We need to highly consider keeping Maggette

and not a single mention to the article just beneath this one that discusses this very subject…lol -‘Shifting Sands’

People need to forget about the $50 million because that is the future. It’s hard finding cheap talent. Talent costs money. You’re not getting a guy like Maggette for $20 million.

I agree talent costs money.Unless u draft a quality rookie in the middle of the 1st round.I say Trade C.Mag and Azubuike for draft picks.

Unless its going to clearly make the team better, we shouldn’t be looking to get rid of our second best player. Maggette had an off year last year, partially due to more injuries than he usually sustains and partially because he switched to a different team. Give the guy a break! The contract is already signed, he’s on the team, and to be honest with you guys, even if we got rid of his contract, we aren’t going to sign any big time free agents. They don’t want to come here. Period. Not with the kind of FO and Coach we have right now. I agree that he shouldn’t be shooting long jumpers, but otherwise he is doing everything right.

any changes of substance in the personnel will cost something in actual on-court talent, not just a package of contracts attached to the likes of d.george or claxton. nearly the entire roster is expendable in the name of boosting cohan’s net worth, and we have to remember that their quest for another star to complement ellis will be aimed at ticket sales, and isn’t likely to increase the wins sufficiently to make the team a contender. they need a coherent, comprehensive rebuilding plan, and there’s no reason to think riley has the clout or mandate to do implement that. someone at the exec v.p. level (riley is far below that) has to be focused and empowered to assemble a winning combination of playing and coaching talent, and we know that isn’t in cohan’s plans.

Of the three contracts, Maggette is DEFINITELY the best piece so far.

After the season ending injury. He’d rather play for a better contract in the next offseason rather than testing the waters in 2010. He’ll be back and I for one am glad that he will be.

but he still does not fit in the long term plans of this team (at least what I envision the teams plans to be). Trading him now would definitely hurt us NOW, but could be the best thing we do for ourselves long term.

If we somehow managed to get an expiring contract for Corey + Fillers, AND use all the expiring contracts we have to trade for someone who is better or as good as Ellis….we will be a far better team.

Regardless of how well Corey is playing, he is still a player that can stagnate an offense. Playing like he does not stagnate an offense for 20 games, does not change the fact that he has been someone who has done that for his entire career.

I wonder how many variations of Azubuike’s spelling we will see in our lifetime.

Seriously people, you’re using a computer to post stuff, there’s no excuse to misspell a player on the team you follow.

/rant

Says that Maggs bad contract is preventing us from making meaningful moves.

i agree unless you are getting a player with the same numbers as maggete teade him , but if its just for cap relief dont do it !!!

As long as he doesn’t take jump shots and drives and tries to play D? He can stay. =) I like him. Aint much else we can replace him with is there?

Since we aint going no where this year… If we can package him and keep Monte and Randolph and Curry still for a proven player.. (Whom that might be? I don’t know.. We wont get no Allstar in return.. Were the W’s).. Go for it. Buike will be back next year and he can play just as well as Maggette IMO. We manly need a Post player /defender and we’ll be fine and compete maybe next year for a 8th seed..

Everyone wanted to trade Maggette for nothing,now he’s like god.
PLEASE,I love the man but if you’re going to support him;then support him no matter what.

I always dominate with him on NBA 2K10…………….. By the way my gamertag is BIG L 925 (i dont hav a headset but i will get one) if anyone wants to play ball hit me up

The problem is he isn’t.

He’s got three years left on that deal, after this one. Since we’re not going to be competing for the playoffs this year, or probably next year … the only time when we’re going to be in a position to actually win with him is when he’s a declining, overpaid player.

At that point, I don’t expect him to be able to contribute to us winning as much as the guy we could get for the $10+m he’ll get getting.

So the question is simple: can we trade him NOW to improve our chances of winning 2-3 years from now?

Yes, trading him will probably hurt this year. So what? This year hurts plenty already, it’s not going to get any worse. But if we could get some cap space and a decent draft pick, well, then, all of a sudden we’ve got pieces who might be contributing when the rest of this team starts to figure it out.

Yes, it’s giving up on this season – but this season is done already. It might even be hurting us for next season – but if Nellie’s our coach, we aren’t making the playoffs then, either.

$50M on a injury prone guy who doesn’t make us better. And history suggests that he’s gonna get hurt any game now. I’d love to hear fans thoughts once he goes down again, it’s gonna happen. I’m gonna say “hey, remember when people thought of him as a keeper??”

We have GOT to trade him before he gets hurt again.