Here's my pyramid of destruction:
STEP 1: Steal Gasol, let Howard & Kobe fail in LA
Garnett, Bynum to Orlando
Howard, Turkoglu, Clippers 1st to LA
Gasol to Boston
LA gets Howard and a 1st rounder for Gasol & Bynum. Orlando gets Bynum & unloads Turkoglu in the same deal. Boston gets Gasol for Garnett and a 1st.
STEP 2: Do the Nash/Gortat thing
Rondo, O'Neal to PHO
Nash, Gortat to BOS
Discussed many times in various incarnations, we trade small for big here.
STEP 3: Get something for Ray Allen
Ray Allen to LAC
Mo Williams, future 1st (2014) to BOS
LAC are potentially a SG away from contention this year, playing Billups @ SG.
STEP 4: Keep Pierce
LINEUP AFTER TRADES;
Nash
Pietrus
Pierce
Gasol
Gortat
Bench: Bass, Williams, Bradley, JJJ, Dooling, Moore, Stiemsma
Resign Allen however we see fit, and we go into next year with:
Mo Williams / Bradley
Ray Allen / Moore
Pierce
Gasol
Gortat
Pierce and Williams would be $25M of expiring deals for the following year to keep flexibility. We'd have hell of a shooting backcourt with Williams & Allen, and we could run the offense more through Pierce & Gasol.
OK, well we did say this thread wasn't too serious?