Marbury to Portland? Why Wouldn't We?

by OregonDuckworth on Nov 17, 2007 4:04 PM PST Comment 6 comments

The more I think about trading for Marbury, the more the transaction seems like a no brainer. Consider the following points:

Marbury would be bought out, and would never play a game in a Blazer uniform. It might seem painful to pay a guy $20 million to not play, but that's exactly what we're doing with Lafrentz and Miles anyways.

We would save $8.7 million overall.

We free up all of our cap room at the same time, which makes the whole "sign a big free agent in 09" plan a lot more feasible.

We get rid of the last of the "jail blazers"

We open up roster spots, possibly to bring over Freeland or Fernandez over early (I may be wrong on this point, not sure what kind of buyouts/contracts this would take. Can anyone elaborate on this?)

Isaiah Thomas might be stupid enough to throw in a worthwhile addition like Robinson, Balkman, or a draft pick.

What it comes down to is one choice: Would you sign Lafrentz and Miles right now for two and three years respectively for $8.7 million payable in 2010? I wouldn't. If the Knicks would do the deal, it's an easy call.

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Uhm

They'd have to pay Marbury $40mil+ to buy him out. He's got two years left on his contract at $22mil and $20mil.

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by damir on Nov 17, 2007 6:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

I meant

20 million annually. And like I said, the buyout is still 8.7 million cheaper than keeping Raef and Darius.

by OregonDuckworth on Nov 17, 2007 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If they throw in David Lee

Can you imagine? Przy, Lee, Jack, Outlaw, whoever as a second unit?

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by supremepuntiff on Nov 17, 2007 6:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Aloha

I think them most obvious thing to prevent the trade is that no matter how incompetent Isiah Thomas is, it would make more sense for him to buy out Marbury on his own, instead up picking up another $9 million in payroll.

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by tominhawaii on Nov 18, 2007 1:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs