Which teams would be interested in Bass + Lee?

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Good simple question here (though I'd add in Jeff Green, since he's a 'piece' also).

Lee's trade value is nil since he fell out of Doc's rotation last year. He'll have to be packaged in a bigger deal to get traded, or at the very least sent out for a comparable contract that a) expires at the end of the 2015, and b) belongs to an utterly useless or disliked player. Lee for an expiring contract isn't happening.

Bass has much better value. To me, he's the C most likely to be traded by himself before the deadline. Lots of teams could use a lunchpail guy who can shoot and defend at the 4. He's not overpaid and his contract is short. Examples:

• could see the Heat trading Haslem (dead weight, same length deal, smaller dollars), Lewis and a pick for him
• could see GSW trading Speights (dead weight, same length deal, smaller dollars) and a rookie contract for him, maybe Ezili
• could see CLE trading Earl Clark (dead weight, same length deal, smaller dollars) and something for him

By the way, love your Detroit idea, but can't see Dumars buying that it's time for them to go 'all in' with these two -- it clogs them up pretty good for the next couple of years.

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Can you think of any playoff teams that might be interested in Brandon Bass + Courtney Lee?

Bass is making 6.4 mil over 2 years. 
Lee is making 5.2 mil over 3 years.

Kinda bad contracts, but kinda capable players.  I don't think we could get any assets out of it.  An expiring contract would get the job done, imo.  They don't figure into long-term plans and we probably would prefer not to continue paying them.

Can you pinpoint any team that might want to give up an 11 mil expiring contract and add those two to there bench?

What about Bass and Lee to Detroit for Charlie Villanueva's expiring contract?  Would Detroit have any use for Bass and Lee?

I'm not sure if Detroit would want Bass.  He would be pressed for minutes with the Smith/Monroe/Drummond trio dominating the big man rotation. 

Lee would fit in well with them - a veteran alternate to KCP and a solid shooter to help out the worst 3-pt shooting team in the league. 

Maybe a Lee for Jerebko swap - saves us a year of Lee's deal and gives us $750k more room under the tax to make other trades easier.

I think Bass would have some appeal to Washington and Cleveland - both teams with playoff hopes and an appetite for veteran roleplayers.  If Bynum suffers some sort of set back, then Bynum for Bass and Lee would make sense.  For Washington, Vesely and Seraphin for Bass makes some sense.

[PhoSita]

Teams with expiring contracts that don't have incentive to tank this year (i.e. they have no first round pick).

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The Nebraska Nobodies.

[Lucky17]

I agree that Washington seems like a potential buyer for Bass.

With the Wolves acquiring Mbah a Moute, they now have two rotation guys at PF (Cunningham), so I don't think they match up well now for Bass.

Portland seems like it could be a buyer, but they have no real expirings to offer. Perhaps a package of Meyers Leonard and short term filler.