Blake Griffin- Chris Paul!!!

[bocabull]

In the NBA, it's better to have a quarter than three dimes. The Clippers are a SG and/or SF away from being elite. Having Blake and CP3 will attract FAs.

Caron Butler is a 31 year old career 16/6 all star caliber SF. If his knee is fine, which by all accounts it is, they are set at SF.

Billups will be a great fit with Paul in the backcourt. He's bigger and stronger and a better defender than Gordon. Paul, Butler & Billups will more than make up for the offense they lose in Gordon.

The Blakers are loaded across the board.

 

[Sam]

Caron Butler is a 31 year old career 16/6 all star caliber SF. If his knee is fine, which by all accounts it is, they are set at SF.

Billups will be a great fit with Paul in the backcourt. He's bigger and stronger and a better defender than Gordon. Paul, Butler & Billups will more than make up for the offense they lose in Gordon.

The Blakers are loaded across the board.

Have you ever seen Gordon play? One of his biggest strengths is his strength, I'm sure Billups is strong but I doubt if he's stronger. Also they're both listed at 6'3 but Gordon actually has a bigger listed weight by 5 pounds. Chauncey is 35 years old and is going to be asked to cover some athletic 2s, I'm really not sure how well that will work.

 

[bocabull]

Hey Sam. I love Gordon but the Clippers are going to pay Blake + 1 the max and you have to choose Paul over Gordon.

As for defense & strength I admittedly was just repeating what I heard from analysts. They said Gordon had trouble guarding other 2s but Billups didn't.

Anyway Billups numbers have not dropped yet. The Clippers are loaded with firepower and if Jason Kidd & Steve Nash can keep doing it I think big shot can too.

 

[kellensooner]

Have you ever seen Gordon play? One of his biggest strengths is his strength, I'm sure Billups is strong but I doubt if he's stronger. Also they're both listed at 6'3 but Gordon actually has a bigger listed weight by 5 pounds. Chauncey is 35 years old and is going to be asked to cover some athletic 2s, I'm really not sure how well that will work.

Definitely agree with this. No team in the league would rather have Billups starting at the 2 rather than Gordon. Not even an argument. Gordon has more length, is stronger, and much more athletic than Billups.

Good thing for the Clips is that they have some trade bait in Billups, Mo Williams, and Eric Bledsoe. No way they keep those 4 point guards on the roster. I'd like to see them keep Bledsoe as Paul's back-up and trade the other 2 for a shooting guard/depth.

 

[BigTime]

Blake on the news:

"It's going to be Lob City."

 

[sperry]

I don't like this trade at all. They already had Chauncy Billups and Mo Williams, who the Clippers traded the #1 overall pick in teh draft to get (I still don't understand why this doesn't get more press as one of the worst trades in the history of the NBA).

They would have been much better off just trying to sign Paul as a FA next season, or going after some big time FAs. Instead they traded 2 lottery picks and a solid big man for a guy who plays a position they already had some players at.

 

[WTSooner]

I don't like this trade at all. They already had Chauncy Billups and Mo Williams, who the Clippers traded the #1 overall pick in teh draft to get (I still don't understand why this doesn't get more press as one of the worst trades in the history of the NBA).

They would have been much better off just trying to sign Paul as a FA next season, or going after some big time FAs. Instead they traded 2 lottery picks and a solid big man for a guy who plays a position they already had some players at.

I pretty much agree.

 

[boksooner]

I don't like this trade at all. They already had Chauncy Billups and Mo Williams, who the Clippers traded the #1 overall pick in teh draft to get (I still don't understand why this doesn't get more press as one of the worst trades in the history of the NBA).

They would have been much better off just trying to sign Paul as a FA next season, or going after some big time FAs. Instead they traded 2 lottery picks and a solid big man for a guy who plays a position they already had some players at.

Trading the #1 pick was more about getting rid of Baron Davis's bloated contract than acquiring Mo Williams.

Paul wasn't going to be available in the summer. NO would have traded him to someone. If you have a chance to get one of the best PG in NBA history, you take it. Then you trade your other PGs. Billups, Williams and Bledsoe are not valid reasons to not trade for an elite PG. You trade some combination of those three to get a SG.

 

[Sam]

I don't like this trade at all. They already had Chauncy Billups and Mo Williams, who the Clippers traded the #1 overall pick in teh draft to get (I still don't understand why this doesn't get more press as one of the worst trades in the history of the NBA).

They would have been much better off just trying to sign Paul as a FA next season, or going after some big time FAs. Instead they traded 2 lottery picks and a solid big man for a guy who plays a position they already had some players at.

They traded a pick that in all likelihood should've been around 8-10, its not like they traded an unprotected pick that had top 5 odds. It was just poor luck that the Cavs somehow won the lotto with that pick.

 

[bocabull]

You guys have a short memory. Chauncey Billups started at the 2 on Team USA next to Derrick Rose over Eric Gordon and excelled.

At any rate, the choice was not between Big Shot & Gordon, it was between Paul & Gordon. That was the decision and the Clippers nailed it. Remember the Lakers were willing to give up Pau Gasol & Lamar Odom for Paul. That's how valuable the guy is.

BTW where are all those threads saying Pau Gasol is head and shoulders above Blake? lol I remember most saying I was crazy last year for saying Blake would post better numbers in his rookie year than Gasol had done over his career.

 

[sperry]

Trading the #1 pick was more about getting rid of Baron Davis's bloated contract than acquiring Mo Williams.

Paul wasn't going to be available in the summer. NO would have traded him to someone. If you have a chance to get one of the best PG in NBA history, you take it. Then you trade your other PGs. Billups, Williams and Bledsoe are not valid reasons to not trade for an elite PG. You trade some combination of those three to get a SG.

Mo Williams makes like 10 mil a year himself. It was a horrible, horrible trade.

 

[boksooner]

Mo Williams makes like 10 mil a year himself. It was a horrible, horrible trade.

I didn't say it was a good trade. I was just explaining the rationale. We are talking about the Clippers, here. Saving around $15 mil over the life of their contracts was worth a #1 pick to cheap Donald Sterling. Bad luck took it from a bad trade to a terrible trade, when the pick beat the odds and won the lottery. And if they don't trade Mo this season, they will just amnesty him at the end of the season.

 

[bocabull]

Mo Willams is a great piece of the Clippers puzzle. He will be their Jason Terry 6th man combo guard. $8.5/year is solid value for what he brings, which will be energy & scoring punch off the bench.