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Rockets shopping Anderson for wing defenders - would take on long term $$

bLACKpANTHER

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I'm prolly in the minority but I feel like we need to hang onto Batum.. WAH!!!!!!
yeah, i kno.. his contract is horrid but he still has value to our team - and we would never be able to re-coup the value he brings because of the terrible year he had last season.. I think it is an outlier and he will bouce back "bigly" this year..

I'd be more than happy to get rid of MKG, Zeller or Biz's contracts.. Marvin provides a decent 3pt shot and vet leadership.. 

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On ‎8‎/‎2‎/‎2018 at 9:49 AM, bLACKpANTHER said:

I'm prolly in the minority but I feel like we need to hang onto Batum.. WAH!!!!!!
yeah, i kno.. his contract is horrid but he still has value to our team - and we would never be able to re-coup the value he brings because of the terrible year he had last season.. I think it is an outlier and he will bouce back "bigly" this year..

I'd be more than happy to get rid of MKG, Zeller or Biz's contracts.. Marvin provides a decent 3pt shot and vet leadership.. 

I agree.  Batum is a good player.  He's overpaid, but that doesn't take away the fact he is solid in pretty much every facet, and is the glue-type of player all top teams need.  He's just not that dominant star player that can take over a game and carry the team on his back. 

I honestly think last year was simply a combination of his elbow injury and not meshing with Howard that derailed his season.  Now that Howard is gone, I think he will be an invaluable piece to the Hornets....and moving back to his natural SF position will also be big for him.

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I agree he was mismanaged last season from a positional perspective. Cliff insisted on playing him out of position for some reason. Hopefully a return to his natural spot and being healthy will at least make him gold enough to make him tradeable. 

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