Mirza Teletovic and Markieff Morris? Arent they ideal trade Candidates?

[bigal534]

Expiring deal from what i saw on Hoopshype for Teletovic, morris young on decent deal.

Lee and Dallas first rounder plus a 2nd?

What is everyones feelings on them?

What would phoenix want?

[rondohondo]

yes , we need some shooters off the bench

[max215]

Mirza is. Not so sure about Markieff.

[crimson_stallion]

Not sure that either player makes much sense to us.

Teletovic is essentially a poor man's Kelly Olynyk (worse rebounder, worse passer, worse defender, worse at getting to the basket)l.  Plus he is older (30) despite not having any more experience, so Olynyk has much higher upside.

Morris has talent, but he's nowhere near good enough to justify putting up with all of the attitude issues.  I'm willing to take a shot on guys with attitude problems if they have rare talent (e.g. DMC, and Dwight Howard) but Markieff Morris is a very replaceable talent, so there doesn't seem to be much incentive in risking team chemistry by bringing him in.  Which is basically the same reason why I'm not big on keeping Sully - he's talented, but not talented enough to offset the risks.   

Both players with talents, but just not convinced that we would benefit from adding them here.

[PhoSita]

I'd say Mirza and Tucker are very gettable targets who would help the team in the present.

I'd prefer to simply give minutes to Mickey and Hunter / Young and see what happens, though.

[saltlover]

They're ideal candidates to be traded by Phoenix.  But not ideal for the C's at all.

[mctyson]

Mirza is. Not so sure about Markieff.

Unfortunately I thin Mizra is not much of an upgrade (maybe even a downgrade, defensively) over Jerebko.  Don't see why we would give up anything for him.

[SHAQATTACK]

Please see Jeffs article we need Morris like a hole in the head

[bigal534]

Mirzas shooting is why we need him. He would get tons of wide opens looks and i believe he would become our best shooter instantaneously.

I could care less for Morris, but numbers worked so wanted everyone's opinion.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

I agree on teletovic. I said a few days ago we need him/bogdonovic type of player.

[crimson_stallion]

Mirzas shooting is why we need him. He would get tons of wide opens looks and i believe he would become our best shooter instantaneously.

I could care less for Morris, but numbers worked so wanted everyone's opinion.

There is more to the NBA than just shooting, which is basically the only thing Teletovic is actually good at.

I know the NBA and it's fans are all up in the "Go ga-ga over shooting bigs" thing right now, but to be completely honest I don't buy it.  I don't care how good a shooter he might be, having a  big man who cannot defend, rebound or score in the paint is (IMHO) a major liability.

I like Olynyk as a stretch four/five because shooting isn't all he does out there.  He plays great team defense, he's a better rebounder than he's given credit for (he's not good, but passable), he's a very good finisher around the basket, and he's an outstanding passer.  When you have a big man who can shoot and can also contribute in other ways, then that's an asset.  especially when said player is only 24 and still has potential to improve.

Teletovic though isn't really more much than a pure role player - he's a shooter, and not a whole lot else.  At 30 years old, he's not likely to ever become any more than that either.  Only way I could see him being much use is coming off the bench as your third tier big, but I'd much rather give those minutes to Mickey.