Suns / Rockets Hill, Patterson, Dragic, and Budinger ...for... Lopez, Morris and PHX '12 2nd round Fair for both teams? Hill and Dragic not signed for next year but neither is Lopez (they need a back-up point and we need a center) - Lopez is a poorman's Joakim Noah without all the sillyness Patterson > Morris for now but in 2 years ??? plus marketing the twins Budinger = 2nd high round pick over all even? Thoughts?
My dream scenario would be to trade for Iggy... You give Scola, Courtney, and the Knicks pick. Lowry Dragic Kmart Bud Iggy Parsons PPat Hill Bear Hill That's a top 4 team in the West for sure
Philly's weakest position is SG while their strongest positions are PG & PF. They've also got all that salary committed at PF.
Step 1.First Rox trade PatPat, Dragic, K Mart and NY Pick to C’s for Rondo, Dooling and stiemstma(filler).http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=83abxhb Step 2Then trade Lowry and Scola for Pao and a pick. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6u4ab7g Step 3. Profit. Rotation Rondo/dooling/ flynn Lee/ Bud/ Twill Parsons/ Bud/ Twill Pao/ Hill/ Dalembert/ Hill/Stiemstma Could also bring up Smith and Morris.(or sign back the chin!) Not instant contenders but Morey has proven he can find good role players late in drafts or free agency.
I posted this in another thread, but I REALLY like it.... I'll play third wheel in sending Pau to Minnie (i sure as heck dont want his contract)... Hou out - Scola, Dragic, Bud in DWill, Beasley, Goudelock Minn out - Beasley, Dwill, Darko Minn in - Pau and Bud Lakers out - Pau, Goudelock Lakers in - Scola, Darko, Dragic Tell me thats not great for every team! Minn become instant contenders w Pau/Love/Rubio plus if theyre gonna pay Gasols salary: they have a cheap Bud and arent gonna be able to resign Beasley anyway. In addition to Pau still have 2 centers (Pek/Miller) - so Darko is no loss... Lakers get the pg upgrade they need and get Scola/Darko for 5M less than Gasol - giving them some depth We get some youth to grow on... Klow/Flynn/Goudestock (2 yrs cheap -he got off a few nights ago) Kmart/Clee Beasley/Parsons/Twill/Morris PPat/DWill Sam/JHill/Thabeet theres 101 combos that will help all parties involved! if we could then turn the expirings into Kamen... Klow/Goudestock Kmart/Clee Beasley/Parsons/Morris PPat/DWill Sam/Kamen THATS solid with growth potential - and still room for a superstar or more depending on resigning Kamen, Beasley and CLee
If LA would rather have flexibility of JHills expiring rather than taking on Darkos - better for us! Hou out Scola/Dragic/Hill/Bud in DWill/Darko/Beasley/Goudelock Minn out Beasley/Dwill/Darko in Pau/Bud Lakers out Pau/Goudelock in Scola/JHill/Dragic plus draft picks can be scattered wherever needed...
and Darko.... Bynum/Darko Scola/Murphy.....gives them depth they dont have now Dragic is an upgrade to their existing pgs Plus us or minnie can throw em a pick or two... Dont let the Lakers fool ya - they wanna dish Gasols 18.7M/yr contract sooner rather than later...
If they want Martin too... LakersScola/Kmart/Dragic Minnie gets Pau/Bud we take Beasley/Dwill/Pekovic from Minnie and Goudelock from LA works on trade machine... leaves us thin on SG (behind CLee) but adds some young talent to grow with.... then trade JHill and other expirings for a bu sg... Klow/Goudelock Clee/? Beasley/Parsons/Morris PPat/Dwill/Smith Sam/Pekovic not gonna win us a championship now - but alot of younger talent with upside...
I'd do that and seems fair. I assume Hill was heading to LALA. And it would give us a small window to see it TWill was worth that pick.
yet another option... Lakers out Pau/Goudelock in: Scola/Pekovic/Dragic Minn out DWill/Beasley/Pekovic in Pau/Bud Hou out Scola/Bud/Dragic in DWill/Beasley/Goudelock This third wheel with Pau to Minnie is really a great option with sooooo many possibilities... The Lakers shed gasols huge contract, downgrading to Scola (saving 10M) but adding a pg upgrade they need in Dragic + getting a solid bu center with upside... Minnie gets a solid 3 (Rubio/Love/Pau) to contend for a couple years (while shedding $ to pay Pau - getting a cheap Bud) We get young talent and shed Scola's contract for cheaper youth...
Rondo would be terrible for us, if you watch any Celtic games teams leave him wide open for jump shots and 3s and he wouldn't shoot.
Better penetrator, better passer, more athletic, taller, better defender (can guard more positions), about equal reb's (slight edge to Lowry) Lowry is absolutely the superior shooter though. Also in my quote I didn't say that would be the only move, but one in a series of them. http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&p1=rondora01&y1=2012&p2=lowryky01&y2=2012 Spoiler <a href="http://s1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii568/rohrman93/?action=view&current=RondoKyle.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1260.photobucket.com/albums/ii568/rohrman93/RondoKyle.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
