Trade Drawer Announcement, Trade Question, and Fanpost Reminder

i would want are Rondo!! and petrius guy can shoot!

Pierce will retire a Celtic.
Ray Allen would cost us Nic Batum and no less.
KG’s too old and would cost too much also.
I would love to see KG anchor our defense and give us some of that Celtic Culture. He’s been playing great this year since he shook off the cobwebs…
He played some mean C against M Gasol, Bynum and phenomenally well against Dwight Howard.
BUT NO!
Celtics are my #2 team and I want the Big 3 to retire that way

their center is oooooooooooooooooooold!
not good trading partners…

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=82p6z2v

I enjoy playing GM, however, this season my GM bag of assets and trade ideas is empty.

Improving the Blazers this season will need to come from within. I still like this Blazer roster. It is a very talented roster, however, they are not playing well together right now.

Denver Stiffs reports Chris Anderson is on the trade chop block…

A “rather” feasible way to get Steve Nash…

First the major hang up with getting Nash is the quote from Pheonix that they won’t trade him unless he asks for it, seconded by Steve Nash saying he does not want to leave this year. I think this has been blown out of proportion. I think Nash would definitely leave for the right team, and I think we are one of very few teams that can offer him anything attractive. Mainly,I do think that Nash would enjoy playing in Portland for a myriad of reasons that have been listed many times this year. I’ll list em…

1) He’s a Pacific Northwest guy and this would bring him closer to his home, his brother (lives in Vancouver), and his business interets (Partial owner of Vancouver Whitecaps).
2) He would be immediately embraced by the Portland fan base, and Nash would benefit and feel grateful for the energy we bring.
3) Paul Allen is not afraid to pay a star of his caliber. (See below)

Next, I strongly believe that renting Nash for the remainder of this year, then having the upper hand in negotiating a new contract puts us in a very strong position for a soft-rebuild around LA, Nash and Batum. (Not a bad three for other free agents to want to play with). I think Nash would be interested in a three year contract (third year team option) around 8-10 million a year with incentives on games played to hedge his age.

That’s right, I did say Batum in my last statement. My proposal keeps our young star to be in Portland and here is how I would do it.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6pvtmml

Portland

PG: Nash / N. Smith / A. Johnson
SG: We$ / Crawford
SF: Batum / Childress / Babbitt
PF: LA / C. Smith
C: Camby / Frye / K. Thomas

Phoenix

PG: Felton / Price / S. Telfair
SG: S. Brown / Redd / E. Williams
SF: G. Wallace / Hill / Dudley
PF: Warrick / Morris
C: Gortat / Lopez / C. Johnson

A couple of caveats and reasoning behind this:

Portland obviously picks up the only point guard available to us right now that can help us win now, but we also get Channing Frye returned to us to backup Camby and find someone who can actually hit the three ball on a regular basis. Of course we are stuck with the albatross that is J. Childress, but its not like he’s any worse than Babbitt. I know our SF position is pretty thin with this trade, but we do have an extra roster spot that opens which gives us the chance to make a lopsided trade, D-League call up or the rare free agent pickup of Wilson Chandler who will be coming back from China soon. Or as Bill Simmons put, we could coax them into giving us Grant Hill for that last spot.

Phoenix does this for a couple reasons. First they get something back in return for an already departing Steve Nash. Second, then pick up two expiring contracts ($17 mill worth) on players that can actually produce if they chose they fit their system. Add to that they lose the stink hole that Childress, 6 mill over four years, brings and its a pretty attractive deal. Third they pick up a couple relatively attractive young pieces in Elliot Williams and Chris Johnson which they can use any way they want. The hold up in this deal for them is getting rid of Frye, however he has already been in and out of the lineup this year, and given the financial flexibility they gain with this deal I’d say its fair.

Oooook. So go ahead and tear this idea to shreds. I know its not perfect but I think it helps us fundamentally in the two areas we need the most help in. Backcourt prowess and three point depth.

Cheers.

To trade with the Suns would make us better this year and we need to do it sooner than later. Either Felton and Wallace or Felton and Batum. What we have to do is get Nash and Brooks out of the deal. Everyone is available save LA and Wes. Having Brooks and Crawford together would be amazing. Is it the fan in me or could we sign B-Roy to a contract for the playoffs only? Then, you have the Seattle connection!

We all would love Nash. The problem with the trade suggested is Phoenix won’t do it. Elliot Williams is not enough of a chip. Trades work because of cap relief or young prospects. Yeah, Phoenix gets some cap relief, but they don’t get enough young talent. Nash will be a hot commodity and someone will be willing to give up a legit good young player. Maybe we add in Babbit assuming Phoenix thinks he can play. The best way for this deal to work is to turn this into a three team trade that lets the suns spin off wallace for draft picks and also gets rid of warrick.

had a 9 and 9 in 22 mins last night. those guys are set. boozer goes out, they keep winning. deng goes out, they keep winning. rose goes out, they keep winning.

Got that nice mid range, a scoring threat next to LA and NO is trying to trade him. I want him to shave that disgusting beard-thing though…

He has show he can play in past stints with Sac. http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6vxklpl PDX adds 2nd rounder or rights to Joel Freeland.

“NBA? Why not NBA+?”

Step 2:
Bledsoe, Foye (exp. contract), Felton, EWill
for
Nash, Childress, Lopez

Step 3:
Lopez/Thomas and We$
for
Asik, Brewer, John Lucas

Thoughts?

the rest is basically filler trying to make it work financially and make a little sense for them. Apparently Jennings isnt happy in Milwaukie and wants a larger market, I’m hoping playing with an All-Star would quell that.

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6qxvppb

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=86euqzm
But I wouldn’t mind doing this trade. Take a chance on some players with the physical make up to Be players. Clean the slate a bit without losing flexibility.

