Given the situation in Atlanta with Joe Johnson and eating up the money with huge salary and the new owners unwilling to break the bank for Josh Smith, what do you guys think it would take for us to pair RR and his budy JSmooth...?
Would a 1st rounder (in a good draft) + Marquis + Hollins suffice?
I wouldn't mind even throwing there JJJ if that can bring us JSmooth!
if we can add green and bring back the gang together we could have a scary deep team :
Rondo / Dooling / Moore
Bradley / Ray / Pietrus
Green / Pierce / Pavlovic
JSmooth / Bass / JJJ (Or Wilcox if he can come back or any FA)
Stiemboat / KG / 1st Rounder
STARTERS:
You start a very athletic group that is young enough to be the future of the franchise and good enough to get you a very good playoff spot. Athleticism off the chart! Defensely it would be SCARY! Championship level! Offensively, Green and Bradley will need to be 3-point threats but I think they all have above average shooting skills for their positions beside RR and Avery... Imagine the number of blocks per game with Stiemboat and JSmooth! Imagine the fast breaks with Bradley, Green and JSmooth along side RR!
BENCH:
You bring of the bench your BIG 3 plus Bass and Dooling who will be even more confortable with Doc's system and playing with the Big 3... This will extend the Big 3 basketball life expectancy by about 1-3 years!! Plus they could still be closing most games or have the most playoff minutes with Rondo and JSmooth... (RR+Ray+PP+JSmooth+KG to close games).
I think this is attainable, all it would take is:
1)Bring back the band at a reduce cost
2)Trade for JSmooth
3)Work Bradley and Green into 3pts shooting threats...
Number 1) is fairly easily doable
Number 2) will be quite difficult
Number 3) is manageable
I think such a team give us a couple of banners during a smooth transition into life after the big 3...
What do you guys think..
