I am not a fan of dealing him to a contender because they don't have nothing they are willing to offer us. I don't like Houston or Philly either. I guess it's between bad teams and Milwaukee. I don't know. Smith on Milwaukee might be really good.
Larry Sanders is looking like a young Ben Wallace to a small degree and he's doing it next to Ilyasova who I like but I am not in love with. I do know Ellis is a
#1 option scorer who doesn't mesh next to Brad and has low BBIQ but that man can take on double teams and Josh would really help on D. Milwaukee might be a legit team after this. Like a really legit team.
Teague
Ellis
Dunleavy or Luc
Smith
Sanders is a really good nucleus.
I like Brooklyn nucleus coming into the year and I do think if they can get a better PF than Hump, they can do somethings outside of a 2nd round exit.
I really like that Milwaukee squad.
Legit
#1 option- Check
Defense- Check
Protect the rim- Check
Size- Solid
Length- Check
Shooting- Check
They would have two way players in Teague and Smith. While Teague is not a true PG and can't run an offense, he can defend and can score and does manage a game decently. An elite scoring guard who has his flaws in Ellis. An defensive specialist in Sanders and a decent good shooting role player in Dunleavy not to mention Luc coming off the bench with Tobias, Udrih, and Gooden. That's a very good team. While I won't go to far to say what I think they will do long term, I will say that this team could become a dark horse team like Indiana or Memphis.
As for Atlanta, it just depends on Larry Drew. It's clear we stopped playing to Al's strengths and Josh's strength due to the supporting cast offensively. As you seen, we seen a huge dip in their % and more importantly, no Joe to draw doubles when we do that. Jennings is a tricky player. Is very talented. Has excellent playmaking skills, can run an offense and runs a quality PnR. Occasionally shots well and has greatly improved his finishing in the paint. His issues are his on ball defense is suspect. His shot selection is suspect. His decision making is suspect, is madly in love in shooting threes when he's not good at it, and he isn't consistent either. To some degree, he's like Josh Smith or Rajon Rondo. Heavily flawed stars but Rondo is in a great situation while Smith and Jennings well aren't.
In Atlanta, they have An elite PnR PF in Horford who in general just a very good player. A solid role player in Korver, a solid role player in Devin Harris, and a good backup center in Zaza. Jennings playmaking ability would be huge for Horford and should easily see his scoring go up to 20ppg but if the system and coaching is done correctly and with LD I expect good results, this should be a breakout for both Jennings and Horford. Now Daly is one player who I am so-so on. I think he's a decent center but his low BBIQ hurts his teams even though he has some talent. While he is a shot blocking presence, he doesn't have the defensive BBIQ like Josh Smith to ever be a defensive anchor. I am afraid with Josh lost that we will not be able to play the small guard unit again. I am extremely high on this move for Atlanta as it can see two players go to legit stars level but I am not stupid. I want to see it work first. Brooklyn proved to me right to a degree but Hump's averageness really hurt Brooklyn. I think Milwaukee will be a top 5 EC team with the trade easily. I am not so sure for Atlanta. This is could be epic and epically bad for Atlanta. It's about coaching and Jennings willingness to become more of a PG and less of a poor man's Iverson which he seems like he's intent on becoming in Milwaukee.
Jennings/*Lou*/Harris
Harris/Jenkins/Morrow
Korver/Stevenson/Toliver
Horford/Johnson/Scott
Daly/Zaza/Petro
They have team that would make the 97 Utah Jazz proud.
PnR ability- Very good with the potential to be Elite
Spacing- Check
Defense- ?
Protect the rim- Check
Size- Solid
Length- Check
Shooting- Check
BBIQ-? Daly and Jennings brings us down a notch. Harris is solid and Horford is elite while Korver has very good BBIQ. Without Josh Smith, Steveson might be a better starter than Harris is. The defense will need it. Korver is a good team defender but he's a poor man defender and we shadowed Josh on him. Daly doesn't have the BBIQ or ability to do so. No way we can get away with Harris, Jennings, and Korver on defense without a defensive anchor. I would rather just have Stevenson who is offensively limited. Either way, we need to find out if it works and we can draft a SG or sign one in FA otherwise. John Jenkins might be ready to start. He's a young light skin Jeff Hornecek. Looking at the SF options, Korver is our best bet in 2013-14. I think this could work. Why not especially considering Horford is a great PnR player and Jennings is great at as well and we have the shooters to keep teams on honest Jennings.
to see. Jennings has very good playmaking and PnR skills but his BBIQ and his shot selection isn't the best. I'll miss Smith to a degree as well. Very talented player, extreme talent, dude is in the top 10 in eight categories for PF's and he was in more last year with Joe and Al out for most of the year.
the knicks would never do that