Since others are doing, my nba trade deadline thoughts…?
criticize me all you want or give me your ideas…but here’s how I see it…
-Washington trade Antawn Jamison and Deshaun Stevenson to the Cavs in Exchange for Ilgauskas, JJ Hickson, and a 2010 1st round pick. For the cavs, it’s overly obvious why this makes sense. The wizards seem like they are in clearing house mode with rumors lately. They get a big expiring to clear up room for the 2010 free agency class, they get potential in hickson and a pick.
-Washington trades Caron Butler to Milwaukee for Luke Ridnour and Joe Alexander. Milwaukee gets another offensive threat who could hopefully keep them competitive. Washington gets ridnour to man the point with agent zero gone. They get alexander who has potential.
-(going to get arguments on this one) The Knicks trade David Lee, Jared Jeffries, and Larry Hughes to the Rockets for T-Mac and a 2010 first. Most will say that houston won’t take on JJ’s contract, but honestly, he still plays great D, but you also get D-Lee who might make the all-star game via coaches selection. Hughes is just another shooter to mix in. The knicks get their expiring and a first they don’t have; granted, it’s a late rounder. As a knicks fan personally, I’m mixed on the whole t-mac situation. I’d rather keep lee personally, but it’s arguable when jeffries contract is thrown in the mix.
Minnesota trade Al Jefferson to the Golden State Warriors for Raja Bell, Speedy Claxton, Anthony Randolph, and a future first rounder. Minny wants to rid themselves of Al; Nelly wants to rid himself of Randolph. Match made in heaven. Randolph provides tons of potential to a young minnesota team while GS gets a young, proven power forward who is agile and athletic enough to fit the uptempo system.
Last One:
Utah trade Carlos Boozer to the Bulls for Tyrus Thomas, Taj Gibson, Jerome James, and a 2010 1st. Utah gets value for boozer who will surely leave after this year while acquiring expirings (one with potential in tyrus) as well as potential in taj and a first; The bulls acquire an excellent complement to Noah to fill out a great lineup.
I’ll rebut any arguments, but post them anyways.
Just two responses, for the bucks one, i’m not sure if caron has that much value due to his non-expiring, but I may be wrong.
and with al, my thought is that if Lee could fit in d’antoni’s system; I don’t see why al couldn’t make it work in GS considering he’s more athletic than lee
Appreciate the input never the less.
Like the first Cavs trade, and I think something like that will probably happen. Jamison would be a great fit for that team and with Shaq and Varejao, they no longer need Big Z. Think the Wiz would also like JJ Hickson as a good re-building block…
The second trade is great for the Bucks (I’m a fan so I’m happy!), but I think the Wiz could do better for Butler. Ridnour is a defensive liability and Joe Alexander hasn’t done much in the league thus far…
I actually like trade 3. Think the knicks are crazy to just focus on Lebron and should grab TMac while they can. Although giving up Lee wouldn’t be ideal for them, I think he’s somewhat overrated, as there’s very few other players on that roster who can rebound or score inside anyway. If they traded for TMac and spent whatever else they had on a quality big man, the kincks would be relevant again…can also see the Rockets liking this trade as well…
Trade 4 has one big problem, that I can see…how is Al going to fit into Nelly’s offensive system? Al is a half court/post up player and Nelly is all about running. Just can’t see how they’d fit…
Last trade is a nice one all round. Think Boozer would combine well with Rose and give the Bulls some interior strength. Utah also pick up a bunch of nice players and money (I’m not, and never will, include Jerome James as a player), but there could be some positional issues with Milsap at PF…
All up, good and thought-provoking question!
Like the first Cavs trade, and I think something like that will probably happen. Jamison would be a great fit for that team and with Shaq and Varejao, they no longer need Big Z. Think the Wiz would also like JJ Hickson as a good re-building block…
The second trade is great for the Bucks (I’m a fan so I’m happy!), but I think the Wiz could do better for Butler. Ridnour is a defensive liability and Joe Alexander hasn’t done much in the league thus far…
I actually like trade 3. Think the knicks are crazy to just focus on Lebron and should grab TMac while they can. Although giving up Lee wouldn’t be ideal for them, I think he’s somewhat overrated, as there’s very few other players on that roster who can rebound or score inside anyway. If they traded for TMac and spent whatever else they had on a quality big man, the kincks would be relevant again…can also see the Rockets liking this trade as well…
Trade 4 has one big problem, that I can see…how is Al going to fit into Nelly’s offensive system? Al is a half court/post up player and Nelly is all about running. Just can’t see how they’d fit…
Last trade is a nice one all round. Think Boozer would combine well with Rose and give the Bulls some interior strength. Utah also pick up a bunch of nice players and money (I’m not, and never will, include Jerome James as a player), but there could be some positional issues with Milsap at PF…
All up, good and thought-provoking question!
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