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Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« on: February 12, 2010, 09:06:11 AM »

Offline Jeff

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I know that Minn. has said that they won't give Al Jefferson away, but if they ended up looking at the books and didn't like what they see, we could offer them some major cap savings for years

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yk7fekc

Big Al, Ryan Gomes, and R. Sessions for Ray Allen, S. Williams, and Bill Walker (and a couple draft picks?)

really, any way to work Big Al for Ray Allen is fine with me - it would unbalance the roster a bit, but I'm ok with that
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Re: Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2010, 09:16:35 AM »

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If Al Jefferson is formally on the block, the C's have no where near the pieces to get it done because there are plenty of teams that would get in on that that have young talent and expiring contracts to offer.

Now it might be possible to get in on a multi-player type deal where we send Ray to a third team who sends something to Minny.

Being totally unrealistic here, since I don't think Jefferson is going anywhwere, but this works

Boston trades R. Allen, T. Allen, House, Sheldon, 2010 1st, 2012 1st (lotto protected), rights to Erden (or two seconds)
Boston receives A. Jefferson, Hinrich, Salmons

Minny trades A. Jefferson
Minny receives T. Thomas, T. Allen, Boston 1st's

Chicago trades Hinrich, Salmons, Thomas
Chicageo receives R. Allen, House, Sheldon, rights to Erden (or two seconds)
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Re: Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2010, 09:18:07 AM »

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Quote from: Jeff on February 12, 2010, 09:06:11 AM
I know that Minn. has said that they won't give Al Jefferson away, but if they ended up looking at the books and didn't like what they see, we could offer them some major cap savings for years

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yk7fekc

Big Al, Ryan Gomes, and R. Sessions for Ray Allen, S. Williams, and Bill Walker (and a couple draft picks?)

really, any way to work Big Al for Ray Allen is fine with me - it would unbalance the roster a bit, but I'm ok with that

In this scenario, does Minny buy Ray out and he returns to the Celtics?  Whether he does or not, I like this trade.
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2010, 09:18:59 AM »

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Just from a PR standpoint, I don't think the Wolves would ever deal Big Al back to Boston.
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Re: Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2010, 10:32:55 AM »

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Minnesota will be looking to acquire talent in a Big Al trade. Not cap flexibility.

You don't give up young talent players on solid contracts for cap flexibility.
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Re: Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2010, 10:57:06 AM »

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I did Ray/Perk for Big Al and crap. This is the only way i give up Perkules though.
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2010, 11:15:41 AM »

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Yeah, as nice as Big Al is, I don't like unbalancing the roster like that if we still think we're contenders. 

Plus, as much as I loved Big Al when he was here, if he really is the bonafide dominant low post scorer we all wanted him to be when he was here, why is Minny so bad?  I mean I don't expect him to make them contenders by himself, but I'd think if he was closer to Tim Duncan than Rony Seikaly, Minny would be hovering a bit closer to .500. 

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Re: Idea: If Minny wants to clear cash
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2010, 11:51:12 AM »

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I would give up Perkins to get Jefferson back.  But MN doesn't need expiring contracts; they need players.  If they do nothing at all at the deadline, the Wolves' payroll goes to 35 million next year.

I'm not a great fan of Sessions, becuase he does not shoot particularly well.  But I'd trade scalabrine for him if MN wants to get out from under the contract, which they may want to do because they've got a ton of pgs with Rubio waiting in the wings.
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