Now I Understand the Reason Why Orlando Matched the Offer For Gortat

if gortat was a starter he would not post 15 10 and 2. that is silly. dont overvalue him because he is a good role player. He is a role player that fits perfectly with the magic behind dwight. the magic kept him because teams overvalue big men. a team will trade for him next summer and they are going to get a good value out of him. hes a decent starting center with a underpriced salary

The best way to avoid the luxury tax would have been to not re-sign Gortat. I think Orlando will keep Gortat and give him better mins b/c outside of Howard, they have no quality bigs. Gortat will see some time at 4.

Actually im betting the magic want to get rid of him right after dec 15 or when they are allowed to, he will bring cap relief might be able to get a pick or 2 some expriing contracts or could just add a player to put them over the top, unless Howard goes out with in injury which i highly doubt he will be gone

Im not sure about oklahoma Presti has been reluctent to take on anyone with a long term contract and i think he wants to see how mullens and ibaka develop before they would trade for him

At the MLE he’s great value, and I can’t imagine Presti passing on that.

What do you think OKC would offer for him? Collison? One of their first rounders? Etan Thomas is also expiring, and he would give the magic pretty much the same as Gortat.

Gortat is a nice player and he would give OKC another nice young piece

i wouldnt give up phoenixs unprotected pick, theyll probaly not make the playoffs so it will be sexy, i think theyll let mullens and ibaka roam for a bit but i dont see who they would trade and who the magic would except?

gortats per 36 min averages (starter minutes) 15 pts 14 rebounds a steal and a block… that pretty good in my book

So u would give up a high first draft pick in a big mans draft and give away another big man for some one whos never played starters minutes before and pay him 5 mill a year for a few years

What’s the difference if they trade the pick for Gortat. Either way they are using it on a bigman. And since Aldrich is the only C whos not a project (Alibi) and he won`t fall to either of their picks, so getting a legit C for a late lottery pick is a pretty good deal. And collision isn’t really a C, and that`s what they need.

If BJ and Ibaka do improve, then that`s just another asset that they have, but there is no guarantee that that happens, so they need to plan otherwise.

Just out of curiosity, if OKC does swing a deal for Gortat with the sun`s pick, who do you think they should take with their own pick, and lets say its in the 9-11 range.

i would take a sg to groom for the future or a tweener, like willie warren evan turner

people tend to overrate a player that comes off the bench and put up ok numbers in a limited period of time. the fact is gorat is not as good and some fans want to believe. hes not given starter min for a reason. hedo left and im pretty sure he still wont start. and the per36min is wayyyyy overrated. gorat would be playing more min against better players instead of back ups. hes not the jason terry or manu comming off the bench player because the team wants offensive fire power off the bench. and if he was wit okc hed come off the bench also.. he isnt better then kristic or green. orlando matched because they didnt wanna lose him for nothing and they know that if it doesnt work out they can always trade him for some players that they need

Average being better than Pachulia, Pachulia being better than Hilton Armstrong etc.
Remember the game against Philly he can hold his own and is a tad athletic for a 7footer.
consider him an upgrade from Drew Gooden. Now Dirk Nowitzki will have to play center 4 certain stretches.
Had Dallas managed to sign Gortat that would have been awesome. But o well

Detroit is another team that would be interested… What could they offer ORL?

and i believe the magic will not trade him unless they get some real value like picks, or a player of need. i doubt they trade him this season. they want to save him for the playoffs. so he can increase his value even more.

i agree with half of what you said the truth..except remeber in the playoffs rotations get tighter so dwight rashad and bass will be playing longer then they normally would unless they are blowing what ever team they are playing wayy out( up 20 at the end of the third as we know doesnt count because it seems thats like a 5 point lead in the nba playoffs)