So here is a revamped "Off-season" moves by Magnifier

[Rhal]

Monroe is a damn good player; but I just don't see him as a good interior defender. I think this would be a lateral move personally. I would rather have Gortat than Monroe any day of the week. Gortat protects the paint, plays very good position defense, boxes out and is a great help defender. Oh btw, he is one of the better centers that set good picks.

If there was a choice between Monroe or Gortat (being both available); I would choose Gortat every time.

I'd choose Gortat every time as well for this team. A few of the reasons are that Monroe would take a lot to pry out or Detriots hands and it seems like Gortat could be had for a lot less. Add onto that the fact Gortat is a defensive center who rebounds well, is an okay but not great shot blocker and can clog the paint. Everything we want next to LA.

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[Mediocre Man]

Ideally I'd like to find a proven wing that can create his own shot.

Evans seems to be a good example of this

Maybe a couple of specialists from the three point line as well as a defensive minded center who will eat up space in the key and adjust the other teams game plan of attacking the rim

 

[magnifier661]

I think we already have one project guard, and his name is Will Barton. Williams would just be redundant.

Okay you convinced me. Get rid of Oden 2.0!!!!

 

[magnifier661]

I'd choose Gortat every time as well for this team. A few of the reasons are that Monroe would take a lot to pry out or Detriots hands and it seems like Gortat could be had for a lot less. Add onto that the fact Gortat is a defensive center who rebounds well, is an okay but not great shot blocker and can clog the paint. Everything we want next to LA.

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But is it true that Gortat wants out in Phoenix? If true, I hope Portland tries really hard getting him.

 

[RR7]

Perkins' play has really fell off a cliff the last two years. He was never a big scorer but his rebound numbers are down and he shoots bad from the line. I would stay away unless his contract was really cheap (and I pretty sure it isn't - in fact it is crazy high for his production)

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/perkike01.html

The key for me is if they were willing to pay to get out of his contract. I think he'd be great at 20-25 minutes a night as starting C and resident dickhead, has 2 years left, at which time Leonard shouldd, hopefully, be ready to take over. I wouldn't take him for free, though, I'd need something in the way of, say, Toronto's pick or Lamb or something on top of him.

 

[magnifier661]

The key for me is if they were willing to pay to get out of his contract. I think he'd be great at 20-25 minutes a night as starting C and resident dickhead, has 2 years left, at which time Leonard shouldd, hopefully, be ready to take over. I wouldn't take him for free, though, I'd need something in the way of, say, Toronto's pick or Lamb or something on top of him.

That's actually an interesting idea. I would want both; but what would we have to offer though? We really don't have any pieces they would really want that could replace their starting center. Maybe "Hickson"? I know Hickson would foam at the mouth for that opportunity.

 

[Rhal]

But is it true that Gortat wants out in Phoenix? If true, I hope Portland tries really hard getting him.

He has said he feels unwanted but hasn't requested a trade. Phx was looking for a potential lottery pick for him before the trade dead line.

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[RR7]

I'm going more if OKC just wanted to clear his salary. Makes almost 9 million next year, and they are close to the LT

 

[magnifier661]

He has said he feels unwanted but hasn't requested a trade. Phx was looking for a potential lottery pick for him before the trade dead line.

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DAMN we don't have a lottery pick to trade!

 

[Harry's Raincoat]

Couple scenarios I see as possible but probably unlikely:

1- We get our pick and set up a delayed trade with Phoenix at the draft (like we did with Bayless), where we draft the player they want at 11/12 and then after the cap is set in July and contracts expire both sides have room to maneuver and execute the trade. Gortat supposedly wants out of Phoenix bad, so offer them whatever player is available at 11/12 + Freeland + second rounders for Gortat + Dudley. Gives them an instant 7-8 million in extra cap room plus picks/prospects. We then resign Maynor and we've got a solid starting 5 with Gortat, and a decent looking bench with Maynor/Dudley/Claver/Leonard.

2- I still like Aldridge for Monroe + Singler. Detroit will have the room this offseason to absorb all of Aldridges contract, so we could make the swap and maybe throw in Freeland to give us even more cap room. Then look to sign Millsap starting at about 10mil for a solid starting 5, and we'd still have maybe 15 or so in cap room to play with. Maybe resign Maynor and Kevin Martin for a duo backup playmaker and serious firepower off the bench, or Jarrett Jack and Carl Landry for a combo guard and more depth up front...

The math here is a bit fuzzy to me; doing the trade creates another $9.5M for us + our expected $12M is $21.5M or $22M for rounding sake. Signing Millsap for $10M would reduce our cap space to $12M. Resigning Maynor is $3-4M unless he took the QO and then its $5.8M off. Kevin Martin, Carl Landry or Jarrett Jack for the remaining $3.8 - 6M??? Scarlet-colored glasses!!!

 

[drexlersdad]

Realistically, I think Hickson walks for nothing, just like Felton and Crawford did.

didnt we get the maynor trade exception and a couple euros for fatty?

 

[Rhal]

didnt we get the maynor trade exception and a couple euros for fatty?

We got the euro we traded for maynor and a trade exception for kurt thomas and fatty.

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[GoBlazersGo]

We got the euro we traded for maynor and a trade exception for kurt thomas and fatty.

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We got two of them, actually, both of which are from Greece. We traded the rights to the considerably less-valuable player in the deal for Eric Maynor, but still hold the rights to Kostas Papanikolaou (the more valuable prospect of the two Greek fellas).

 

[mook]

Huh. Ok, well, my hopes for Hickson have been slightly raised.

From non-existent to trade-exception-existent. Woohoo.

 

[Jayps15]

The math here is a bit fuzzy to me; doing the trade creates another $9.5M for us + our expected $12M is $21.5M or $22M for rounding sake. Signing Millsap for $10M would reduce our cap space to $12M. Resigning Maynor is $3-4M unless he took the QO and then its $5.8M off. Kevin Martin, Carl Landry or Jarrett Jack for the remaining $3.8 - 6M??? Scarlet-colored glasses!!!

Also had Freeland going out, that's 17.1 going out and 5.1 coming in for ~12mil in created cap, renounce everyone we can and it should be ~24 if I'm adding up salaries and counting the roster cap holds correct. After Millsap, Maynor and Martin would take Maynor taking 3-4mil like you said but that leaves 9-10 for Martin (high, but his yr in OKC so far has earned it). And the Jack plus Landry scenario would be after renouncing Maynor so about 14mil to split for the two of them, split evenly at 7 and 7 I think that's reasonable for Jack and a little high for Landry, but the depth would be fantastic.

 

[Sinobas]

Can't see why we'd bother to keep Williams.

I can see Denver wanting to get out of McGee's contract, but I don't think the Blazers would want to take it on. I'd actually rather keep Hickson and give Leonard more minutes.

I'd look to trade LA straight up for a center like Noah or Hibbert. Their salaries would wash with what LA was making, we keep Maynor and Hickson, then have 5-6 mil to spend on a nice bench player like Corey Brewer.

Lillard/Maynor
Matthews
Batum/Brewer
Hickson/Claver
Noah/Lillard

I hope Portland finds a way to get rid of Joel Freeland, his salary is such a waste!