Perfectly timed trade proposal or...

That one is a head-scratcher. But I don’t get why the other pieces should be included. Adding cash is useless to Paul Allen. A pick swap sounds ok, but doesn’t NO want young talent this summer way more than Portland does? And what would NO do with Andre Miller?

I suppose in the summer, when this wouldn’t be a huge disruption to a fragile Blazers roster, this trade might make more sense. Peja is a huge expiring contract, that might be more useful in a three way that brings an A-lister to Portland. Until then, we’ll be watching Miller to see if he is the short term answer at PG, and Bayless to see if he is the long term answer. Maybe Collison would be better.

Magic 8-ball says “ask again later” …

David West, Peja and Darren Collison for Rudy, Martel and GO

or CP3 for Brandon and Miller.. I love this trade….

Honestly the Peja for Andre and Martell part of this deal is just ancillary.

It seems most folks have the biggest issue with that part of the trade. My interest in including that part of the deal was just to get us a good backup point guard and a decent defender who can shoot the three. I thought more folks would be amenable to it because Peja is an expiring who could be coupled with picks to get a good player, and neither Martell no Andre really fit into your long term plans as starters. It seems from the outside that most folks prefer Batum, and that Roy is still not comfortable with Andre at the point. I think you guys need a defender/ 3 point shooter first (Darren is still working on that part of his game but it usually takes college guys a year or so to get used to the pro line) and a secondary shot and assist creator second. DC is more suited to those roles than a guy who has been a high usage point guard like andre, who also isn’t a great defender or 3 point shooter.

From the Hornet’s end, we are in a bad cap situation which will require us to either trade David West for a prospect and cap space, or trade MoPete and our pick for cap space. Assuming that the luxury tax cap is at 65 mill, we have to cut 7 million, and add at least 3 players which means we really have to cut 10 mill. Trading Peja gives us 2 players for the price of one. Honestly, it’s a waste of Andre Miller’s talent to be backup, and it may cause some friction wit hthe team which might not even be worth it.

But anyway, I’d be completely comfortable with just Rudy for DC straight up.

Also what about Marcus Thornton for Bayless (just wondering)?

Why would the Hornets do this? It makes no sense for us. We trade a point who has been very productive in the starting role for a player with more potential. The problem is we trade trade a bench guy for another bench guy, and you trade a bench guy for a starter. No I don’t think he is right now better than Andre, yes I think he still would start becuase he could fit better with Roy (because of defense). I truly think that Rudy for DC makes both teams better. Does anyone really think Bayless for DC is a fair swap? Not all trades have to be a zero sum game. We both trade bench players for starters. Everybody wins.