I love Asik, but trading him makes too much sense IF we land Dwight

I'm starting to believe that we can get more than Garnett for Asik as well.

Maybe Harden and Parsons subtlely tell Kevin Love to keep on slumping and grumbling so that Minnesota decides to offload him before his contract year.

 

Asik can be traded for another big that has more range.

 

Can't wait for the draft, lots of changes coming for the NBA IMO. Hope Morey can get er dun!!!

 

starting to believe? it is a no brainer....garnett is on his last legs....asik has alot of good years left.

 

LMA says hello!!

 

I honestly wouldn't really mind a Garnett swap. Would be a beastly frontcourt for a season and his fingerprints last awhile, likely even after he retires. KG is a culture-changing player, and loves McHale.

 

I forget garnett was drafted by the T.Wolves and Mchale was running the show....I would think they are still in good with one another....im enlightend:grin:

 

Asik gives us a solid C to back up Dwight, it's not like Dwight hasn't had injury problems and you still don't know what kind of mental state he's in. Also, let's not forget Dwight likes Asik and I'm pretty sure Dwight & KG are not the best of friends since Garnett is in the same mold as Kobe, probably worse.

 

Jeremy will be the one gone, not Asik. Not because Lin isn't worth his contract, blah, blah, etc. It's because we need the cap room.

Assuming White and TRob are traded, and Dwight is signed, this is what you can get for Lin's cap room:

-Another ~$60k to sign Dwight to a full max contract.
-Llull can be signed to a 3 year $12 million contract.
-Furkan Aldemir can be signed to a 4 year, $5 million contract (similar to Parsons).
-A 3rd key component can be signed for $3.5 million per year (Dunleavy, Korver, etc.)

Beverley / Llull
Harden / Dunleavy
Parsons / Garcia
Howard / TJones / DMo / Aldemir
Asik / Howard / Aldemir

That's a lot of return for Lin's contract. Llull, Dunleavy, Parsons, and Garcia give Harden and Howard 4 proven 3 point shooters for kick and pass outs.

 

I sim'd the whole year for 2k13.....well year 14 after trading away everyone to make room for getting Paul and and Howard and well, we played Heat in the Finals and won

So to answer your question, only if it means we are getting Paul.

 

This only makes sense if you plan to play Howard and Asik together, which I seriously doubt is even being considered.

 

Yeah, everyone is on board with that, but we'd have to gut our team.

 

Yeah trade a hard working Asik who showed up and contributed for a guy (Bosh) who enjoys riding coattails. He could come here a d ride Harden's & Howard's I guess.. We would definitely downgrade in that scenario... IMO

 

trade Asik and sign Oden?

 

I know it would make OKC incredibly tough, but getting a player like Horford for Asik might be worth it. Horford is young, has a decent mid-range game, can handle the ball for a big, and he can get out and run with the guards.

Assuming Dwight is the healthy Dwight from a few years ago, which starting line-up is scarier? I think I would do it.

Lin/Beverly
Harden
Parsons
Horford
Howard

Westbrook
Sefalosha
Durant
Ibaka
Asik

 

Whether we take a flyer on Oden or not should not be affected by any other move. You sign him with the assumption that he is D-O-N-E DONE.

 

Asik is more efficient than Garnett, also younger, taller

 

I guess that's your opinion, I just see Bosh as a more versatile player than Asik. Asik is the far superior team defender, but Bosh is obviously a natural 4(our biggest need)with range that the Rockets seem to like and has shown the ability to play the 5 that could be used as a backup when Dwight is sitting.

Again not something I'm pursuing hard at, but if Miami lets it be known that Bosh is on the table I think he would be a good fit next to Dwight and has shown he is an excellent 3rd option.

 

Um here's my 2 cents:

A) Moving Asik would be the wrong move with or without Dwight. First of all EVERYONE's expecting us to move Asik, trading him now would be a "sell low" move. Secondly we don't know how good Asik will become, there's a chance he might reach DH's level, slim but still possible. Most importantly we can't put all our eggs in the Dwight basket, not when we don't know how well he recovers from injury. The dude who keeps saying Howard will play 40 mins is out of his mind, you want your center to only be healthy for 2 years and then start breaking down? Maybe in the playoffs you can justify DH playing 40 mins a night, but for the entire year you want him to play 35 mins tops. This is what mchale failed to do with Harden last season, and Harden got burned out by the time playoffs arrived.

B) If you're gonna move Asik anyway, don't move him for a 3rd max guy. 3 star systems don't work in the new NBA, you will be forced to have your 3 guys log in 40 mins a game just so the dleague guys you stuffed the rest of the roster with don't lose the game. Trade him for Ryan Anderson+ protected pick. NOLA wants a c so Davis can play PF properly.