Reply With QuoteDenver is slowly building a decent team. If they sign Arenas this summer- they'll have a core group of players in Anthony, Arenas, and Hilario. Not bad to build around. If Tklishivi ever amounts to anything, he'll be a nice player too.
Let's see Anthony carry a team this season in the NBA before we call him a franchise player. I think he'll be like Jamal Mashburn.
Like I said before, the two Kings are All-Star quality now.
Denver is slowly building a decent team. If they sign Arenas this summer- they'll have a core group of players in Anthony, Arenas, and Hilario. Not bad to build around. If Tklishivi ever amounts to anything, he'll be a nice player too.
Be that as it may, scott, I still put more stock in having one superstar, a secondary star and a decent mix of young and veteran role players.
Rarely do we see young teams of blossoming talent amount to anything or make the playoffs for that matter. Even more rare is these teams sticking together when the phenoms start maturing as hitting their primes.
That's why I'll never be phazed by teams like Chicago, Cleveland, LA Clippers, Denver, etc.
By the time their young talent reaches their potential, several of them will have left for free agency.
So, Ghost, who then is the superstar after this trade? Peja? He more closely fits the role of secondary star. Bobby Jackson? Could be a secondary star as well.
The core of Anthony, Arenas, and Hilaro has the potential to be the optimal line up you just outlined. Superstar (Anthony), Secondary Star (Arenas). At the same time, Hilaro has the potential to be more than a "role player" as well.
I'm not saying that Anthony will or will not be a superstar- but he does have the potential to be one. You certainly can't fault a team for attempting to go with an Anthony-Arenas-Hilaro core.
If those players develop as much as possible, they may be battling it out with Phoenix (Marbury-Marion-Stoudamire) for Pacific Division les in a few years.
scott, does any of this ring a bell?:
Kidd-Jackson-Mashburn
Wallace-Webber-Howard
Gugliotta-Marbury-Garnett
Re-read what I wrote before.
I realize that the history of a corps of young, developing stars does not have a great track record- but that doesn't mean you don't try. Especially if the next best option is Peja-Jackson-Hilario as opposed to Anthony-Arenas-Hilario.
The only potential superstar in that bunch is Anthony. If the deal was the #3 pick for Webber- it'd be another story.
The question is, how much do the Nuggets have to benefit by doing this deal as opposed to what they have to lose?
Risk/Reward.
I'm sorry. I generally look at other team's past failures and try not to replicate them.
Yes, we are fully aware that you are nothing more than a front-running bandwagoner.
Go Yankees, right?
AHF and Ghost - when I saw that proposed trade my jaw dropped because for mine you always take proven players over draft picks - sheesh, will Carmelo become a better player than Peja alone??? If I'm Denver I snap that one up (gives them a solid point and an excellent SF), if I'm the Kings I ask Kiki what he's been smoking!
ghost is my hero
'cept for the Knicks and of course the 2002-03 San Antonio Spurs...I'm sorry. I generally look at other team's past failures and try not to replicate them.
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