orlandoholic 134 Report post Posted January 18 4 hours ago, CTMagicUK said: I'm hard pressed to understand how you can pitch Koloko as an upgrade over Bitadze. Bitadze is less than a year older with considerably more NBA experience and he arguably had better stats as a rookie in his age 19 season than Koloko did last year as a rookie in his age 22 season. Not to mention Koloko hasn't played at all this year due to a respiratory issue. Koloko is a similar player to Bitadze, just better defensively. We aren’t asking both Bitadze and Koloko to do anything on offense, besides setting screens and hustling for rebounds. Of you judge purely by the numbers sure.. Koloko really started playing basketball very late. But his IQ is top notch and he really excelled in Arizonas Scheme, making his players next to him better. Mathurin, i like him a lot, profited heavily by the way Koloko created room for him. Main reason is that Bitadze has upped his value, but imo WCJ is still the starter and Mo Wagner is special next to Isaac. Imo Bitadze needs to be back to the third string and he actually outplayed that status. So if we can sell high on him, we absolutely have to do that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,482 Report post Posted January 18 10 minutes ago, orlandoholic said: Of you judge purely by the numbers sure.. Well I can't judge purely by the numbers since Koloko doesn't have any for this year.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,210 Report post Posted January 18 Playing with the trade machine, how about: Magic get Dejounte Murray/Bojan Bogdonovic Hawks get Markelle Fultz/Gary Harris/2024 1st Rd Pick/2025 1st Rd pick/ 2nd round picks Pistons get Deandre Hunter/Chuma Okeke New rotation is: Murray/Cole/AB Suggs/Ingles/Caleb Franz/Bojan Paolo/JI/Moe WCJ/Goga/Moe We get Dejounte to help with our guard issues and Bojan who’s a knockdown shooter. You could argue it should come with another trade of a big for a small, but we need to have JI backups available for the inevitable restrictions and missed time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,482 Report post Posted January 18 Just now, All Eyes On Me said: Playing with the trade machine, how about: Magic get Dejounte Murray/Bojan Bogdonovic Hawks get Markelle Fultz/Gary Harris/2024 1st Rd Pick/2025 1st Rd pick/ 2nd round picks Pistons get Deandre Hunter/Chuma Okeke New rotation is: Murray/Cole/AB Suggs/Ingles/Caleb Franz/Bojan Paolo/JI/Moe WCJ/Goga/Moe We get Dejounte to help with our guard issues and Bojan who’s a knockdown shooter. You could argue it should come with another trade of a big for a small, but we need to have JI backups available for the inevitable restrictions and missed time Does that work? Where's all the Pistons salary going? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,210 Report post Posted January 18 11 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: Does that work? Where's all the Pistons salary going? It works on the trade machine on Fanspo. Bojan is $20 mill going out for Detroit, Hunter and Chuma is about $26 mill coming in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,482 Report post Posted January 18 2 minutes ago, All Eyes On Me said: It works on the trade machine on Fanspo. Bojan is $20 mill going out for Detroit, Hunter and Chuma is about $26 mill coming in. My bad I'm dumb I confused Bojan with Bogdan. Think we'd need to send something to Detroit to get them to do that but otherwise that'd be excellent for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,210 Report post Posted January 18 4 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: My bad I'm dumb I confused Bojan with Bogdan. Think we'd need to send something to Detroit to get them to do that but otherwise that'd be excellent for us. Yeah, I guess it depends if they like Hunter to use with some of their cap space or not. Also sounds like Bojan could be waived if they can’t find a deal for him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All Eyes On Me 1,210 Report post Posted January 18 I was wondering if there was any way we could get LaMelo, cause damn the Hornets are bad, but his contract is a poison pill so it’s pretty much impossible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jason Funderburker 111 Report post Posted January 18 I don’t think they do it. But Dejounte is basically the ideal trade candidate for the team as currently structured. Position of need, already signed long term, age fit, ability fit. Sort of a Goldilocks outside of him not really being a star compared to what we probably would need to give up. The personality fit is a question though and I do question if they would really want to make a big add in the middle of the season tho. But I hope they done we need another ball handler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,482 Report post Posted January 18 Franz is on JJ Redick's podcast tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
orlandoholic 134 Report post Posted January 18 3 minutes ago, CTMagicUK said: Franz is on JJ Redick's podcast tomorrow. sneak peek Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MagicMan1979 105 Report post Posted January 18 5 hours ago, CTMagicUK said: My bad I'm dumb I confused Bojan with Bogdan. Think we'd need to send something to Detroit to get them to do that but otherwise that'd be excellent for us. I confuse both of them all the time also. I was talking to a buddy the other day and he did it too lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
