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Originally Posted by The Big Chill
Bayless needs to learn to be a better PG. He needs to earn minutes by playing smart basketball on both ends of the floor. I really don't think that playing a whole bunch of minutes the same way he has played last season and the first 3 games of this season will make him better. Watching Calderon, learning from Casey, and playing 15-20 quality minutes will make him better (if he has it in him). We know he can score and push the tempo, but he needs to be a better distributor if he wants to be a starting PG in this league.
Same goes for Davis at the PF spot. Watch, learn, play quality minutes.
I would rather see the young guys develop with back-up minutes while we hover around .500 for now, then closer to the deadline trade guys Calderon, Barbosa etc. once their value is higher. We will still eventually end up with a draft pick in the single digits, and we may be able to add more picks by trading others.
Also, if we trade all the vets now then we will end up playing the young guys to the point of injury as well. We need bodies for the season.
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Picking up bodies is as easy as one telephone call. Plenty of useless vets sitting at home. D-league types can be picked up anytime. Kleiza will be in the lineup soon. Alabi can be called back up.
Just like the Flames, I would trade the vets whenever a good deal comes up. If they have to wait till the deadline then so be it.
If Bayless is going to learn by sitting on the bench it won't be by watching Calderon. He won't go near the paint, he dribbles way too much and basically the pick and roll is all he does. Yes he is very efficient but when you don't do anything that isn't exactly a glowing endorsement. When he makes his jumpers then he is that 2nd/3rd scorer. Other than that geez he should not be copied in anyway. Note I didn't mention his defense--that is too scary a topic.
Davis ain't going to learn much from watching Bargnani either. He has virtually none of the skill set AB has. Nor the height, reach etc. He might as well play backup center and watch Amir. He plays a game much more like him anyway. Though he would get owned as the rumours about him bulking up are so obviously false.
Personally, I think, as soon as Bayless gets back and has a few games under his belt they are going to see if he can get it done. Otherwise the vet trades could be to go after a PG. Surely they will use the high pick on a SF so they need to get a PG with either a trade or as a free agent.
To get Davis and DD going they need a guard who will take the ball inside and then distribute. Nothing like what Calderon does. Not even remotely. If Bayless ain't the answer then they need to trade for one because Calderon should be a bench player.