Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reports the Thunder are taking offers for backup backup point guard Eric Maynor, who is in search of more playing time.
Chris Broussard of ESPN.com also reports that OKC’s “aggressively” shopping Maynor, but has a very high asking price.
Maynor, who lost his role 25 games into the season, is a restricted free agent this summer and would very much like the opportunity to get playing time to prove he’s healthy again. With it becoming more and more obvious that opportunity won’t be happening with the Thunder, a trade is what makes the most sense.
Teams that are most in need of point guard help: Celtics, Jazz, Cavs, Raptors, Hornets and Mavs, among a few others.
With Maynor almost assuredly leaving OKC in free agency, the Thunder typically don’t let a player walk for nothing. The issue with Maynor is two-fold for OKC to trade him though:
1) If you deal him and don’t work in a replacement, you’re left with only two point guards on the roster, a scary thing heading into the postseason.
2) He doesn’t have much trade value. He’s a player that lost his job because he clearly wasn’t healthy from a knee injury. Pulling anything from a team much more than a second-rounder doesn’t seem likely. Which in terms of value, the Thunder might just be better off hanging on to him.
http://dailythunder.com/2013/02/deadline-thoughts-and-five-potential-targets/
What about trading for Blair from SAS? He's a serviceable back-up Big, we wouldn't need to offer much to get him and he's got to offer more than Hasheem right now
@Dominator He is decent, but Spurs wouldn't trade him to us.
@Sigmund @Dominator spurs fans would love for us to take blair from them
@Sigmund I heard they were trying to get rid of him... I bet they wouldn't want much for him
@Dominator Yes, but they are trying to beat us.
@Dominator if you thought perk was bad, blair is even worse!
@CLthunderfan @Dominator You'r really, really, really stupid if you think DeJuan Blair is worse than Kenderick Perkins. Blair is exceptionally good.
@Dominator Ok but if the spurs are looking for a center then why are they getting rid of blair??
@CLthunderfan LOL - from what I can remember he crashes the offense boards pretty well and has a few post up moves. Not saying he will start or be a star, but I would guess he would become a top 3 re bounder on the team and atleast allow us to match up better with some teams.
@Dominator what dimension besides sucking would he give us?
@Bryson @Dominator just because a guy kills you every game means he is good?? if he is so good then why isnt he playing for the spurs? not to mention the spurs are looking for a big man as well.
I was thinking he must atleast give us another dimension
@CLthunderfan Lol... but is he worse than Hasheem??
@Dominator ok thats one game! Tony Delk once scored 53 points in a game, doesnt mean he is good at all.
@CLthunderfan http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=300113025
@Dominator http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/blairde01.html
@Tronchaser @CLthunderfan Brooks won't play him in the playoffs... no post game
I need to do more research... I did just look up his game against us in 2010 (Jan 13 2010), he had 28 points and 21 rebounds! He must have the potential to do something, perhaps he just lacks opportunity in SA?
@Dominator @Tronchaser true he is a monster against us I agree but not against the other 28 teams out there.
@Tronchaser @CLthunderfan You could be right, I guess my perception of Blair is clouded by his regular season perfomances against us last year (he seemed to be a monster!)
@Dominator I thought the goal was to improve our starting center? not our backup. Thabeet nor blair will ever come close to seeing the floor in the playoffs
@Dominator @CLthunderfan Why u no like HASHEEM THE DREAM?
How about Maynor, Perkins, and a package of picks for Garnett?
@attila11101 I mentioned it as somewhat of a joke before, but if we're willing to part with all of our picks, as well as k-mart, we could theoretically acquire KG and Pierce. If anything was going to get KG to waive that clause it would be going to the then-best team in the league along with his best boston buddy.
@DSYIII @attila11101 KG has a house in malibu and rumors say he wouldnt even go to the clippers where his house is. Why would he want to come here if he doesnt want to go to the clipps?
@attila11101 KG isnt waiving his trade clause
I gotta think that playing with Durant and Westbrook and competing for a championship might be tempting to him.
also saw the tweak on the alternates. i think the tweak it needs is to burn it a little. and by a little, i mean the whole jersey.
thabeets b-day today. and i wonder why he says in #THUNDERTFUP. i mean #THUNDERUP is enough already.
Who'd you guys say was the best dresser at the allstar weekend?
kD thinks its russ http://m.complex.com/style/2013/02/kevin-durant-thinks-that-russell-westbrook-was-the-best-dressed-player-at-nba-all-star-weekend
@Cold-Blooded in those pictures definitely CP3
Maynor, Thabeet, toronto pick for Nikola Vucevic
what do you think?
@KD4theWin i think he's untouchable. but the chances of this trade happening is increased b/c of the relationship between presti and hennigan
@KD4theWin Acquiring more bigs without getting rid of Perk is only going to lead to frustration on the part of the fans
@KD4theWin We'd have to give up more then that, IMO we'd have to give them martin and take one of there garbage contracts.
@Lost Ones Then add Martin for Reddick..I figure they are rebuilding, it would be good for them to have 2 lottery picks in the draft...that doesn't happen alot
@KD4theWin @Lost Ones why would they trade away their best prospect for a pick that's likely to produce someone worse than him? Wanting it to happen doesn't make it a reasonable trade.
@DSYIII @Lost Ones you can't expect vucevic to be a franchise leader...are you serious? he is a solid player that could be great addition for a contending team...Orlando just wants picks and expiring contracts they will build from the draft..Afflalo is more likely to be the "leader" or a potential top 5 pick they copuld get...
@KD4theWin @Lost Ones If they are rebuilding it would be good for them to have a young center to build around. What's their motivation?
http://www.hoopsworld.com/10-players-who-shouldve-been-traded-already/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-players-who-shouldve-been-traded-already&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
@WojYahooNBA For all the leverage Brandon Jennings sought changing agents, reality is unchanged: No one will max him out, Bucks will match sheet in July.
we should sign or make an offer for Andrey Blatche he is averaging 19 and 10 per 36 minutes
it would be great improvement for us at the C
@KD4theWin Dudes a headcase.
@KD4theWin He will probably be hard to get.
If KMart isn't dealt should Presti go to work immediately to sign him or wait 'til summer and let the market set his value?
IMO, sign him right away. Remove the possible temptation of more cash.
@PNT If we want to keep him, I would hope there is an offer in place quickly. Not only do we want to avoid the market, but we don't want Martin's value to get inflated by helping us to a deep playoff run. Martin is who he is already, and the playoffs don't change his actual value. However, players on winning teams often tend to get more money than they are worth for their veteran savvy or supposed "winner" qualities.
@PNT Presti should be signing him now if he's not going to trade him
@Lost Ones
Presti keeps all options open. What if a knockout deal was out there? He wants as many pieces as possible to deal with.
@PNT On the contrary, if he isn't signed before the deadline, ship him out.
@PNT wouldnt he have to wait for july ?
@PerkPunt
Nope. Remember when the Grizz signed ZBo to a deal during the playoffs?
@PNT Okay. Is this because we own his rights?