Monday Trading Post

He can create his own shot better than Blake and can’t be any worse on defense and it late game foul shooting.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=216632381994454201527955681026&teams=2222213030212222&te=&cash=21:22

Baron Davis, Clippers; Monta Ellis, Warriors; Elton Brand, Sixers; Gilbert Arenas, Wizards; Tony Allen, Celtics; Emeka Okafor, Bobcats; Luol Deng, Bulls; Daniel Gibson, Cavaliers; Delonte West, Cavaliers; J.J. Barea, Mavericks; Antoine Wright, Mavericks; J.R. Smith, Nuggets; Kwame Brown, Pistons; Ronny Turiaf, Warriors; Ricky Davis, Clippers; Sasha Vujacic, Lakers; Tyronn Lue, Bucks; Ryan Gomes, Timberwolves; Craig Smith, Timberwolves; Sebastian Telfair, Timberwolves; Keyon Dooling, Nets; Jarvis Hayes, Nets; Devin Brown, Hornets; James Posey, Hornets; Chris Duhon, Knicks; Mickael Pietrus, Magic; Andre Iguodala, 76ers; Louis Williams, 76ers; Matt Barnes, Suns; Beno Udrih, Kings; Roger Mason, Spurs; Kurt Thomas, Spurs; Jose Calderon, Raptors.

Source: ESPN Chris Sheridan

From us: Apparently Shavlik is still not eligible (Dec. 15 or three months after signing deal, whichever is later)

Happy trade inclusion. I expect a small number of deals going down today, but not really a flood of deals.

I try and keep my trade posts in the correct place.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=1994454279510158468661710692&teams=2415152222152224&te=&cash=

The Trade:
Portland gets Tony Parker, Thomas and Gadzuric. Portland buys out Thomas so he returns of S.A. before the playoffs.
San Antonio gets Redd, Blake and Thomas back in 30 days.
Milwaukee gets Webster and Massive cap help.

Why Portland does it. Gets someone great for RLEC.

Why S.A. does it. (I don’t think they would but…) They get a great player in Redd and some question if he really fits in S.A. I dug this up at the San Antonio blog.

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2008/12/3/678807/the-case-for-against-tony

Why Milwaukee does it. They get a young and cheap replacement for Redd and a ton of cap help. (Cheap owner.)

I found this from Marc Stein.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-081213-14
Marc Stein:

• I don’t get the impression that Milwaukee’s Michael Redd is being shopped. I do get the impression that the Bucks will happily listen to Redd proposals if the phone rings, with two years and more than $35 million left on our beloved lefty’s contract after this season and with Richard Jefferson arriving in Brewtown in June with a contract in the same ballpark. "I think they think they’re the same team at this point with [Redd] or without him," one rival-team official said of the Bucks.

KP has worked with both teams before. That’s got to be a plus.

I don’t think that S.A. would do this now. But they would end up with an A+ player and a pretty darn good replacement for Parker in Blake. Milwaukee is probably looking for more out of Redd, but if they just want to get rid of his salary, I don’t think they can find a better deal.

jscot’s trade proposal is – so far – better than any of the others post here.

Personally, I’m on the fence. Section 213 seems to have a well developed sense of humor. But I think I’ll miss timbo’s lovefest with Channing Frye.

Assuming Amare wants to get out of there to play for a competitive team when he becomes a free agent in either 2010 (ETO) or latest 2011, their "core" looks like this:

Dragic
Richardson (2011)/Barbosa
Tucker/Dudley
Amundson
Lopez

Bahahaha. Okay, they have cap space themselves beginning in 2010 when Shaq comes off the books, and their 2010 first round pick already lives in Oklahoma City (Kurt Thomas "trade"). Suddenly it doesn’t look that unlikely that they could be interested in trading Nash or Amare ahead of time. I’m not a big fan of trading for either, but they don’t seem as unattainable as I thought if you consider that sad future roster when those two leave Phoenix for nothing and Hill retires.

He was a centerpiece in my trade idea last week to get us both Wallace and Conley in one deal.

Get to know the college crop, as a couple of them will be holding up Kings uni’s come next summer. Drool over Blake Griffin, Ricky Rubio, Brandon Jennings. Spend hours pouring over stats. Revel in their prime time heroics at the NCAA tourney. Breathlessly await their official measurements from the pre-draft camp. Join me in tracking and creating tasty but useless mock drafts. Then watch as we get screwed at the ping pong ball draw. Rail when Kevin Pritchard (seemingly) hoses us again. And go nuts when Geoff Petrie drafts a player that was not even on our board.

Ellis is supposed to come back this week. Then they would have 16 guys on the roster. So either they waive a rookie, or they make a little deal.

Crickets. Crickets.

Thanks for the interest. Unforunately TZ has me locked into a long term StR contract (the Ron Artest jersey as a signing bonus was just too good to pass up at the time…).

Outside of the 3-4 times that we play scrimmage the Blazers, I root damn hard for you guys. I have already professed my man-crush on Brandon Roy (though I’m not sure that I want to go for a drive with him anymore), and I really, really want to see you guys knock a “premier” team on it’s arse come playoff time.

For the next couple of years, it will be easy for me to root for the Blazers. Hopefully, the Kings will improve quickly, we can begin to compete with you, and I can develop a healthy (yet respectful) hate for your squad.

Good luck – stay healthy!