See i am a solutions oriented man. I think those guys would improve our youth(no one can argue that) and our depth! So how do we get them you ask good question, but not one i cant answer. We offer Gooden,24, the full Mle for the next 5 years i think the cavs would let him walk for that. Then,we go to orlando and overpay slightly to get Ariza the full Te for 4 years. And finally we sign lil lucas for the minimum but sign him for a while because he could be going off soon! Our roster looks like this: Yao/Cato Gooden/Howard(if we cant get rid of him)/Hayes Battier/Ariza/Novak Tmac/Head/Ariza Alston(averaging about 10apg with everyone healthy)/JL3 I like this team but we still cant shoot!
Gooden would be nice, but he's hoping to make more than we have at the moment. JL3 is a third stringer. I like Ariza for ~ $3.5 million (possible TE + 2nd rounder target). Marvin Ely is another guy that we could *possibly* shoot for. Evan
Yes i would even like to get ely and ariza but either way we need to get either a starter at the 4 or at the 2 because if we get a 2 then bats can slide to the 4 if we get a 4 than tmac can slide to the 2!
This is all we needa do. Trade JuHow for Marcus Banks (Minny needs a bench 4) Use part of the MLE to sign Trevor Ariza. Use what's left to sign Cato. Yao/Mutombo/Cato Battier/Hayes/Novak TMac/Bogans/Bowen Sura/Ariza/Head Alston/Banks/JL3 You might say, what if Sura is injured? Then start Ariza, more PT for Banks, Head, and Bogans. You might say that we need more size at the 4, well then do what we did 2 years ago if its not working: put Cato next to Yao. Or just forget Cato, sign Haryasz to the minimum, and hope he's as good as his report says he is.
Gooden sucks... hes a tweener, it would be a waste of our MLE. JL3 is at best a 12th man on any other team's roster except ours. Theres a reason Ariza was traded... because he ain't that good, if he couldn't crack the magic's lineup what makes you think JVG will let him play? Why does everyone believe other people's scrub players will make us contenders? We need to get borderline stars or great role players not NBDL talent.
I would also like to throw out there that maybe we could do a deal to get Bonzi I know that he wants mo$ but he will probably have to settle for the mle because he does not draw intrest from any of the under the cap teams! What do yall think?
Yeah, I'm not interested in Gooden either. Even if he could help, he wouldn't because he'd never be out of JVG's doghouse.
Why sell yourself short on a TE with Trevor Ariza when you can get Deshawn Stevenson? That would be about a $1 mil raise for him.
I actually prefer Ariza. Neither can shoot, but at least Ariza has ridiculous defensive potential. My wishlist: Trevor Ariza Fred Jones Qyntel Woods Rasual Butler And, to a lesser extent, Marcus Banks. I'd prefer for it to play out like so: C - Yao/Mutumbo/Cato PF - Battier/Howard/Hayes SF - Mcgrady/Ariza/Woods SG - Jones/Ariza/Head/Woods PG - Alston/Head/Lucas Not quite what I was hoping for at the beginning of the offseason...However, if healthy, it's a solid team. Ariza's young and gushing with potential, as is Qyntel Woods.
^ I think we should do it just to get some youth and potential in here! He is got all the potential in the world. I would also like rasual butler!
He isn't even looking for the full trade exception. He's apparently looking for three million a year, but he's a restricted free agent. I don't see how we could obtain him with the trade exception anyhow. The Magic seem to plan to keep him and say they'll match any reasonable contract. So unless we're planning on throwing something they want more than Ariza into the deal, I don't see how that'll work. A more realistic option with the trade option is to talk to the Bulls about Sweetney, Malick Allen or JR Smith. Apparently they need to cut salary and are willing to part with any of those guys for the trade exception.
Oh man i just almost forgot about JR he is the one. I wonder if they would give us jr for the small exeption and our second rounder! Man i love jr i know some of yall dont but he has mad potential and he is good right now! Luther and he could definantly man the 2 which leaves us open to sign Banks or Fred Jones!