Place your bets now... who will Asik be traded for?

Asik + Lin for Melo... I think Melo-Dwight-Harden will work. We've seen Melo willing to share the ball if he respect enough the other players with him, e.g., Olympics.

 

3-team trade, Rockets somehow acquiring Jeff Green.

 

rondo + green for lin + jones + asik

 

Al Jefferson isn't a true center (not in my eyes) and Asik actually plays defense. Zeller can learn offense from Jefferson and Defense from Asik. Win win for both sides.

 

Asik with Charlotte would be good for them,but they wont give up MKG.

 

Varejao it is... we need a back up center.

 

RealGM says this 3-team trade won't work, but ESPN TM shows it does work. Which is correct?

http://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/6379044

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mttfpq2

 

Boston has trade exceptions to make it work.

 

I'm thinking either Charlotte or Cleveland.

 

But they might give up BB and JT.:grin:

 

Millsap. Two way player that can play the 3 or 4. Contract matches with Asik. Asik fits with ATL. There will be plenty of minutes to go around between Parsons, Millsap and TJones.

 

Tristan Thompson

 

No trade, a smoke bomb.

 

I predict that when the trade happens and the "do you like the Asik trade" poll pops up that more than 50% of people will dislike the trade and there will be plenty of complaining.

I also predict that once again Morey will make all his doubters look foolish for questioning what he gets in return for Asik.

 

It'd have to be separate trades. Can't package a TPE with a player, if I'm not mistaken.

 

Asik to Philly
Evan Turner, Isaiah Canaan, Dmo, Knicks 2nd round pick (owned by Rockets) to Chi
Luol Deng to Houston

Howard/Smith
Tjones/Casspi
Deng/Parsons
Harden/Garcia
Bev/Lin

 

Anderson Varajao
Carrick Felix
2nd rounder

 

While you're allowed to break it down into smaller trades to net a better end result, the trade needs to work as a single nuclear trade within the CBA (it's why the s&t tucked into that celtics/nets trade had to be of a certain value), the NBA wouldn't allow the 'Boston in' to happen.

For example, if you're acquiring $18m in players, you need to be sending out at least $13m, they will not let you break down and send $6m for $9m twice to the same team.

 

to the Magic for Moe Harkless and Etwaun Moore

 

I would halfheartedly put my chips in this basket. Something like Asik for Lee (who is really useless to a rebuilding team, but would be fantastic as our perimeter defender here, allowing us to cut Brewer) and Jeff Green, maybe a 2nd rounder or lotto-protected first in the distant future thrown in there.

But let's be honest. Everybody knows that Paul Millsap is the most likely trade piece. Otherwise why wait until Dec 15?