Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

[Since86]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

If A.Carter is coming as well, then there's definitely another trade coming along. ossed:

[5_7_Clash]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

Eric Smith @Eric__Smith Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Confirming the reported #Raptors / #Pacers deal ... Barbosa for a 2nd round pick. A. Carter may be in trade too (likely won't stay in IND

It definitely feels like there's more happening here that we don't know yet.

[Pig Nash]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

Carter thing intrigues me. He's not staying so waived? Or dealt?

[Dr. Awesome]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

Idk, seems like a move just to make a move. I don't see how he fits in here. More of a Jim O'Brien player than a Vogel player.

[Heisenberg]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

What other team could fully absorb Kaman without sending back players?

Pretty sure none.

[Nuntius]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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.

He can shoot very well and is strong enough to drive through contact. He is also a good ball handler. I can certainly see why he is efficient as a bench player.

[granger]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvh1EM7MTdg&feature=player_embedded

[MiaDragon]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

Eric Smith @Eric__Smith Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Confirming the reported #Raptors / #Pacers deal ... Barbosa for a 2nd round pick. A. Carter may be in trade too (likely won't stay in IND

[PacerPenguins]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

did we really get anthony carter too?

[vnzla81]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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

[BornReady]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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...

[Speed]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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?

[Naptown_Seth]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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.

[Lance George]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

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.

[JB24]

Re: Yahoo Sports' Marc Spears: Pacers acquiring Barbosa

[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]