Comments on: KEVIN GARNETT, ALLEN IVERSON, OR KOBE OFFERED FOR #1 PICK?

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palestinmiami — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:29:30 +0000

I think that you may be taking the article too literally. I could see him taking a more liberal view of Hall of Famer.

For example I could see a player who is very good and could be considered a future hall of famer in Amare Stoudemire. I mean he’s only 23 and he has already averaging a career 19 pts and 9 rbs. Also I think it would have made sense for Phoenix to make that offer as they are apparently open to the idea of shopping him around.

With this same liberal interpretation of HOFer I could see Pau Gasol and Carmelo Anthony and even Shawn Marion being offered up.

For the record there is NO way that Elton Brand makes the hall before Steve Nash

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bigbailes — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:25:31 +0000

you guys actually think it would take the #1 pick, jack, randolph and crap to get Kobe from the Lakers??? Pull your heads out of your aces and realize what Kobe is worth. If the lakers trade him they will be lucky to get 70 cents on the dollar for him. He’s done nothing since Shaq left and now he is being a malcontent on a bad team. If LA could get rid of him they would but who would pay the crazy ticket prices they charge for a team built around Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odem.

Portland is NOT going to trade the pick. They will take Oden, and in five years they will win a championship. A front line of Aldridge and Oden is going to be SICK.

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Joe Blazer — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:48:03 +0000

I don’t think Bibby will be available. He could opt out, but no team is going to offer him as much as what he’s making now.

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Marcus — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:38:22 +0000

I think a lot of people are missing the point…and that is that why would anyone give up a future HOF in there prime for an unproven draft pick? Kobe and Garnette are on the trading block now, I know this, but I honastly don’t think that Allen Iverson was one of the names given. Think about it, why would Denver give up AI, someone they had been trying so desperatly to get in the past and is a crucial part of their teams success? He’s about as untouchable as Melo is on that team right now. Denver has invested too much into him to turn around and trade him. So your assessment with A.I makes no sense. I see some people said they heard Melos name brought up, why would Denver trade the future of their organization?

Denver has a very promising team for next season, why would they mess that up? AI plays the most minutes in the league and on that team, he’s too valuble to that team right now. I understand people are in the business on picking and hating on AI and Kobe for some reason, but let’s be realistic for a moment. They are only 30 and 32 years old and you people act like they’re 50! When you draft someone you don’t know if they are going to be the next A.I, K.G or Kobe, you just hope. I’m sure the Wizards thought they had a franchise player in Kwame Brown when they drafted him 1st, and look what happened. You don’t trade unproven players for HOF players, period. There will be All Stars, there will be Superstars and there will be HOF legends, these guys are what most players want to be…LEGENDS. Show some respect. They have done more for their teams then anyone could ever hope for (especially AI and KG). They are known around the world. Allen Iversons numbers get better every year, so i’m still trying to figure out the whole ageing/miliage thing? Please, sounds like a lot of hating going on in here is all i’m saying.

And everyone that keeps bringing up age, Steve Nash is OLDER then AI, so he has just as much “miliage”, just thought you should know, considering that everyone tends to jump on and off bandwagons when it comes to these athletes. I don’t beleive this rumor one bit.

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Joe Blazer — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:26:29 +0000

I figured Iverson was one of them. If the Nuggets then took Oden, they could trade Camby, whose name has already come up in trade rumors and apparently has some other teams interested in him.

Of course one problem is that all these HOFers have big contracts, so it couldn’t be a straight up deal. Unless Portland could throw in LaFrentz they’d have to include Randolph, which would make it an even worse deal for them.

And talking about players with mileage, don’t overlook Kobe. With all the playoff games he’s been in he’s probably approaching KG and AI territory.

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steve — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:49:11 +0000

You can’t see the blazers turning down a Kobe for #1 pick trade? That’s funny. Kevin Pritchard is on record as saying the pick won’t be traded for anything not involving LeBron James, and after the finals, That probably isn’t a possibility either. Kobe is an old 30. By the time our young guys are ready for a title run, he will close to the end. Not only that, we would never give LA a 19 year old dominate center. LA would probably do the trade in heartbeat. And to they guy who suggested KG and Foyle for the #1, That’s even funnier. Get use to the idea of Oden in Portland folks. Get use to getting dominated sometime soon.

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John — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:40:31 +0000

The #1 pick for Kobe Bryant? Please. I’d keep the pick.

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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:24:02 +0000

[...] Or maybe the real fun lies in trying to figure out who successfully was offered to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for their #1 pick. You Been Blinded deduces that the Nuggets offered AI and the Wolves were trying to ship Garnett. [...]

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dikembe — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:44:57 +0000

i bet cuban offered dirk. he kinda lost his trust in the guy

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allonthefield — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:26:39 +0000

Not arguing with your deductions one bit, but it would be rather silly, in my opinion, to trade a franchise player for Greg Oden. He will likely be great someday, but after one good college season is that risk worth selling the farm for? From the Blazers’ perspective, I say milk this draft pick for all it’s worth. Get Kevin Garnett AND Randy Foye. Again, Oden will probably be awesome, but in this case, two birds in hand is worth one in the bush.