a gamer.
 
Not quite sure where the NBA is going here. I would like to wait and answer this after the playoffs. I always loved the idea of a power lineup of Nurkic and Collins, but am starting to wonder if maybe we should go with the more mobile Collins at the five and keep long athletic players at the forward spots. If we are battling GS, HOU or NO in the future, neither Nurkic nor Whiteside would have anyone to guard.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
No. I think the fact that he wasn't played much at all in the playoffs is a huge red flag.
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Understood, but that ignores the fundamental tenet of Buy Low, Sell High. So, without knowing more I'm not swayed. However, it does make me want to learn more about why he hasn't played (other than FT%).
 
Not a chance. A few months ago I would have liked this trade but he has been abysmal recently and looks completely shot. He also seems to have serious attitude issues.

Unless it’s a trade for Evan Turner or swish3 Meyers who are equally useless I wouldn’t do that for sure.
 
Reep said:
Not quite sure where the NBA is going here. I would like to wait and answer this after the playoffs. I always loved the idea of a power lineup of Nurkic and Collins, but am starting to wonder if maybe we should go with the more mobile Collins at the five and keep long athletic players at the forward spots. If we are battling GS, HOU or NO in the future, neither Nurkic nor Whiteside would have anyone to guard.
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Yeah I like Collins as a center. I think NBA is moving towards the style of play where your center is either a defensive juggernaut whose only finishes around the rim are dunks (Capela, Gobert) or an all around player who can do it all on both ends of the floor. That’s of course unless you have somebody like Embiid who is just amazing at every single thing.
 
Miami prefers the cheaper Olynyk. Olshey made Whiteside the big offer, but could have gotten Olynyk much more cheaply. I don't blame Whiteside for his disappointment over not playing and earning his new contract. It shows a work ethic.

SportsAndWhine said:
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yaaw33va
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That's not bad. We'd have more talent than now, and it might be the best Miami can do. Most GMs would then trade one of our two centers, but Olshey doesn't have the talent to make trades, so we'd have too much money at the center position.
 
SportsAndWhine said:
Well going small with iso didn’t work...
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But, we didn't really try small. It would have been interesting to bench Nurkic and start Collins or Davis with Harkless and Aminu at the forward spots. The second unit with Davis and Collins had some success against NO.
 
Olynyk is better than him. If possible, get Olynyk.
 
My wishes for the new Season: Budenholzer new coach, signing ellington and hezonja or of it is possible tyreke evans, draft Hutchinson, get rid of Evan turnover
 
The league is going away from the slow, big centers that can't make plays away from the basket. Nurk and Whiteside are dudes that are getting left behind in the era of Capella, Green and Davis.

That being said, Whiteside is a dude I'd trade for if they would take back a Meyers & Harkless package. That's wishful thinking though.
 
jlprk said:
Miami prefers the cheaper Olynyk. Olshey made Whiteside the big offer, but could have gotten Olynyk much more cheaply. I don't blame Whiteside for his disappointment over not playing and earning his new contract. It shows a work ethic.



That's not bad. We'd have more talent than now, and it might be the best Miami can do. Most GMs would then trade one of our two centers, but Olshey doesn't have the talent to make trades, so we'd have too much money at the center position.
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First of all, Olynyk was a restricted free agent who became unrestricted when Boston needed the money to sign Gordon Hayward. The Blazers didn't have cap space to sign someone like Olynyk last summer. It's not like he signed for the minimum or even the MLE.

Second of all, the narrative that Olshey doesn't have the talent to make trades is just not true. You're mad that he won't trade CJ, I get it, but he has made all kinds of trades in his career including ones for a star player, quality starters, and undervalued role players. Nurk is a free agent this summer so trading him is almost impossible until January 15th next season.
 
hoopsjock said:
First of all, Olynyk was a restricted free agent who became unrestricted when Boston needed the money to sign Gordon Hayward. The Blazers didn't have cap space to sign someone like Olynyk last summer. It's not like he signed for the minimum or even the MLE.

Second of all, the narrative that Olshey doesn't have the talent to make trades is just not true. You're mad that he won't trade CJ, I get it, but he has made all kinds of trades in his career including ones for a star player, quality starters, and undervalued role players. Nurk is a free agent this summer so trading him is almost impossible until January 15th next season.
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Oh come on hoopsjock, it's very obvious that all it takes to acquire a player is to call the team that we want so and so and it's a done deal. It always amazes me from those that constantly complain about the GM think they have a better grasp of making a trade without ever knowing what the other team is willing to do.
 
hoopsjock said:
Second of all, the narrative that Olshey doesn't have the talent to make trades is just not true. You're mad that he won't trade CJ
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No, I'm mad that since Aldridge left and his quickie patch job, his only meaningful trade has been when economics forced him to trade a starting center for a substitute one, an easy trade. A normal GM is self-motivated to make trades, including starters. This guy sits on his ass all year, self-contented, scouting colleges but not working the phones seeking trades.
 
jlprk said:
No, I'm mad that since Aldridge left and his quickie patch job, his only meaningful trade has been when economics forced him to trade a starting center for a substitute one, an easy trade. A normal GM is self-motivated to make trades, including starters. This guy sits on his ass all year, self-contented, scouting colleges but not working the phones seeking trades.
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How do you know that he supposedly doesn't make calls inquiring about trades? This is blockbuster news.
 
Dude can't stay healthy. I'll pass. Need to re-sign Nurk, PERIOD!
 
jlprk said:
No, I'm mad that since Aldridge left and his quickie patch job, his only meaningful trade has been when economics forced him to trade a starting center for a substitute one, an easy trade. A normal GM is self-motivated to make trades, including starters. This guy sits on his ass all year, self-contented, scouting colleges but not working the phones seeking trades.
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and you have proof of this?
 
craigehlo said:
The league is going away from the slow, big centers that can't make plays away from the basket. Nurk and Whiteside are dudes that are getting left behind in the era of Capella, Green and Davis.

That being said, Whiteside is a dude I'd trade for if they would take back a Meyers & Harkless package. That's wishful thinking though.
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and that will never happen as they need cap relief as next year they will be at 144mil. For those bitching about Olshey need to take a look at Miami's situation with Pat Riley in control.
 
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