Catalina Maria 64 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Vucevic is a valuable big and deserves to grow his skills with Vogel as coach. I think he can play alongside Ibaka or Biyombo. Foolish to trade a guy with such a cost effective contract, unless you can get a Paul George or Jimmy Butler, and you likely won't. Not right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrjr1229 9 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 paul george only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Catalina Maria 64 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 http://en.yibada.com/articles/137440/20160703/nba-rumors-bulls-trading-taj-gibson-orlando-nikola-vucevic.htm Butler for Vuc? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magicblue 315 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 http://en.yibada.com/articles/137440/20160703/nba-rumors-bulls-trading-taj-gibson-orlando-nikola-vucevic.htm Butler for Vuc? This article suggests Taj Gibson for Vuc, not Jimmy Butler...which we would obviously do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BRich 56 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 stay unless a legit star guard is on the table Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trey Time 186 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 http://en.yibada.com/articles/137440/20160703/nba-rumors-bulls-trading-taj-gibson-orlando-nikola-vucevic.htm Butler for Vuc? They think they can get Vuc for just Taj Gibson lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miller4Prez66 545 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 we shouldn't dump him for pennies on the dollar but I also strongly believe he is no longer a center piece of the roster. He should be shopped, and hopefully we find a solid deal before the season because his value will be hurt with the diminished role he will have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chosen12 75 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 Well, the question is stay or go? So as far as I am concerned, the question is to what value does stay or go lend itself to!! Stay: we now boast (potentially) one of the most prolific scoring and lock down defensive front courts in the NBA...hands down!!! Go: We lose one of the most prolific scoring young centers in the NBA, so it would demand at a minimum a trade for a Jimmy Butler, Clay Thompson, Andrew Wiggins type of SG! So to sum this all up, unless Henny has another blockbuster up his sleeve, Nik stays at least until the trade deadline! Which also means that we part ways with Dedmon and Smith as well! We are moving to the next level guy's.....just go with it!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fultz4thewin 2,464 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 My opinion, we're going to wait until mid/late July so we can prey on whoever panics in their free agency. Vucevic's value isn't that high. Just like Kevin love's value took a significant hit. We can get a role player for him. We can get picks for him. Or we can try to pull off next year's free agency today and go after one of the good expiring point guards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trey Time 186 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 My opinion, we're going to wait until mid/late July so we can prey on whoever panics in their free agency. Vucevic's value isn't that high. Just like Kevin love's value took a significant hit. We can get a role player for him. We can get picks for him. Or we can try to pull off next year's free agency today and go after one of the good expiring point guards. Doesn't Boston still have a pick from Brooklyn? I'd take that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike1989 68 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 I think we should keep Vucevic unless we can get an upgrade to our starting line up in return (most likely positions would be PG and SF). I would consider trading him for a boatload/multiple draft picks but the two teams with a stockpile are Boston and Philly, and both have centers under contract. So the only time I would trade him is for a player that is going to upgrade a starting position and make an impact for us. If we can't get that, then we may as well keep him on the roster because look at his cap figures: 2016/17: $11,750,000 2017/18: $12,250,000 2018/19: $12,750,000 That's a bargain under today's numbers. Ryan Anderson has gone to Houston for $20 million a year. Matthew Dellavadova has got almost $10 million a year. Jeff Green got $15 million a year from us. When you consider those three players, Dellavadova is a backup point guard, Jeff Green is an inconsistent forward, and Anderson is a stretch four that has spent the majority of his career coming off the bench - then it all honesty, paying Vucevic around $12 million a year is a bargain. Can we make it work? Of course we can. We can pair Ibaka and Vuc at PF and C, then use Biyombo off the bench. We can pair Ibaka and Biyombo, then use Vuc off the bench. This big three rotation is brilliant because any of the combinations can work. Ok, maybe Vuc won't be happy to go to the bench, but there's enough minutes to go around because Ibaka has averaged around 32 minutes in recent seasons, and Biyombo's career high is 27 minutes and he averaged 25 minutes in the play offs this year. That shows the need for a productive big to come off the bench and play major minutes, and Vuc can be that guy for us. He can average mid to late 20 minutes per game without much trouble because he can rotate in for Ibaka or Biyombo depending on what we go with. And at his current salary figures, $12 million for a potential starter or bench player playing major minutes is a bargain at today's cap figures. So if we can't get a legitimate upgrade to our starting line up, we should keep him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted July 3, 2016 keep him unless we can trade him for a borderline all star PG. It is nice to have depth and injuries happen all the time. Ibaka Biyombo Vucevic might be the best big man rotation in the league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
