So I got bored last night and decided to come up with this crazy trade that I think will fulfill every team's need. All the salaries matchup: 4-team trade: Rockets, GSW, Grizzlies, Raptors Rockets get: Oj Mayo, Anthony Randolph, Demar Derozan, Marc Gasol, and Conley + Raptor's #13 Pick + #25 GSW gets: Turkoglu, Kevin Martin, Andres Bargnani, and Thabeet and our # 14 pick Grizzlies get: Monta Elllis, Aaron Brooks, Biedrins + GSW's #6 pick Raptor's get: Maggette, Jordan Hill, Haddadi, Darrell Arthur, Ariza, and Grizzlies #12 pick Why this works: rockets get two players with size and plays both ways in randolph and gasol. i would like mayo becomes our creating scorer who can handle the rock and we hope derozan pans out to be an outstanding sg. we can use conley and picks to maybe move up in draft or use conley and perhaps let lowry walk (as much as i'd hate that) gsw gets to move curry to pg and kmart becomes an efficient shooter for gsw at sg. bargnani really fits gsw's system and thabeet would be there to help with late game stops if need be. turkoglu also fits that shoot'em/blast'em game grizzlies get monta ellis who they were rumored to want earlier. they don't have to feel bad about drafting conley and thabeet anymore and have a serviceable starting pg who can create, biedrin's to still play the #5 with randolph, if rudy gay stays, their starting lineup is set. and they can draft a top pick as a prospect Raptors get rid of turkoglu has voiced his desire to leave. maggette plays that same type of roll that turkoglu does but cost a tad less money each year and has one less year on his contract. they get jordan hill who they were rumored to be high on. get bigger with haddadi and hill and who'll play inside versus bosh who plays the perimeter more, and a 2/3 in ariza who plays d. calderon/jack maintains their roll so in the end, each team's serviceable lineup would be: rockets: conley/lowry mayo/budinger/taylor shane/derozan scola/randolph yao/gasol gsw: Curry/Watson Kmart/Morrow Turkoglu/Azubuike Bargnani/Radmanovich Turiaf/Thabeet/Brandan wright (who i imagine they wanna trade) Grizzlies: Brooks/Tinsley Monta/Brewer Gay/ #6 pick here or.... Randoph/Darrell Arthur Biedrins/ #6 pick here Raptors: (assuming they keep bosh) Calderon/Jack Ariza/Bellinelli Maggette/Weems Bosh/Amir Johnson Haddadi/ Jordan Hill and of course, everyone still has draft picks who they can address the little 5-8 minute stints where they need someone serviceable.
I would like to apologize for typo's and stuff and i left ouf that it is the memphis grizzlies #25 pick that we get.
LOL...Marc Gasol backing up Yao? It would take the whole season for these guys to learn the system. We would be a border line playoff team again.
Yah, I was so bored. I can't wait for June 24th. But seriously, don't ya think this would fulfill everyone's needs?
It wouldn't really be backing up. it would give Yao the ability to rest alot. your foot feels funky? go ahead and sit. and if randolph doesn't pan out or scola gets too old....we have young-un's. since our lineup is mostly intact, at least the starters, our starters will be fine. and even then, as yao isn't really built for the princeton system, we're going to have to adjust to next season anyways.
It would fill needs but It would ruin team chemistry on every team involved. I wouldn't be surprised if the players got lost! It would be like the first day of high school and players asking each other what homeroom is.
boston is getting older and most likely won't resign ray allen. LA's lineup is hoss....but their depth isn't as deep as ours in this version. we really match up well vs. them especially in size. imagine us playing yao vs. bynum, gasol vs. gasol, mayo on fisher, shane running against kobe, and artest chasing around derozan who has a length advantage. and cleveland...i still standby what i've said before. good reg season team but they are still missing the pieces to make them a true contender. shaq ain't coming back, Z and jamison is getting older, etc. i think we'd be a crazy ass dark horse team and we're built to improve even more in the next few years.
So Morey's going to make a deal with the Raptors that doesn't include Bosh? Besides the fact that getting 4 teams together is impossible, I just don't see all these players on Morey's asset list.
if we did this trade and kept the NY pick for 2012 we would have 2 lottery picks. get it? because we would suck and we would be in the lottery to
Realistically all the teams are in rebuild mode that are mentioned. so why not rebuild with the needs fulfilled. except for the rockets but ...... *continuation* ...as stated before above, our rockets main starting lineup remains mostly intact. especially if we keep lowry as our starting pg. so they only person in our starting lineup that will have to learn the system is mayo, who in the princeton system, would play our scorer/slasher which i think he is known for...
trade makes no sense and we get worse. if the teams involved wanted to just make trades to get their fan base excited but go nowhere then this 4 way trade is perfect for that. actually maybe memphis wins in this trade if they can get a big man in the draft. brooks and monta are better than mayo and conley and they get a #6 to try to replace gasol and get biedrins to replace thabeet. and btw...in this random trade you still included arthur on the grizzlies when you say they traded him. he sucks so who really cares, but just wanted to let you know.