Ray To Phoenix Idea

[slamtheking]

the only teams I'm dealing with are golden state, sacto, washington and portland.  The firs three I'd dealing with to get a young piece and their pick, portland I would require two of thier good young guys.  There's no reason to trade ray for a step down in richardson and a 14th pick in a weak draft.

The better question is why havent pheonix and chicago worked out a deal.  They could EASILY trade Deng and Ty Thomas (and pieces)for Amare and JRich (and pieces).  I know they're going after bosh but this deal makes a whole helluva lot of sense for both teams.  But this is celtics blog so I'm just wasting your time... sorry.

That's an interesting trade.  Not sure how the $ would be put together by Chicago but that deal would seem to help both teams.  Chi gets very good experienced players to put with most of their youth and Phx gets good young players that are cheaper and getting better.  PHX would need another good young player thrown in to make up for the difference in talent.

[Jon]

If J-Rich really = Ray Allen, then how come a line-up of two-time MVP Steve Nash, 1 time MVP and 4 time world champ Shaq, Amare Stoudemire, and Richardson (along with good role players like Hill and Barbosa) can't even make the playoffs? 

[RAcker]

If J-Rich really = Ray Allen, then how come a line-up of two-time MVP Steve Nash, 1 time MVP and 4 time world champ Shaq, Amare Stoudemire, and Richardson (along with good role players like Hill and Barbosa) can't even make the playoffs? 

Simple answer...no defense.

[dark_lord]

I never do trade ideas and don't really want to trade Ray but id do this deal if it was possible.

Ray Allen/Bill Walker/future first to the Suns for Jason Richardson/14th pick/Goran Dragic/Jared Dudley.

Celts do it because they get a player who is just as talented as Ray is in J-Rich, they get a backup Sf in Dudley, and the 14th pick.With the 14th pick the Celts take someone like Terrence Williams. The Celts go into next year with a lineup of Rondo/J-Rich/PP/KG/Perk with a bench of House/T-Will/Dudley/FA signing or 2.

Suns do it because they dump Richardson and Dragic's contracts. By getting Ray they get a player who ontop of being an expiring is a great fit for them if they try to make one last run this year, giving up the pick may be a bit much but they are dumping a good amount of salary so i'd bet they'd give the pick up, i mean this is the same team that traded 2 firsts just so the THunder would take Kurt Thomas' contract of their hands.. THey also get Bill Walker who is a better fit than Dudley for the Suns style of play.