Knicks · Wojo reporting Anthony Bennett is being bought out (page 1)

CrushAlot @ 9/21/2015 5:53 PM
Cant post the tweet from Wojo but other sites picked up on it.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/21/repo...
GustavBahler @ 9/21/2015 6:33 PM
Case study in being too cute with a lottery pick.
LivingLegend @ 9/21/2015 6:55 PM
CrushAlot wrote:Cant post the tweet from Wojo but other sites picked up on it.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/21/repo...

We already signed this guy --- his name is D-Williams

nixluva @ 9/21/2015 8:18 PM
LivingLegend wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:Cant post the tweet from Wojo but other sites picked up on it.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/21/repo...

We already signed this guy --- his name is D-Williams

I actually think there's more upside with DWill, at least offensively. DWill has shown some signs of life at times in his career. It wouldn't be that shocking if he found a role here this year. Bennett just seemed like a reach from day one and was never the prospect that DWill was.

BigDaddyG @ 9/23/2015 6:41 PM
nixluva wrote:
LivingLegend wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:Cant post the tweet from Wojo but other sites picked up on it.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/21/repo...

We already signed this guy --- his name is D-Williams

I actually think there's more upside with DWill, at least offensively. DWill has shown some signs of life at times in his career. It wouldn't be that shocking if he found a role here this year. Bennett just seemed like a reach from day one and was never the prospect that DWill was.


They both seem like reaches. I'll be honest, I thought Bennett could makeep it. He still might. He looked solid playing for Canada over the summer. The key for both guys will be too simplify their games and forget the hype they came to the league with.
knicks1248 @ 9/23/2015 7:12 PM
A #1 pick being brought out of his rookie contract, is this by choice? Because if it's not, that's crazy, that would make the cavs managment look like idiots, and minni to look even more foolish for agreeing to a trade that involved you best player.
nixluva @ 9/23/2015 7:43 PM
BigDaddyG wrote:
nixluva wrote:
LivingLegend wrote:
CrushAlot wrote:Cant post the tweet from Wojo but other sites picked up on it.
http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/09/21/repo...

We already signed this guy --- his name is D-Williams

I actually think there's more upside with DWill, at least offensively. DWill has shown some signs of life at times in his career. It wouldn't be that shocking if he found a role here this year. Bennett just seemed like a reach from day one and was never the prospect that DWill was.


They both seem like reaches. I'll be honest, I thought Bennett could makeep it. He still might. He looked solid playing for Canada over the summer. The key for both guys will be too simplify their games and forget the hype they came to the league with.

It's easy to forget the way DWill looked in college and why there was some level of excitement about what he could do at the next level. Some guys just ball out in the College game and have a much harder time at the next level.

I the NBA I think DWill was ever properly developed. No one seemed to say to him what he was supposed to be and give him a role to focus his game. The talent is extremely evident but without a clear role you only get glimpses of what he could do.

Both Bennett and DWill are tweeners but I think DWill has a chance to find a good role here in a system that rewards players that can be effective without the ball. His best attributes are getting in transition and finishing, moving without the ball and finishing strong at the rim. His weaknesses in just about every other part of his game are an issue but that's gonna be on him to put the effort in on D and the Boards. He's got the Physical Tools to be more than he has been.

Bennett is barely 6-7 and tho he has long arms he's just not what the league is looking for at PF or SF. DWill has a similar issue in terms of his being heavy for a SF. DWill is closer to 6-9 250 which isn't so far off for a PF. I'd take DWill if choosing between the 2, but both have underperformed. I just see a path for DWill to actually find a role.

WaltLongmire @ 9/23/2015 8:25 PM
knicks1248 wrote:A #1 pick being brought out of his rookie contract, is this by choice? Because if it's not, that's crazy, that would make the cavs managment look like idiots, and minni to look even more foolish for agreeing to a trade that involved you best player.

Bennet wanted the buyout...knew he would not get much court time...and they were not picking up his option next year. Smart move for him...needs to play some minutes so teams can see him...otherwise he'd be on the bench this year and on the street before FA, with nothing recent to show teams.

Foolish pick by Cavs...foolish move by Minny to take him in the trade.

Minny was going to lose Love, though...No?

GustavBahler @ 9/25/2015 6:25 PM
ESPN is reporting that the craptors are picking him up. Might be the best place for him, build up his confidence in front of the folks back home.
BigDaddyG @ 9/25/2015 6:51 PM
WaltLongmire wrote:
Foolish pick by Cavs...foolish move by Minny to take him in the trade.

Minny was going to lose Love, though...No?


you gotta remember that Bennett was considered more of a throw in. Wiggins was the real prize. Minny had nothing to lose by taking Bennett.
WaltLongmire @ 9/25/2015 7:21 PM
BigDaddyG wrote:
WaltLongmire wrote:
Foolish pick by Cavs...foolish move by Minny to take him in the trade.

Minny was going to lose Love, though...No?


you gotta remember that Bennett was considered more of a throw in. Wiggins was the real prize. Minny had nothing to lose by taking Bennett.

Understand the importance of Wiggins...and the non-importance of Bennet.

Could they have gotten something/one else, though?

BigDaddyG @ 9/25/2015 8:23 PM
WaltLongmire wrote:
BigDaddyG wrote:
WaltLongmire wrote:
Foolish pick by Cavs...foolish move by Minny to take him in the trade.

Minny was going to lose Love, though...No?


you gotta remember that Bennett was considered more of a throw in. Wiggins was the real prize. Minny had nothing to lose by taking Bennett.

Understand the importance of Wiggins...and the non-importance of Bennet.

Could they have gotten something/one else, though?


You don't get held up by Anthony Bennett if you have a chance to get Wiggins.
CrushAlot @ 9/25/2015 10:01 PM
TPercy @ 9/25/2015 10:20 PM
Any option that is better than or equal to Derrick Williams that we could have gotten for much cheaper.
CrushAlot @ 9/25/2015 10:43 PM
Bennett is only 22. Hopefully he figures things out. He was a Mc Donalds All American which is like being a pitcher taken in the first round of the mlb draft.
nixluva @ 9/25/2015 10:46 PM
TPercy wrote:Any option that is better than or equal to Derrick Williams that we could have gotten for much cheaper.

Part of paying DWill that amount is trade value. If he's too cheap you can't really use him in trades worth a damn. He's not making that much. Basically he's being paid like a draft pick. $4.4 mil which is just a hair more than KP.

Nalod @ 9/26/2015 10:44 AM
TPercy wrote:Any option that is better than or equal to Derrick Williams that we could have gotten for much cheaper.

Hindsight is great!

TPercy @ 9/26/2015 1:26 PM
nixluva wrote:
TPercy wrote:Any option that is better than or equal to Derrick Williams that we could have gotten for much cheaper.

Part of paying DWill that amount is trade value. If he's too cheap you can't really use him in trades worth a damn. He's not making that much. Basically he's being paid like a draft pick. $4.4 mil which is just a hair more than KP.

Who would want to trade for him if he continues to play like crap, which is how he has been playing ever since he has arrived into the NBA.

CrushAlot @ 9/27/2015 1:49 PM
nixluva @ 9/27/2015 2:27 PM
CrushAlot wrote:

Safe move for Toronto. They can take a look and maybe they catch a break and he shows something this year.

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