NBA Help Wanted only point guards need apply
January 27, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, Player Movement
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
There seems to be a plethora of quality point guards available on the NBA trade market.
Chad Ford breaks it down for ESPN.com.
this information comes largely from two sources: GMs who tell us what other teams are offering them, and NBA player agents who often play important roles in getting their clients moved this time of year.
While most of the players will not be moved by the trade deadline, if history repeats itself, several will.
Tops on Chad’s list is former North Carolina NCAA champ Raymond Felton of the Bobcats.
Felton is a talented point guard, but he doesn’t fit the pass-first mold that Larry Brown wants in his point guards. With rookie D.J. Augustin looking like the point guard of the future in Charlotte, the chances Felton heads somewhere else are pretty high.
Mike Conley from Ohio State and now on the Grizzlies is next on the list.
Some scratched their heads when the Grizzlies drafted Conley with the No. 4 pick in the 2007 draft. While Conley was a coveted draft prospect, the team was already loaded at the point guard position and it was unclear how he would fit. Eighteen months later, Conley still hasn’t found his groove in Memphis.
Conley is a good distributor and an excellent defender, but his shaky shooting has made him a liability. And with O.J. Mayo now dominating the ball, Conley is often left standing around on offense.
Andre Miller, Kirk Hinrich, and Baron Davis are also on the list.
Sounds like some teams are going to fix their point guard problems this year.
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