My bored at work random rebuild to contention thought of the day

[pearljammer10]

I posted this in the Rondo/Harden thread, but after the Rondo Harden idea I just kept rolling with it and came up with this squad. Got sparked by the recent talks of Green playin two, which is a thought I enjoy.....I actually like the outlook of the team that it resulted with....A little weak in the PG area...Enjoy/pick apart.

Not a fan of trading Rondo and even though I like Harden I dont think Id care to see him in Celtics green.

So if Rondo is moving to Houston I offer this deal. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lvf9bkn

Rondo and Bass and # 17, future Nets first

Parson, Beverly Asik Lins contracts # 25


I then try and attempt this deal. http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=mnschou

Sully, Bradley (s+t), Wallace for salary filler, lotto pick, Clippers unprotected, houston # 25

for

K.Love

Trade the unguaranteeds of Johnson, Babb, Expiring of Anthony a future first for Sign and trade for Marion

Sign Thabo to a 3 mil a year deal. Sign Okafor to the MLE sign Steimsa to a minimum sign Butler to a minimum

Beverly/Lin/Pressey
Green/Thabo
Parsons/Marion/Butler
Love/Olynyk
Asik/Okafor/Steimsma/Fav

14 players at roughly 62 million (give or take a couple mil here or there). Lin expires along with Asik and we can resign Asik, Love, Parsons in 2015. Turns us into a contender with a young core and great vets on the bench and in the locker room....Hmmm, I actually kind of like this.

[D.o.s.]

I don't like green at the 2, or Parsons at the 3 -- he  seems redundant with Love, since Chandler's greatest strength has been as a small ball 4. Also Marion's probably too slow to play the 3 at this point in his career. I like Okafor at the MLE but 29 other teams do too, and someone's going to pay more than that. Below average ball-handling at the guard positions and the wings means that the half court is going to be a mess and the transition offense is going to be sub optimal.

Given your lineup I'd probably roll out something like this:

Beverly/Pressey
Lin/Thabo
Green/Thabo/Parsons
Love/Parsons/Oly
Asik/Okafor

[PhoSita]

Wait, we're giving up two 1st round picks to trade Rondo and Bass to Houston?  I don't get it.

[Who]

I don't see why K-Love would re-sign here in Boston without Rondo or any star replacement for Rondo. That team is too similar, overall talent wise, to his Minnesota teams. Not a contender ... with no real hope of ever becoming a contender either = no contract extension.

[slamtheking]

just awful, god awful.  everything about it -- just awful.  overpaying for everyone you're bringing to put together a mediocre team that would be hardpressed to get out of the second round in the East. 

you've made Love the focal point of a team without any other A-list (or B-list) talent with him instead of Rondo.  We're also without a number of our draft pick assets. 

[pearljammer10]

just awful, god awful.  everything about it -- just awful.  overpaying for everyone you're bringing to put together a mediocre team that would be hardpressed to get out of the second round in the East. 

you've made Love the focal point of a team without any other A-list (or B-list) talent with him instead of Rondo.  We're also without a number of our draft pick assets.

This team would easily be a 3rd or 4th seed team in the East

[PhoSita]

This team would easily be a 3rd or 4th seed team in the East

So would the current Timberwolves.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

This team would easily be a 3rd or 4th seed team in the East

So would the current Timberwolves.

lol