If Cs trade PP, the most obvious fit: The Clippers

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The trade fit isn't really there.


They will not want to give away their only C

Yeah, pretty much.  Especially when they're getting pretty good production from their swing positions.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/PERDiem-120118/nba-lobs-nice-overall-los-angeles-clippers-incomplete

This article suggests otherwise. PP would certainly cure a number of things that ail the Clips -- he's plays up to the occasion in the playoffs, and remains a major upgrade over Butler, whose ESPN photo is one of the scariest things i've ever seen:

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1705/caron-butler

You could add in JO, take back Gomes, then amnesty him.

Can't. Amnesty only applies to players already on your roster when the rule was adopted.

Fiddlesticks!