Recent content by Swoosh22

You cannot combine a trade exception with a player in a trade.

There are so many TPE's out there that this isn't much of an asset. I believe we do have until October to use it though.

If he plays 70+ games of dominating ball next year, we will undoubtably have a pretty successful season and he may not want to go elsewhere as a UFA. The fans will love him, PA will open up the checkbook, and all will be well in the world.

I've been fortunate to never have any knee problems (knocks on wood), so I can't really relate. I have had my share of ankle sprains though. I hope you are right, although by the time he's back to his old self he'll be on his way out of town (to Milwaukee?).

Do you really think so, or are you just trying to convince yourself? Up to this point, he's looked REALLY bad since he's be back. I'm not convinced he will ever be close to the "old Przy". That's why I think we should move him if we can.

Andre/Pryzbilla/Batum for DWill works...not sure that's a better offer than NJ's though...maybe add a couple of picks and cash.

I'm also good with keeping Andre around, but not cashing in on JPEC would be a failure. Hopefully they can at least come up with some value for Joel before the deadline (seems unlikely though).

It's only Quick trying to piece it together by looking at what salary would fit to make up the difference (Oden's). I can't believe that the Blazers would throw in Oden to make salaries match and give up on hime at this point. We're too far along to just use him as a "throw in" to match salaries.

At this point, would we expect anything else? :sigh:

Seems like a great deal from Philly's perspective. They get a young impact (potentially) SF and a productive center with a large(ish) expiring for Iggy's huge contract...looks pretty good for them. That's why it's probably not true.

I think I've been in stage 5 for a little while as well. After Oden went down (again), it seems that this once promising season was going to be another dogfight to get a top 5 seed in the playoffs. However, after seeing Roy at about 20% of his former self, we would be lucky to get in at all...

Well, to be fair, it was the Clippers and Knicks (although the NY has a better record this year). Help them bring home a win anyway.

I'm pretty sure you cannot package a trade exception with players. They can be used to trade for a player without sending out any players from the team.

Miller+Rudy for Nash works.

Nash would be a great, if not perfect, fit with this team. He's a true point, who can really shoot from outside. We desperately need the deep threat from the point, so the opposition can't just back off Miller and double someone else or pack the lanes.