If the NVE deal happens, I've already thought out a way to help our team. I didn't want to open another trade thread, I hope you don't mind xiki, it relates to the teams mentioned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston trades: TE Lue Mo Taylor Houston Recieves: Shareef AbdurRahim Antonio Daniels ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seattle trades: Jerome James Antonio Daniels Seattle recieves: TE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Portland trades: SAR Portland recieves: Tyronne Lue Jerome James Maurice Taylor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Houston does it to get SAR, salary looks great, better team, etc... - Seattle does it to clear logjam at C, and drop salary. Instead of waiting a year, these players come off the cap now. They can sign anyone to play some backup PG for them very cheap. Their rebuilding phase has only one more thing: trade Rashard Lewis (we could be in the running for this a year after trade, offering SAR in a sign-n-trade). - Portland does it because they need depth moer than anything else. Two of those contracts expire in one year. MoT will be the backup for 2 years, after which he's very tradeable. Lue and James offer good depth. Thoughts?