I put that one out there about 1 month ago. Salaries match up, we’d get the better player, and we would have a legit floor-stretcher for LA. I think he’d be easier to resign for a reasonable 1-2 year contract, and I think he would still be effective despite being a bit older than GW (GW is already on the decline, and it will only get worse as his athleticism goes and he has to rely on his “skill”). I don’t see why boston would do this, but it makes sense for the blazers.

No to pierce, no to KG.

Trade I’ve seen yet, I like mo williams and roddy beaubois’ potential and I love GW but I do think he’s going to opt out (unless Dallas does make a deep playoff run) LA likes mo Williams though and have said they’re committed to him AND I don’t really think that they’re going to move him for a backup 3 option since they lost big shot this year….I mean CP3 likes what Randy foye brings to the table but they don’t want to have to depend on him that much and they’d have to if Mo was gone and Chauncey

Matthews for oj mayo strait up. Then move Wallace for mo Williams. Then trade Felton for cap relief and some kind of pick. 2 great shooters at 1 and 2. This team could score. We than look for a big in next years draft. The in out game would be tremendous as Aldridge would have 3 shooters to push back out too.

Mo Williams.
Oj mayo
Batum
Aldridge
Camby

Can’t believe we drafted Nolan Smith and JON DIEBLER over this guy.
Just look at the #s.

It is conceivable the Blazers could trade for Deron Williams. The only way it becomes a possibility is if Dwight Howard gets traded to either the Lakers, Knicks, or Chicago where he would resign after this season. At that point the Nets would have absolutely zero chance of resigning Williams, and would be forced to trade him or lose him for nothing in free agency. Given that, they would trade him to any team regardless of his wishes and let his contract year be another team’s problem.

Here is the trade to get Williams in a Blazer uniform. A few notes about the trade: 1) The Blazers would probably send Crawford instead of Matthews to the Nets. But due to the league rules, they would only be able to send him after March first (ergo the Trade Machine doesn’t let me include him). I personally would prefer to send Crawford to the Nets instead of Matthews as it is. The Nets would probably prefer Crawford as well, because he can play PG and they already have a young SG in MarShon Brooks. Matthews would just be redundant in their lineup. 2) The Blazers would probably have to throw in a first-round pick to get the deal done. But it would be worth it to get Williams.

Here is why each team does this:

Timberwolves: The Timberwolves have so many bad contracts they are over the Luxury Tax line, and need some serious cap relief. Marcus Camby and Raymond Felton would represent $18.8 million in cap relief for them after this season. They have a log-jam up front, and by trading Darko Milicic and Anthony Randolph they would help clear their front court situation up and allow them to move forward with a frontcourt rotation with Kevin Love, Derrick Williams, Nikola Pekovic, and Brad Miller.

Nets: I will admit, this is a little bit of a stretch for the Nets to do this. It is entirely conceivable they would demand Batum in the deal as well (more on this in a bit). But, each of the three players they would be getting are on expiring contracts and they would have a legitimate chance to resign each of them, where they would have no chance at resigning Williams. They would gain a first round pick, plus an ultra-talented forward to put next to Brook Lopez in Anthony Randolph. They could instantly rebuild their team with a starting five of Crawford, Brooks, Gerald Wallace, Randolph and Lopez. With smart drafting they could add some nice depth, or use the expiring contracts to chase other free agents.

Blazers: Self-explanitory. Williams is the prize here, plus they would get him without giving up LaMarcus Aldridge or Nicolas Batum. The only reason the Blazers could get away with keeping Batum is because the Nets’ back would be against the wall; they would be dealing from a position of weakness, knowing they would have to trade him or get nothing for him when he walks in free agency. It’s similar to the Howard situation in Orlando; while Otis Smith wants both Pau and Bynum in a Howard trade, the Lakers can just sit tight because they know no one has a better offer at this point than Bynum (except for the Bulls, who haven’t seriously entered the talks yet). The Lakers can wait out the Magic, and the Blazers would theoretically be able to do the same thing with the Nets, as long as there wasn’t a better offer out there.

The only players they would be giving up (Crawford, Camby, Felton, Wallace), while NBA starters, aren’t in their long-term plans anyway. They would have to take back several bad contracts (Darko Milicic and Johan Petro, the Timberwolves and Nets’ worst contracts), but with their cap space it would be worth it to get Williams. The Blazers would not be able to draft a young center this year, but Petro and Milicic would give them two healthy, replacement-level big men for the next few years. Michael Beasley is on an expiring contract, would provide a decent backup at SF for Batum, and could use the rest of the season as an audition for his next contract.

Here is the catch to this trade: Batum. If the Nets demand him in the trade, the Blazers would only do it if Williams agreed before hand to a contract extension. As long as the Nets don’t demand Batum, it would be worth it only trading Crawford, Camby, Felton and Wallace no matter if Williams resigns in Portland or not. They would have an entire season to convince Williams to take a bigger contract to stay in Portland instead of going to Dallas or the Lakers (unless the Lakers trade for Howard, in which case they wouldn’t have enough cap space to sign Williams as well). And at that point it would depend on what Williams wants. If he only wants to play in a big market then he’d be gone, and settle for tens of millions of dollars less.

However, if he wants to win, the Blazers could build around Williams, LA, Matthews and Batum (who could open up and space the floor for Williams). Doing this trade for Williams would be like a poker player going all-in on the turn (the fourth community card that is flipped over in Texas Hold ’Em, for those non poker players out there). If Williams re-signs and the Blazers can resign Batum this offseason, they would have a solid core for the next 4-5 years that could compete for several titles. If Williams walks in free agency, then the Blazers have to rebuild around LA, Batum and Matthews.