Re: Baron Davis

[Georgek27@AOL.com]

In a message dated 2/5/2002 11:38:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
johnlyell@hotmail.com writes:


> I would still like to see us go after Baron Davis, he could change us like
> Kidd has NewJersey. If he is going to bail at year end, and the draft is
> deep in points couldn't it  make sense for them to move him say for an
> Anderson and say a draft pick? then they have a pick to take a point and 
> add
> another player they have missed since Eddie Jones bailed.  Adding Davis, a
> proven penetrating point guard, would open up Paul and Antoine's game
> immensely.
> 

Davis becomes a FA after next season if he's not resigned. I would make your 
suggested trade in a heartbeat but I think the only way Charlotte would make 
that trade was if they laughed themselves silly first (unless we crash and 
burn and then win the lottery). Davis would have an awful lot of value on the 
trade market. We would have to begin negotiations by offering all our rookies 
and that doesn't seem like enough. Other than Pierce or Walker, what do we 
have that Charlotte would even want? Why would they take Kenny back? They 
replaced him with Wesley several years ago and Wesley is still there. The big 
problem in trading for Davis is also the salary cap since his current salary 
is only about $2.4 million so it's difficult to compensate Charlotte until it 
becomes time for a sign & trade. Davis is going to get a max contract so even 
if we were able to somehow pull this off personnel wise someone would still 
have to persuade Gaston to take on a third max contract. Davis certainly is 
an intriguing player but he just seems to be out of our reach.

George