Plan B:

[Draco]

Use our cap space to trade Travis for Boozer. Then Utah can keep Millsap and stay under the lux tax. We'd have an unstoppable big man rotation of Boozer/LaMarcus/Oden!

 

[Idog1976]

Use our cap space to trade Travis for Boozer. Then Utah can keep Millsap and stay under the lux tax. We'd have an unstoppable big man rotation of Boozer/LaMarcus/Oden!

Do you think Boozer fits in and would be happy in Portland...coming off the bench?

 

[illmatic99]

One more thing do you see a FA out there you like? Or have a lopsided trade in mind for some better folks lets see it. Right now I see trading as our best bet to get legit talent not no talent = Outlaw/Blake and some real talent/size Rudy/Przybilla. The thing is other teams want stuff in return you can't just rob them blind. I think Turkey or Odom or Ariza were the targets maybe even Artest or *shudder* Marion. Most of those ships have sailed or have run aground into a jetty of piled rock in the case of the Marion ship. An acursed vessel which I hope didn't even make it out of the KP brain harbor.

Therefore since there are no FA's there are only lopsided trades...I don't see alot of opportunity there. I see leverage with our cap space being about all we got.

I don't want to simply throw away Rudy and Przy now for garbage deals because KP fucked up with RLEC. Two wrongs don't make a right, and KP should most definitely not be in a rush and give away talent to compensate for his "mistake."

My plan is for 2010 now.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Boozer...

Just stop.

 

[huevonkiller]

He's a shooting guard. He actually played more small forward, according to 82games.com, than he did PG.

It's possible that he is a PG in the triangle, but so were Ron Harper and John Paxson...

Ed O.

Yeah 82games.com guesses on position played and what positions get defended (especially this); it sometimes has no clue really. Shannon was always a 1 or 2 this year, in the triangle he played the 1 mostly. In garbage time he played whatever, doesn't really matter.

 

[Idog1976]

I don't want to simply throw away Rudy and Przy now for garbage deals because KP fucked up with RLEC. Two wrongs don't make a right, and KP should most definitely not be in a rush and give away talent to compensate for his "mistake."

My plan is for 2010 now.

Who could we realistically get in 2010? LBJ obviously not and I include Bosh, Amare and DWade in that category.

Nash? Is there some other major talent who is an FA in 2010 that helps us at a position of need?

 

[illmatic99]

Joe Johnson, Richard Jefferson, and Nash from the UFA list.

Rondo and Rudy Gay if you consider RFA.

 

[julius]

Who could we realistically get in 2010? LBJ obviously not and I include Bosh, Amare and DWade in that category.

Nash? Is there some other major talent who is an FA in 2010 that helps us at a position of need?

Shit man, if Hedo won't play here because we're not comso, no other big name FA ever will! It's KP's fault! Paul Allen should move the team to Seattle! Then we'd win over FA's!!!!!!

 

[Ed O]

Yeah 82games.com guesses on position played and what positions get defended; it sometimes has no clue really. Shannon was always a 1 or 2 this year, in the triangle he played the 1 mostly. In garbage time he played whatever, doesn't really matter.

For the Lakers that might be true.

I watched many Charlotte games this year (being funemployed and waiting for the 4:00 games to start meant a LOT of Bobcats games...) and Shannon Brown didn't play the PG for them. He definitely played more SF there, which is truly ridiculous and true.

Ed O.

 

[Idog1976]

Shit man, if Hedo won't play here because we're not comso, no other big name FA ever will! It's KP's fault! Paul Allen should move the team to Seattle! Then we'd win over FA's!!!!!!

I didn't say that. I was just saying I didn't hold out alot of hope for the 2010 FA market. So many teams have made moves for 2010 and their cities and media markets are much more appealing. I think we make big moves this summer in the form of trades. It's time to consolidate.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The Lakers still want Lamar Odom back, but he has to come down from his $10-million-a-year demand, because the Lakers are already about $10 million deep in luxury tax penalties . . . with only 11 players on their roster.

In other words, if they sign Odom for $10 million next season, they'll be paying another $10 million in taxes because of the dollar-for-dollar penalty levied against teams over the tax threshold. That would be close to a $20-million tax bill. Ouch.

The compromise: Odom signs a one-year deal with the Lakers for about $7.5 million and can test free agency again next season, when more teams will have money to spend in anticipation of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and James becoming free agents

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