Scott Pollard

[TnDawg]

Over on Realgm, is a report from Hoopshype, that he may be traded to the Hawks so Indiana can sign Reuben Wolkowski, a center from Argentina.

[Blunt91]

We don't have anyone to trade for Pollard except maybe Boris Diaw but the contracts would still not equal out. If we wanted Pollard the Terry & Stephen Jackson proposed deal would have went down instead of Jack for Al Harrington.

[f_town]

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[Diesel]

I think we're the only team that can take pollard's salary for picks or maybe one player like......... CC or Delk? Do we want Pollard? I don't think so. I mean, he would be a sufficient C, but at this point, I'm willing to go with Drobs/Collier if we can't get a guy like Clark and just play hard and see what the season brings.

[capstone21]

I don't want Pollard either. He has 2 years left on his contract and he is just another backup center in this league. He makes too much money for his game.

I don't wnat to trade CC for him since his contract comes off the books at the end of the season.

[emeans]

I have to agree. I really don't like Pollard's game. He is not a good fit for what we are trying to do with Atlanta.

I hope this doesn't pan out.

[Spiral]

Man, I would be ticked if we signed Pollard without picking up someone really good in the process. His contract is a joke for his skill level. Plus he's got two years left on it. He's not even as good as Pryz was.

[Boondocks]

Indeed, would rather use the cap space on Swift or not at all and try our luck again around the trading deadline.

[Nicholasp27]

why not pollard and tinsley then?

tinsley is a true pg, which we could use

pollard is not a perimeter center (we already have those), but he's a hustler that'll do the low post dirty work and the little things

i still remember how he played for the kings...he just wasn't part of the system in indy with al/oneal...but since we have al/walker and walker likes the perimeter, he'd be pretty good

and i've always liked tinsley...he'd definitely be a good distributor and floor general for us...and much younger than KA...only his 3rd year

[Boondocks]

I have nothing against Pollard, in fact on the right team he'll be a very useful tough player. However since he has 2 yrs remaining and will not be a key component of the team's strategy, I'd rather not give up any caproom and try our luck later on when teams are more desperate to make a deal.

Again, he's not bad, and yes we do need size, but putting him on the team this season will become a problem next season.

Pollard is owed 5,792,250 this season, 6,274,937 next season. If we trade for him using only a 2nd rounder, next season we’ll have a guaranteed salary cap of 20,194,840 + 6,274,937 = 26,469,777 for 8 players. Add the players selected in the 1st rnd of the draft and we may not be able to give a FA max type money, without Pollard we could.

Hence Swift is worth it , but Pollard isn’t.

[Nicholasp27]

good point