Gordon is just a shooter and nothing more, a volume shooter at that. He cant make plays, while monta has steadily been involving people, and he can’t take it to the rack has as effectivley as Monta, that gives you monta a triple threat player, to gordon, a pretty single dimensional guy, who is a scorer, but not much else.

id rather do the said trade for big Z, then waive him trade rumor thats going around. addition by subtraction.,

I have to say, I normally don’t click on trade ideas fanposts, but your use of the word “exploring” intrigued me. Good title.

As for Gordon, I think calling him a volume shooter is a bit misleading. Usually we refer to volume guys as guys that need a lot of shots to score their points – but Gordon is actually an efficient scorer. .572, .558, .573 TS% the last 3 years, well above average. So the greater his shot volume, the better his team will do…

They just signed gordon (26 years old) to a 5 year deal. Rip on the otherhand is nearly 32.

There is also the whole stackjack is barely below artest in terms of hate in detroit.

A big Z 4 rip 4 jack might be more possible… because it’d give detroit the cap room to get amare/bosh or someone else… but then what to do w/ monta?

Malice at the Palace.

Nothing to see here folks. Move on.

I would not trade Ellis along with Jackson for Gordon/Prince. Do we really want to be stuck with Gordon’s contract? Imagine Gordon and MAggette on the court at the same time. If we were to trade both those guys I would demand stuckey back but I still probably wouldn’t take it.

What do you guys think?

I think that hypothesizing a trade for a guy who another team has just signed to a reasonably big long term contract to be part of their ‘core’ requires major stretches to take seriously. Detroit ain’t moving him this soon, certainly not to get back a player who once charged into their stands to take on their fans.

First off I would love to see Curry and Morrow as our starting back court and to have Gordon as our 6th man(like he did in chicago, and is now doing in detroit) would be lethal. Tayshon gives us a 3/4 who can defend and move the ball better than jackson and can knock down the open 3. This trade would also allow us to shop maggette and b. wright so Azu can play more and when Wright comes back not clog us up at the pf spot. Great idea lilboots too bad it’s 99 percent unlikely to happen.

Darko Millicic looked fantastic last year in the all-star game. He looked way better than Carmelo and Wade, what a player! I also love that pass first point guard they just acquired. Without him, they wouldn’t be able to get the ball to all their new scorers : / …

On a serious note, I’m only entertaining this because I heard and read something about Mullin having a deal aligned with Detroit before Jackson got his extension that would have sent Prince here for the Stack Jack. If this is not just completely made up, then you’re forced to ask yourself, “What has really changed since then with Stephen, that would make him undesirable in the same deal?” The brawl happened before this, so that is virtually a non issue. He’s played better than he ever has in terms of stats.

Not many people know about Austin Daye, but I think Detroit is extremely high on their rookie and they should be. From what I’ve seen, he’s got loads of talent and potential. More than Prince did at his age, and they are players of a similar build and skill level. This makes it easier to pull the trigger on such a trade, as Jack is a different kind of player altogether and adds a different angle.

I’m not saying that Ellis won’t be an all-star someday, because I think he will. But I do think that Gordon fits in so much better, and will make Curry a more valuable player. Also, I think in the next two years, you will see fans, coaches, players, and talking heads start to say things along the lines of the Warriors being “Curry’s team”. I’m not sure how easily Monta will swallow this pill. I know he says things like, “It’s not all on me” and he brushes off leadership, but this Ellis guy has a lot of pride in his game, as he should.

It is logical to move Monta. Maybe not this season, but sooner than later would be better in my opinion. I would give him 40 games to prove that he’s ready to roll, then try to bring in some equal talent for him.

I think Gordon is an equal talent. At least with a player like Curry giving him the ball he would be. Did anybody watch the Bulls-Celtics series last year? Gordon took over those games. He has that kind of ability and will to shoot you into victories more often than not. He is efficient. He’s not a defensive liability, he’s a very solid 200 and he’s not going to let people put a forearm in his chest and cut by him to the basket. He’s an explosive player that not only fits so much better in a half-court game, but also in the break. He finishes strong and he gets himself to the line.

John Wall and Monta Ellis backcourt anyone?

we might not even need to tank.