Rudy, Sergio, Batum, Raef for Deng, Hinrich... a fine holiday selection of dumb message board trade ideas

of such high esteem.

Compare Kwame to Bowie.

Kwame could be the worst player ever, Bowie nearly averaged a double double.

Yet another lebron trade machine situation.

And you can tell what the writer’s favorite team is.

I can’t remember how I did it, but it was a stroke of brilliance, as it also had us getting lebron, AND duncan….

 S/ obviously I’m smarter than kp too! \S he he he!! :)

> rudy, lafrenz, for bulls 2009 1st rounder, ben gordon, drew gooden, thabo sefolosha

Take out Gooden and put in Deng and KP might do this. The Bulls are definitely a lottery selection this year, the way they are going. I’ll bet they keep this pick though. – Elgin.

people to create hypothetical deals involving teams other than their favorite ballclub. It allows the person to think clearly and objectively by removing any possible bias, while also improving their critical thinking skills.

For example, here’s a trade proposal that involves the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Minnesota Timberwolves.

FROM CLEVELAND & TO MINNESOTA
SG Wally Szczerbiak ($13,775,000)
C Lorenzen Wright ($797,581)
PF Darnell Jackson ($450,000)

FROM MINNESOTA & TO CLEVELAND
SG Mike Miller ($9,128,575)
PF Brian Cardinal ($6,300,000)
C Mark Madsen ($2,630,000)

http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=4840941

For starters, that trade propsoal couldn’t be consummated ‘til 12/15/2008 due to the rules and regulations of the NBA collective bargaining agreement. That’s only a trivial matter, though.

For the Cavaliers, Mike Miller would definitely be a substantial upgrade at the backup wing positions over Wally Szczerbiak. Miller, unlike Szczerbiak, is an superb ball-handler and passer for a swingman, as well as a proficient rebounder. Miller is a sharp-shooting marksman from downtown, too, so he’d replace Szczerbiak in that role without any complications.

For the Timberwolves, Miller, Brian Cardinal, and Mark Madsen are set to earn a combined salary of nearly $20 million during the 2009-2010 season. It, therefore, would be a financially sagacious transaction to trade those three for two guys with expiring contracts (i.e., Szczerbiak & Lorenzen Wright) and a player who’s got a non-guaranteed contract for next season (i.e., Darnell Jackson)—especially since the T’wolves are currently a struggling franchise without a clear-cut direction toward the future.

After signing off on that trade, however, the Cavaliers would also need to soon acquire an upgrade at power forward. In the likelihood of that event, Eric Snow’s heavily insured expiring contract, Aleksander Pavlovic’s contract that includes a non-guaranteed salary for next season, and rookie J.J. Hickson would all be major trading chips. Thus, without a futher ado, the following is a trade proposal that accomplishes said objective.

FROM CLEVELAND & TO OKLAHOMA CITY
PG Eric Snow ($7,312,000)
SF Aleksander Pavlovic ($4,500,000)
PF J.J. Hickson ($1,329,480)

FROM OKLAHOMA CITY & TO CLEVELAND
PF Nick Collison ($6,350,000)
PG Earl Watson ($6,200,000)
SF Damien Wilkins ($3,100,000)

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=34372172796197810272506&teams=252525555&te=&cash=

For the Cavaliers, Nick Collison is an all-around average interior presence who’s capable of splitting time at power forward with what’s left of Ben Wallace. Earl Watson, who’s reportedly complained about the Thunder orgainzation ever since the Professional Basketball Club, LLC purchased the franchise, would provide the Cavaliers with depth at point guard behind Mo Williams and Daniel Gibson. Finally, Damien Wilkins would be a slight improvement at the backup small forward spot — which really isn’t a big deal, particularly for a squad that features LeBron James — over the offensively inept Pavlovic.

For the team formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, Collison, Watson, and Wilkins all have contracts that last beyond this season — although Wilkins can dissolve his deal during the upcoming off-season, as he’s got an early termination option in it — thus, it’d be a financially prudent move for the fledgling franchise to part ways with them for Snow, Pavlovic, and Hickson for the abovementioned reasons. The trade, however, would leave the roster extremely thin at both guard spots; consequently, Sam Presti would need to make a couple of small, insignificant moves — such as waiving scrub pivotmen Mouhamed Sene and Steven Hill, while subsequently signing a young, versatile swingman (e.g., Derrick Byars) and a veteran floor general (e.g., Mateen Cleaves) off of the D-League scrap heap — so as to improve the team’s depth.

All right, that’s enough of me pretending to be in Danny Ferry’s shoes for one morning.

I don’t know how feasible this would be, but I find it intriguing.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=275445420151006406&teams=1515152222&te=&cash=

 My main argument for the Bucks taking this trade is that they would get younger and gain more cap flexibility. The Blazers would get a solid wing defender and a good scorer, win-win right? If you don’t like trading Channing you can replace him with Bayless or Sergio and it still goes through.

that when you make a trade you’re trying to get more value than what you’re giving up. And you actually don’t need to make a trade every 15 games to “right the ship” when you’re winning and have good team chemistry. The person with the least chemistry in our regular rotation is Oden, who is coming off of a year out of playing basketball, knee surgery, and a foot injury. I’ve got a trade idea – put your trade machines away and give the team a few more months before you think about trading anybody.

himself under basket? Holy Cow! get him immediately!

The only thing that Oden needs is about 3 months out of the spotlight to heal and get some experience.