TRADE IDEA???

This trade makes more sense than any other trade I have ever seen posted. Good work my friend. Again Minnesota would probably need to receive either some cash compensation or a draft pick because they do get a little snubbed. Otherwise, This is really a good trade for all teams. Lets substitute JBAYBAY with SURGE though.

Obviously though, G-Wall would be a nice pickup.

The other minor issue would be if KP had a plan to use RLEC in a better deal.

But yeh, we’ll see what happens….

Of the fact you all think this is such a great trade.

First off, it fails the initial hurdle of being a deal all participating teams get something of equal value. You have Portland giving up spare parts for a full time starter, a sometimes starter and regular rotation player. Why does Minnesota agree to exchange Smith for Diogu? As much as they could benefit from a true center, why pick up Muhammed to fill that role? He’s marginal at best and is signed for a few more years. You would have to assume Minnesota values Bayless so much that they’d do anything to get him. Guess what? No knock on Bayless, but the Wolves already have two average to undersized SG’s (Foye & McCants) that they’ve unsuccessfully tried to play at the point.

Charlotte doesn’t address any of their needs with this deal either, unless shedding salary is of prime importance.

As for it being a good deal for Portland, netting Wallace makes it so and Craig Smith might fit nicely, but anyone who thinks Felton offers much of an upgrade over Steve Blake must be high on something. Felton couldn’t keep his starting job from a midget rookie. Additionally, this trade creates roster issues at PG and SF. You almost have to assume trading Webster, who we just signed to an extension, as well as moving either Blake or Rodriguez. Finally, we probably sacrifice salary cap flexibility. That might not be too important if Wallace turns out to be the catylst this team needs to become a true playoff contender.

He’s got the potential to be the starting guard given the time he needs.

I also think its just wrong to keep Outlaw (6 years of patiently waiting) over Bayless (what, two games into his rookie season?).

For a time it looked like Charlotte wasn’t going to meet minimum team-payroll requirements. Wallace’s deal is long-term, and in this economy it’s possible that Johnson might want to shed the contract. But that’s a remote possibility, and at the very least I think Charlotte would want a guy like Outlaw, who’s got a reasonable contract and can help fill the scoring void left by Wallace and Felton.

I would also bet that Charlotte might try to get Raja Bell included in deals instead of younger players.