Originally Posted by
thachosen123
I feel there's a very good chance we make some noise sometime this week leading to the draft.......either inheriting a 1st rounder, or sending pau off for a couple new pieces, I just feel like something's GONNA get done.........and there's nothing Mitch, Jim or, essential1 (
) can say to make me think differently about the situation
Would be the opportune time.. So no complaints here..
But as Ska is saying we need to stop messing with the Nets offering Pau straight up.. I'd absolutely love DWill as the starting PG & Sessions as a 30mpg 6th man. I'd
all day with that.. But it is not going to happen.. No way they take Pau.. A three team deal is your best shot at getting DWill, but it would have to wait until after the draft because it is a sign & trade, and therefore make picks useless, which is how something like that would get done.
I'll preface this with it won't happen, but the best thing Mitch could do is a 4 team deal involving Lakers, Rockets, Hawks, 76ers. Everyone gets something.. Everyone wins.. Everyone can begin to move in a different direct. And there are a lot of 1st Round Picks between 3 teams to shuffle around.
Sixers get: 16th pick, 23rd pick, Marvin Williams
Hawks get: 14th pick, Kevin Martin, Sam Dalembert, Steve Blake
Rockets get: Pau Gasol, Christian Eyenga, 2-2nd Round Picks + (some future 1st or 2nd round pick)
Lakers get: Andre Iguodala, Josh Smith
Sixers would have the 15th, 16th & 23rd pick.. Assuming they amnesty Elton Brand, trading Iggy for Williams frees up $24mil in cap for them to resign Lou Williams & Spencer Hawes. And Marvin may be a pain in the !#%, but entering into his last year of contract he can get you something during the deadline if need be. But with Thad Young's growth, Marvin could be a good backup. So you save a crap load of money, get decent replacement, and have cap space.
Hawks move up 9 spots in a basic Josh Smith for Kevin Martin deal. Sam Dalember & Pachulia allows the Hawks to play Horford at the natural 4 more minutes. And Martin & Dalembert both are entering their last year so it gives them the same flexibility they had + 9 spots better in the draft.. And get a solid 2nd scorer in Kevin Martin as long as he stays healthy.
Rockets get Pau. they don't have to give up much for him. It is much less than they were giving up in the Cp3 deal. They can resign Dragic now, still keep Scola. If they hang on to Courtney Lee they have space to get a scorer on the market, and add a backup big. They'd have a much better roster solid roster if they made no deals or drafted at 14 & 16, which it is a guarantee they trade one of those picks away anyways.
Lakers solve 2 things.. Getting return for Pau & our issues at SF. Move Metta to 24 minutes as the backup SF. Iggy can give Kobe some rest because he plays the 2 as well.. You add 2 major defensive threats who can score at a decent clip.. Those 2 guys would start to cover Sessions liability on defense (which I'm sure would be worked on in the offseason).. Not only that you added 2 people who were on Dwight's list of guys he'd want on the Magic. One of which his best friend. It also starts to fill in the holes of the roster for us and give us a more focused attack in free agency rather than "every position"
But it won't happen
