20M is hardly a "few" million. In fact the Rockets already had a deal with Philly this year for Brand and 2nd round pick for expirings, Philly just got cold feet. Did you even read the opening article? The Kings are inquiring about brooks now, not at the end of the season.
The Kings aren't giving an unprotected 1st rounder for Brooks. Maybe a number 1 with at least a top 10 protection that decreases over the years. What is your reasoning on why the Sixers would do that deal?
he was suggesting we trade scola, lowry, and hill to philly for brand and their lotto pick. the sixers would spend about 300k more this year and then they would save about 2.7 mil per year over the next 2 years. then they would be committed to 33 year old scola for 2 more years at around 10.5 mil per year. and yes i read the opening article. the poster i replied to was suggesting we would get their unprotected lotto pick for brooks. as things stand now that would likely be a top 5 pick. i don't think brooks does too much to improve their team and i can't really see evans and brooks having great chemistry. but yeah they would likely pick up a few more wins with brooks starting over beno so it's probably a top 8 or 9 pick. also, you should check out the kings message board link that was posted somewhere in this thread. basically, their message board was saying the author of the original article is notorious for channeling sam smith/peter vescey and putting rumors out there without any real sources or substance behind them.
After this season Brand will have two years with $35 Million left Scola will have four years with $39 Million left with the final $11 Million being partially guaranteed. Lowry will have two years with $11.5 Million left with a club option after that at $6.25 Million or a $1 Million buyout Jordan Hill will have $2.8 Million left and a $3.6 Million club option after that. So do you think the Sixers will send out $35 million WITH a top 5 pick so they can receive $43 Million back? And I didn't include any of Scola's partially guaranteed $11 million in his final year in that figure. What use would they have for Lowry at that price when they already have Holliday/Williams?
Okay here is my take on this... A) For a rebuilding team, giving up a HIGH 1st rd pick for AB is insane when they could just draft a PGuard. Brooks to Sac Town will probably take a third team getting involved that might want Thompson and could give the Rox back some young talent. B) The cap space is good because of some of the young talent that maybe available as restricted FAgents...Gasol, Green etc... C) Not an insane deal but why would the Sixer want Scola and his long term deal plus give up their HIGH 1st rd pick if they are trying to get rid of another in Brand? D) Looks, as of right now, that we will have a pretty high pick so use it as needed. Kanter sounds like the next great Euro but his knee issues worry me. I would try to move the pick in a mega deal, i'll get to it later. E) Hayes will get a nice deal from Boston or Chicago but i'd try to resign him. I would stay as far away as possible from Yao and Shane, can't trust Yao to stay on the court and Shane is declining at super speed. Here is what I'd do... A) Trade Brooks to Sac Town in a 3 way deal getting us Rubio, check the random trade thread for the deal I suggested. Darko would also come along in the deal. B) Use most if not all of the cap space to give Marc Gasol a massive deal, I posted that in a few places but I'd make Memphis match since their finances will be challenged. C) At the deadline either deal Scola to OKC for Jeff Green or Shane, Hill, Bud and the Rox 2011 #1 pick to Philly for Iggy...I'd prefer Scola for Green. D) If Scola is dealt then I'd choose Kanter with the 1st rd pick. E) Resign Hayes but let Yao and Shane walk. Also remember we have the right to swap 2nd picks with the Clips, which should be pretty high. If Scola is dealt... Rubio/Lowry/Ish Martin/Lee Green/CBud Hill/Hayes/Kanter Gasol/Miller/Darko/Kanter If Iggy is acquired... Rubio/Lowry Martin/Lee Iggy/Draft pick or FAgent Scola/Hayes Gasol/Miller/Darko
Any team who trades for Shane is only going to do it to make the salaries match. Any team that does hold some value for his veteran leadership will just wait until the season ends to sign him. You're not going to be taking him back in a package for your number five pick. I've been a Battier fan but teams aren't going to be knocking down his door to sign him in the off season at this stage of his career.
Not that I think his proposal is realistic, the Kings are able to take back more salary in any trades because they are under the cap.
I'm not defending the the trade itself, obviously the poster's proposal doesn't make sense from Philly's perspective. What I'm defending are the ideas that: 1) Philly would be against trading their top pick for financial relief+sweeteners 2) Kings are interested in Brooks, but all we want from them is their unprotected pick next year. both of which you seemed to find ridiculous in your post.
1. Yeah Philly would be interested in financial relief if it meant saving a crap load of money to them. Meaning we take on Brand and give them Battier/JJ for their lotto pick. 2. I don't think the Kings are that interested in Brooks. The article mentions them being interested in Brooks and Jeff Teague?? I mean how seriously can we take that when you are talking about 2 players on complete opposite sides of the spectrum. Then factor in that the author of the article has had questionable "rumors" in the past and you end up with something that has very little substance behind it http://www.kingsfans.com/forums/sho...g-Aaron-Brooks&p=784812&viewfull=1#post784812 Finally, I found the trades suggested to be completely ridiculous homer trades with no real thought behind them. I think you did too. I don't see what the problem is.
As far as the guy who started the rumor being credible or not, if the rumor had no substance, then it would have died out by now. Instead, it is being reported on all sports websites. So there is something to this.
