2007 offseason

awo86 · May 6, 2007

baller4life315 said:

How about this madness?

Head/V-Span/Snyder/#1 to Charlotte for Okafor

Howard/JLIII to L.A. for Mobley

Split MLE on Francis/Travis Outlaw

LLE for Chucky Atkins

PG Alston/Francis/Atkins
SG McGrady/Mobley
SF Battier/Outlaw/Novak
PF Okafor/Hayes
C Yao/Mutombo/Tsakalidis

Did this on my NBA Live and the team was SICK! Not that any of this is actually realistic (i.e. trading for Okafor when he's due an extension, trading for Mobley to bring him off the bench) but this could be one deep and dangerous team.

-Okafor is hands down one of the best rebounders and post defenders in the league. The duo of Okafor/Hayes is basically a veritable hell for any opposing post scorer. Only difference being that Okafor has size, can score and is still developing. He compliments Yao extremely well.

-Trading for Mobley would give us a dangerous and consistent 6th man capable of creating his own shot in addition to his stellar defensive play and shooting. His defensive play would give us plenty of options regarding our SG/SF tandems. Since he would be able to handle Battier's job of guarding the opponent's best perimeter player, we would be able to play both T-Mac/Mobley at the same time. This would give Battier more time to rest as well as provide a change of pace with his baseline/post up game.

The problem? You definitely don't want to pay a guy $8-9-10M a year to come off the bench.

-Trading for Mobley would almost assure Francis' return to Houston. With his pending buyout and Mobley being acquired I think it's safe to say he could return for the "hometown discount". His impact on the court I don't even need to bother to analyze since he's such a great difference maker, when healthy.

-Signing the relatively unknown Travis Outlaw and inking Atkins for the LLE for depth purposes would be the finale of this fantasy offseason plan. Outlaw is an absolute athletic FREAK. With his unsurpassed leaping ability (i'd be amazed if anybody else in the league has a higher vertical) and 6'9" massive frame with long arms he's a defensive highlight waiting to happen. He has a ton of upside, has developed a consistent mid-range jumper that he can hit with regularity and on top of that he's a smart player. He could potentially be an impact player at both swing positions in addition to earning some minutes at the 4.

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haha...okafor would be the best complement to yao...i would sacrifice 3 future first rounders and vspan and snyder

bbjai · May 8, 2007

awo86 said:

haha...okafor would be the best complement to yao...i would sacrifice 3 future first rounders and vspan and snyder
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I wouldn';t
the dude has like

so many injures at this point in time

awo86 · May 11, 2007

yes it would...we need a rebounder who can also score inside next to yao and be a weak side shot blocker...a guy like tyson chandler too

htownbball · May 11, 2007

awo86 said:

yes it would...we need a rebounder who can also score inside next to yao and be a weak side shot blocker...a guy like tyson chandler too
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you know the possibilities of us landing either of them is like...zilch right?

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