Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

[90'sNBARocked]

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I wanted a scorer off the bench too

just not another "tweener"

Better than nothing, but I hope its a precursor to something bigger

What does this mean know for AJ? Lance?

Wasnt LA interested in AJ? I think to move AJ at this point would be good for both the Lakers and AJ

[pacer4ever]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

Check out the Raptors forum. Their fans aren't too happy...

http://www.raptorsforum.com/f/f5/bar...ded-22471.html

LOL


one of their fans though they were getting George Hill back the other though Paul George. LOL Crack is a hell of a drug. If Larry Bird traded ethier one for Barbosa I would of been irate.


Barbosa is a nice get considering the price but we need to get a C aswell IMO and maybe a SF.

[Trader Joe]

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I don't think we are done, something is happening I have a feeling that we are getting another an a point guard someway somehow.

You still think we're gonna be targeting another PG? I don't see how we could do that. I mean I'd love Rondo, but that's not gonna fall in our lap. If anything you'd think we're shopping DC for a big right now.

[idioteque]

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We also apparently got Anthony Carter....I have no idea why.

Where are you seeing this? If true, I imagine that would have to be for trade bait or something (although I can't imagine he is in high demand).

[Unclebuck]

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I thought Barbosa had a reputation of being a good defensive player?

I think he is average overall. But when he is really into it he can be better than average.

[Trader Joe]

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You guys think we could get a first round pick for DC? Would that be a move people would be interested in?

[Trader Joe]

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Where are you seeing this? If true, I imagine that would have to be for trade bait or something (although I can't imagine he is in high demand).

Sam Amick reported it on the twitters.

[Hibbert]

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We also apparently got Anthony Carter....I have no idea why.

I think Price will be moving.

[JB24]

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[speculation] We got Carter as a third point guard for when we trade DC. Why would they take him on just to waive him?[/speculation]

[Lance George]

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Barbosa's a guy who can not only score 20+ on any given night, he's one of the most efficient players in the league.

According to Basketball Reference, he has the 10th best career eFG% amongst active players:

Rank	Player	eFG%
1.	Dwight Howard	.5776
2.	Tyson Chandler	.5757
3.	Nene Hilario	.5600
4.	Steve Nash	.5569
5.	Mike Miller	.5483
6.	Eddy Curry	.5451
7.	Kyle Korver	.5425
8.	David Lee	.5421
9.	Carlos Boozer	.5365
10.	Leandro Barbosa	.5345
11.	Amare Stoudemire	.5342
12.	Peja Stojakovic	.5322
13.	Ray Allen	.5289
14.	Paul Millsap	.5266
15.	Shane Battier	.5257
16.	Rashard Lewis	.5243
17.	Andrew Bogut	.5225
18.	Pau Gasol	.5221
19.	Manu Ginobili	.5212
20.	Samuel Dalembert	.5183

The next highest Pacer is Danny Granger at 44th. Barbosa should be a big boast to our inefficient offense.

[Naptown_Seth]

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Some people are just impossible to please... We got an eighth scorer for free.

It cost you the ability to acquire a player you really need for "free". So your definition of free differs from mine.

You don't just trade the pick, you surrender your favorable status and leverage in the market for a guy that the team technically has in surplus if George Hill stays healthy.


I mean I'm not even a big Lance believer as some star PG, but he's not too shabby as 10 minutes of wing play, including a little SF time.


But a poor game from Roy and the team is toast (or foul issues). Lou is picking it up, but Lou isn't "starter caliber focus point" picking it up.


If NO really wanted something like DC and this is just a technicality shuffle of 2nd for Barbosa so DC can get you Kaman then okay. Ultimately that is really just 2nd for Kaman and DC for Barbosa which is a reasonable, smart move.


But look, why not get to more scorers "for free", use the rest of the cap space to absorb bench scorers other teams don't want. Once you tag this idea as "for free" then why not. You don't need them and it costs cap space, but it's all free.

[Speed]

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Questions

1.) isn't BArbosa's 7.6 prorated? Does it all count against the cap/money available?

2.) You get Anthony Carter and Barbosa, maybe there's a DC trade, could this mean a larger deal involving a big name point guard?

[BornReady]

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Barbosa's a guy who can not only score 20+ on any given night, he's one of the most efficient players in the league.

According to Basketball Reference, he has the 10th best career eFG% amongst active players:

Rank	Player	eFG%
1.	Dwight Howard	.5776
2.	Tyson Chandler	.5757
3.	Nene Hilario	.5600
4.	Steve Nash	.5569
5.	Mike Miller	.5483
6.	Eddy Curry	.5451
7.	Kyle Korver	.5425
8.	David Lee	.5421
9.	Carlos Boozer	.5365
10.	Leandro Barbosa	.5345
11.	Amare Stoudemire	.5342
12.	Peja Stojakovic	.5322
13.	Ray Allen	.5289
14.	Paul Millsap	.5266
15.	Shane Battier	.5257
16.	Rashard Lewis	.5243
17.	Andrew Bogut	.5225
18.	Pau Gasol	.5221
19.	Manu Ginobili	.5212
20.	Samuel Dalembert	.5183

The next highest Pacer is Danny Granger at 44th. Barbosa should be a big boast to our inefficient offense.

hehe Eddy Curry is on that list

on a side note, why would we trade DC? His contract is really small and he'd still make for a good backup pg...

[vnzla81]

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Man now we have like a million PG/SG combo guys, wtf?

[PacerPenguins]

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did we really get anthony carter too?