Trade Derrick Williams for Eric Gordon

Unless we want to get better. Gordon is the type of established talent that if we could get a sign-and-trade which would be well worth our effort. Not to mention picking up a starting 2 guard allows us to deal from our depth at PG if we want to make another trade to shore up the 3 or 5 positions. It balances the team and it’s not like we’re making another deal for an AR/Darko/Beasley/potential guy who might do what DW might do. We are instead getting an established 2 guard who in his third year showed himself to be an above average player with great handles, driving ability and shoots the 3 ball well enough to keep defenses honest.

Williams has shown flashes, but long term unless you can’t sign Love I see no reason to gamble on keeping more potential that will mostly be a bench player when we theoretically could get another starter. Make the trade bigger and get Okafor and I’d be really happy.

Is also a need. How long can KLove keep posting 42 minutes per game?

also will fill a need. He when it all is said and done, can be rickys number one running mate for years to come. We all saw the different array of offensive moves and dribbles this dude has as well whether it was the one step behind the back jumper or his very quick fake turn right fake and one step explode to the rim in the post.

While Gordon is a great player and a need, we have not even played him for 20 games! 20 games! There is no need to trade a player like his caliber and potential in 20 games as a rookie, and I believe he fits into our system very well as he can shoot the long ball, explode to the basket whether it is to dunk or for a board, and is well on his way to creating his own shots in the nba. And the point for waiting is that D will could turn into Iguadola with a much better shot and dribble.

While Williams is a PF. It would also be great is Darko got handles and started flashing. There wasn’t really any reason to think DWill would become a dynamic wing player, CH just thought if they said it enough he would…

I’d love to consolidate a center or two (Pekovic/Darko/Miller) and a wing (Johnson/Beasley/Webster) into a productive 5 like Okafor with a career defensive rebounding rate of 25% and a Drtg of 104, but I’m not writing the checks for either team.

For basketball reasons New Orleans shouldn’t entertain the idea of trading him for below average performers. “Basketball reasons” prevented them from acquiring 3 solid players for Chris Paul in favor of a draft pick an expiring big at a position they have covered and one solid young player due an extension. I just can’t say what they will or won’t do, but they shouldn’t trade Okafor for the mediocre to poor performers we’d offer. His contract is bad enough though it’s in the realm of reason.

and that was one of his worse games. I bet he gets the max.

either a salary dump (Johnson, Darko, Pek, Beas), a top 10 protected draft pick or make this a 3 way trade with Memphis and get us Mayo by sending Washington’s second round pick + Singleton to Memphis to provide frontcourt depth after losing Randolph.

I a team like the Wizards definitely isn’t giving up unprotected picks when stinking up the cellar in the East.