Suns trading Jusuf Nurkic to Hornets for Cody Martin

[Wood228]

I am not mad at it. We are wing heavy right now.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43720738/sources-suns-trading-jusuf-nurkic-hornets-cody-martin

[Toker Smurf]

And another 1st. I’ll take it. 

[KaseKlosed]

Hornets front office is cooking 

[Daddy_Uncle]

Great deal for us

[toldozer]

Happy with this but feel like we could have swapped Richards for him a month ago 

[MillionDollarCam]

We say this every year but a healthy Hornets team could be fun next year. It probably won’t be but it could be.

G - Ball, Mann, Simpson

G - Miller, Green, Smith, Jeffries

F - Knecht, Williams

F - Bridges, Salaun, Okogie

C - Nurkic, Diabate

Add in one of Flagg, Harper, or Bailey and things could be looking up.

Edited 1 hour ago by MillionDollarCam

[carpanfan96]

10 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

We say this every year but a healthy Hornets team could be fun next year. It probably won’t be but it could be.

G - Ball, Mann, Simpson

G - Miller, Green, Smith, Jeffries

F - Knecht, Williams

F - Bridges, Salaun, Okogie

C - Nurkic, Diabate

Add in one of Flagg, Harper, or Bailey and things could be looking up.

Next year you move Bridges and Ball and build around the draft picks from 26-28 and finally full commit to a rebuild. Ball can score and pass but is a huge negative on defense that’s hard to cover up and likely gets a return of 3-5 firsts. Can get another one or two from Bridges being traded. Giving the Hornets anywhere from 10-14 first round draft picks over the next 5-6 years. 
 

just my take on what they’ll end up doing. 

[frankw]

Offloading Martin and Micic is a plus in itself.

I'm glad the front office is aggressive. We'll see how this all pans out.

[MillionDollarCam]

8 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Next year you move Bridges and Ball and build around the draft picks from 26-28 and finally full commit to a rebuild. Ball can score and pass but is a huge negative on defense that’s hard to cover up and likely gets a return of 3-5 firsts. Can get another one or two from Bridges being traded. Giving the Hornets anywhere from 10-14 first round draft picks over the next 5-6 years. 
 

just my take on what they’ll end up doing. 

Next year I think the goal is to get one of those top 3 guys and give it one more go with the corp they have. If they go through all this injury crap again then I think they’ll blow it up and everyone not named Miller, Knecht, and their 2025 pick could be had.

And I could see Bridges being moved regardless if they get one of Flagg or Bailey.

Edited 1 hour ago by MillionDollarCam

[toldozer]

1 hour ago, MillionDollarCam said:

We say this every year but a healthy Hornets team could be fun next year. It probably won’t be but it could be.

G - Ball, Mann, Simpson

G - Miller, Green, Smith, Jeffries

F - Knecht, Williams

F - Bridges, Salaun, Okogie

C - Nurkic, Diabate

Add in one of Flagg, Harper, or Bailey and things could be looking up.

Some players are just soft and have soft injuries. Seems to me if Ball committed himself to taking care of his body his ankles wouldn't be so weak that a sprained ankle keeps him out for a month

[33inNC]

6 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Some players are just soft and have soft injuries. Seems to me if Ball committed himself to taking care of his body his ankles wouldn't be so weak that a sprained ankle keeps him out for a month

That is my problem, Ball just down not take it seriously and will stay hurt. Sad that we pay him so much to sit on the bench injured more than half of the time.