5th Pick Possibly Up for Grabs. (sports radio 610)

Since we traded our pick and swift for Battier, maybe we can do a reverse trade back to them. Everybody knows Memphis loves Battier.

 

i'll pitch in a couple of dollars if morey doesn't have enough cash.

if your hypothesis of cardinal's contract years is correct, this could be very valuable next year, as a trade asset. very valuable indeed.

 

I don't know if I buy this. Put yourself in the shoes of a Memphis fan thats struggled with mediocre-at-best seasons for years, endured the Gasol "trade", etc. The draft and having a top five pick is actually somewhat exciting and the idea of trading that pick for cash/whatever is completely unfair to genuine Grizzlies fans.

I mean, if they called us up and said, "Here's a top five pick. All you have to do is take on Cardinal's contract. B-Jax for Cardinal/#5 straight up?"

I think the rest of the Western Conference would projectile vomit the same way they did when the Lakers got Gasol for free. The Grizzlies would overtake the Knicks as the biggest joke in sports.

 

Memphis is trying to get the #2 overall pick from Miami. Every variation of a Memphis-Miami trade involves that pick. The Grizzlies want Michael Beasley in a bad way and will basically trade half the team to get him.

 

Looks the owner got over his remorse for trading Gasol for Kwame. He's back to looking for roster space. Rockets have a contracts that we can hand them. It's not as good as the Warriors $10m trade exception.

 

Salaries don't match if you count the rookie salary. B-Jax does make 6.1 mil, but the salaries don't match when you count the #5 pick. Throw in Luther Head and Loren woods.

 

Unsigned draft picks are not assigned a contract value for trade purposes.

Most talks involve Memphis trying to get to #2. My suspicion is that the radio people heard the rumor wrong. Half the teams in the league probably have an expiring contract they'd trade to get the #5 pick.

 

hopefully it happens and we can get Russel Westbrook or OJ Mayo

 

Swift is with the Nets now! Maybe they'll sub Marc Gasol for him.

 

If we magically somehow get the 5th spot, we gotta draft Mayo if he is still on the board. If not, then draft Bayless or Augustin.

 

Bayless would be very nice,5th place is too high for Augustin IMO. He is more like a 11th-12th pick to me.

 

Also, the Knicks were "supposedly in serious discussions" about Malik Rose and David Lee for Brian Cardinal, and the #5. I still think that there should be no way the Grizzlies just trade away the 5th for just an expiring, you would have to add a good/potentially great big man too.

 

All the other top 10 picks we don't need except maybe Brook Lopez, other than that DJ is the next option.

Don't say Eric Gordon because to that guy is going to be a bust.

 

With the type of backlash the Grizzlies would receive for doing this type of deal, they might be better of just standing pat.

 

I can understand the Grizzlies desire to move up,this implies that they might not be happy taking Love.I still feel they will end up with him. They could trade the 5th pick for a more experienced player but there won't be a reverse "Battier" move IMO.