Trade JJ or trade Luke (with poll** pending the ability to add polls returns)?

Although this is only my second post (advice welcome), I have hung out here for well over 5 years and I know this to be by far the most well-thought through and appropriate (most of the time) supply of TWolves information online bar none. I hope to add to that with a quick and simple discussion (my answers will follow later as to not sway the votes too heavily).

It came to my attention that while I believe there is somewhat of a consensus formed here at CanisLand, not everyone feels the same about whether or not we would be better off keeping Luke or JJ if the (seemingly inevitable) trade to free up little cap space goes down. This post is not intended to get into get too heavily into "what we should trade for", but rather, based on an assumption that one will be traded, comparing which you would rather keep on this team and why.

Past few year's basic status for each below the jump.

TRADE JJ?

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 11.3

RPG 2.80

APG 5.7

EFF +11.07

Born: Jun 26, 1984

Height: 6-0 / 1.83

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:
Northeastern / Puerto Rico

Years Pro: 6

TRADE LUKE?

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 12.1

RPG 2.70

APG 4.8

EFF +12.96

Born: Feb 13, 1981

Height: 6-2 / 1.88

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:
Oregon / USA

Years Pro: 9

Stats aside, I think what leads us to a "Keep JJ", or "Keep Frodo" decision has little to do with their stats, and more to do with what doesn't show up in the stats line. I would like to open a discussion to see why we should 'definitely' keep on over the other.

Minnesota Timberwolves stats

JJ Barea:

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
06-07	DAL	33	1	5.8	0.359	0.286	0.667	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.42	0.58	2.4
07-08	DAL	44	9	10.5	0.418	0.389	0.800	0.1	1.0	1.1	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.80	1.09	4.3
08-09	DAL	79	15	20.3	0.442	0.357	0.753	0.5	1.8	2.2	3.4	0.5	0.1	1.33	1.53	7.8
09-10	DAL	78	18	19.8	0.440	0.357	0.844	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.3	0.4	0.1	1.31	1.53	7.6
10-11	DAL	81	2	20.5	0.439	0.349	0.847	0.4	1.6	2.0	3.9	0.4	0.0	1.68	1.68	9.5
11-12	MIN	41	11	25.2	0.400	0.371	0.776	0.3	2.4	2.8	5.7	0.5	0.0	2.51	1.49	11.3
Career	--	356	56	18.2	0.429	0.358	0.803	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.3	0.4	0.0	1.39	1.42	7.6

Luke Ridnour:

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
03-04	SEA	69	6	16.1	0.414	0.338	0.823	0.5	1.1	1.6	2.4	0.8	0.1	1.16	1.52	5.5
04-05	SEA	82	82	31.4	0.405	0.376	0.883	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.9	1.2	0.3	1.82	2.26	10.0
05-06	SEA	79	77	33.2	0.418	0.289	0.877	0.6	2.4	3.0	7.0	1.6	0.3	2.05	2.25	11.5
06-07	SEA	71	58	29.5	0.433	0.353	0.805	0.4	1.9	2.3	5.2	1.2	0.3	2.20	2.55	11.0
07-08	SEA	61	5	20.0	0.399	0.296	0.857	0.2	1.3	1.5	4.0	0.6	0.2	1.31	1.97	6.4
08-09	MIL	72	50	28.2	0.403	0.350	0.869	0.5	2.6	3.0	5.1	1.3	0.2	1.78	2.78	9.6
09-10	MIL	82	0	21.5	0.478	0.381	0.907	0.3	1.5	1.7	4.0	0.7	0.1	1.29	2.22	10.4
10-11	MIN	71	66	30.4	0.468	0.440	0.883	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.23	2.06	11.8
11-12	MIN	53	53	33.0	0.440	0.322	0.891	0.4	2.3	2.7	4.8	1.1	0.3	1.81	2.57	12.1
Career	--	640	397	27.1	0.431	0.357	0.868	0.5	1.9	2.4	4.9	1.1	0.2	1.74	2.24	9.9

Since the "Add Poll" dialog is not longer available for me in Firefox or IE (latest versions) for me, I am hoping one of the mods can add it for me with the following Q&A:

Question Text

Trade Luke or trade JJ?

Answers:

1. Trade Luke

2. Trade JJ

*** (I will remove this section once a moderator adds the poll for me- I think I have a javascript error preventing the dialog for now, ugh, but spent too much time getting the pictures and stats lined up to not publish- SORRY!)***

For now I'll have to settle for just getting some discussion consolodated here in one place and defending your view on who to trade and why (this topic has flared up for a spell in many other somewhat unrelated posts, so my goal is to bring it all to a single post.

Canis Hoopus, a Minnesota Timberwolves community

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Trade JJ or trade Luke (with poll** pending the ability to add polls returns)?

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 11.3

RPG 2.80

APG 5.7

EFF +11.07

Born: Jun 26, 1984

Height: 6-0 / 1.83

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:
Northeastern / Puerto Rico

Years Pro: 6

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 12.1

RPG 2.70

APG 4.8

EFF +12.96

Born: Feb 13, 1981

Height: 6-2 / 1.88

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:
Oregon / USA

Years Pro: 9

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Trade JJ or trade Luke (with poll** pending the ability to add polls returns)?

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 11.3

RPG 2.80

APG 5.7

EFF +11.07

Born: Jun 26, 1984

Height: 6-0 / 1.83

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:Northeastern / Puerto Rico

Years Pro: 6

2011-12 Statistics

PPG 12.1

RPG 2.70

APG 4.8

EFF +12.96

Born: Feb 13, 1981

Height: 6-2 / 1.88

Weight: 175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.

Prior to NBA / Country:Oregon / USA

Years Pro: 9

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