Marc Spears on WEEI predicts the C's will make KG trade

[rondohondo]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

He was saying Jordan has improved his post moves and could produce more with more touches

Of course it would help if he made his ft's.....

[celticpride07]

Well if the lakers don't want to lose dwight for nothing this blockbuster works!

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine/?tradeId=bypmsem

Celtics trade: Pierce Garnett Bass
Celtics receive: Howard, Smith, Bledsoe

Lakers trade: Howard
Lakers receive: Jordan Bass

Clippers trade: Bledsoe Jordan
Clippers receive: Garnett

Hawks trade: Smith
Hawks receive: Pierce

[The One]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

Because he doesn't get enough touches, that team is full of players that LOVE to shoot.

[kgainez]

so let's assume C's want to make this trade and ask KG to waive and he says no?

Then what?

Do they keep Paul or deal him out regardless?

[winsomme]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

He was saying Jordan has improved his post moves and could produce more with more touches

Of course it would help if he made his ft's.....

He can't even stay on the floor...It's just a ridiculous position.

Plus, I can't get past the fact that we'd be trading KG for a player we passed on in the draft....

[The One]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

COULD be elite...implying that he will continue to develop.

[letsgoblue86]

What's the point of bringing in Williams if we're gonna trade Pierce and KG?

[rondohondo]

What's the point of bringing in Williams if we're gonna trade Pierce and KG?

backup sf for green?

[mkogav]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

Jordan is a 24 y/o 6'11" center who is averaging 9/7 in 24 minutes per game. Normally, player's peak years are ~26-31, give or take. Is he "elite" now? No. Could he be "elite" in a year or 3. Yes.

Just remember, at 27 Tyson Chandler did not start for the Bobcat in the playoffs. He averaged only 15 minutes per game. The next season he was a defensive anchor and the starting C for the Dallas team that won the championship. He is now considered one of the top Cs in the league.

IMO, it's a little too early to judge Jordon.

Mk

[winsomme]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

COULD be elite...implying that he will continue to develop.

yet he only plays 25 MPG...

[TheBigTicket23]

This are gonna be emotional days if one of those trades happens. I can not believe PP and KG on other teams. Hell no. Tough situation

[kozlodoev]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

Yeah. If Jordan were an elite center please tell me how he is not one right now on a team with CP3 and Blake Griffin...

Really hoping he is wrong about this.

It is slim pickings among centers these days, but I don't see how anyone not named Noah, Howard, or Chandler (and maybe Varejao when healthy) can be called "elite" without stretching the term past reasonable credibility.

Jordan is a 24 y/o 6'11" center who is averaging 9/7 in 24 minutes per game. Normally, player's peak years are ~26-31, give or take. Is he "elite" now? No. Could he be "elite" in a year or 3. Yes.

Just remember, at 27 Tyson Chandler did not start for the Bobcat in the playoffs. He averaged only 15 minutes per game. The next season he was a defensive anchor and the starting C for the Dallas team that won the championship. He is now considered one of the top Cs in the league.

IMO, it's a little too early to judge Jordon.

Mk

At 27, Tyson Chandler already had 2 full seasons as a starter in New Orleans in which he averaged 11 pts and 12 rebounds. His play in Dallas wasn't exactly a revelation.

Jordan has 4 seasons of sustained mediocrity so far. Sure, he's younger, and maybe he can improve. But it's far from a given.

[Jeff]

I predict it won't happen.

[BballTim]

Jordan an elite center?

Spears just impeached his credibility with that one.

I am more inclined to agree with Flip Saunders, who was on ESPN radio this morning. His view was that you should be able to give the ball to your most important players down the stretch, and that Jordan not being able to make his free throws is a problem in this sense.

  He must not be a fan of players like Dwight, Shaq, Wilt or Russell.

[feckless]

The team those trades would build would not beat the team we have.  Younger more athletic but less skilled, less driven and much stupider!