that Washington is so desperate they’re more willing to part with Butler for a little talent and cap relief. This economy will force someone to deal a very good player for financial reasons.

when he doesn’t start. Do we want that?

But I think there are better guys out there to get for that major trade chip if you make a package around Raef and don’t look to trade him alone.
I wouldn’t give up anyone from the major guys and the big talents to acquire Salmons, most importantly not Bayless who reportedly Sactown asked for in return. He is pretty small for the forward position (about the size of Rudy and Roy). He was bad in Philly. He has his best season now in Sacramento, on a team that isn’t doing much. He turns the ball over at a high rate for a guy who doesn’t have to bring it up. He is 29. I wouldn’t give up Travis for him, who by the way has Salmons rebounds per game in much less minutes. And we all know Trout is not the most diligent rebounder on the planet.

I’ll have the Chico Salmon – Elgin

but I don’t think a good fit here. He’s probably better at the 2 than at the 3; doesn’t like coming off the bench, and is a lousy rebounder.

If he could be had cheap, fine—but I’d rather get a guy like a Luol Deng than Salmons.

I don’t think he fills a need for us.

What I believe we need the most is a physical veteran PF, but if we got that route then Outlaw gets his minutes cut substantially. Honestly, the pieces we have now are fitting together very well and probably nothing will be done until the offseason. I suspect KP wants to live large on one more draft day.

I hope we’ll do RLEC (or cap room this summer) for picks and a future __EC (if the front office doesn’t see any player based offers they like). Wouldn’t that be great, then we could all start doing this again in the ‘10-’11 season (doubt they’d land an EC for ’10, those are golden right now)!

Any chance? Can he defend? Is he a good guy?

I just don’t see the fit here. He’s a decent player, but I don’t think the trade price is worth his value compared to Martell/TO now or Nic in the future. If we were 1 player away this year, maybe, but Salmons isn’t enough of a difference maker to put us in that category.

http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2009/1/27/737816/petrie-s-options-with-port#11765875

Back when the rumor first cam out I did some investigatory research on Salmons and here is what they had to say

for the first time since Trader Bob was here I have that feeling in my teeth and it will be sweeter then sweet. I won’t bust out the PS word but it will be the mother of all lopsided trades. Perfect storm for blazers, Young talent (that needs to be traded now to realize maximum value), the best expiring contract in the league, Economic poop storm, KP’s genius and Paul Allens big big BIG $$$.

Blockbuster. Bank on it…on second thought bookies are more likely to have your money then banks so BOOK IT!

I like Salmons, I like him a lot. I don’t pay much attention to Hollinger’s defensive scouting reports (he’s a stat guy and a good one but a scout he is not). He’s definitely another offensive weapon (would probobly be our 2nd best option after Roy). I’m not knocking his D, I’m admitting I don’t know much about it.

Suffice it to say that if KP does the deal for RLEC+not much more, it will have the thumbs up from me.

But he is a shoot-first player. We already have three of those on our team as it is.

I WAS all about trading Travis Outlaw…but he has come up HUGE for us the past couple weeks. I just don’t quite understand why we would trade a piece of the puzzle, especially one who should be starting over Batum.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=376454201530251705808&teams=222723272223&te=&cash=

Portland gets: Caron Butler, Bobby Jackson
Washington gets: RLEC, Sergio
Sacramento gets: Outlaw, DeShawn Stevenson and one of Portland’s stockpiled 2nd round draft picks

Why Portland would do it: Caron Butler is exactly the upgrade we need at SF. Bobby Jackson gives us a playoff-savvy veteran in the backcourt for THIS season (his contract expires at season’s end). Also solves the Sergio/Rex conundrum.

Why Washington would do it: financial reasons; Nick Young could possibly fill Butler’s scoring void; Sergio would be a solid backup once Arenas returns.

Why Sacto would do it: Bobby Jackson has no real purpose on a team this bad; DeShawn Stevenson can play defense; and of course Travis Outlaw is a good player at an even better value, allowing the Kings to have either an excellent 6th man or the necessary piece in place so they can deal Salmons.

are worthless coming off the bench,Channing comes to mind,not always an ego freak thing just the way they came from the factory

plays man2man defense like a 2-3, shoots like a slashing 2-3, rebounds like a 1, passes like a 4, and is role player (5-7th man on a champ team, 2-4th man on a non-playoff team) with a starters’ ego.