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Trade Proposal Chi/Mem/Tor


Hi, a raptors fan here wondering how you would feel about such a proposal:

Bulls outgoing: Deng, Gibson, 1st rd pick(s)
Bulls incoming: Bosh

Grizzlies outgoing: Gay (S&T), Thabeet
Grizzlies incoming: Calderon, Deng, Gibson, 1st rd pick(s)

Toronto outgoing: Calderon, Bosh (S&T)
Toronto incoming: Gay, Thabeet

Chicago&Bosh: No need to explain why they would do this trade...

Memphis: They were close to contending last year, and the main reason they fell short was mostly due to a thin thin bench. They have a decent backup wing in Sam Young, but that's about it last year. They drafted henry & other 2's so their depth on wing is set, but still need a proper big man and pg in their rotation to contend. Deng is a poor man's version of Gay (almost identical PER last year) with a shorter contract (assuming Gay signs a 5 or 6 yr extension), while calderon and gibson would give them a much needed boost in their second unit. This trade is under the assumption that Memphis is in a win now mode and need immediate upgrades to build upon the success of last year or risk falling back into the old grizzlies.

Their lineup:

Conley/Calderon/Vasquez
Mayo/Henry/ Vasquez
Deng/Young/
Randolph/Gibson/Carroll & Arthur
Gasol/Haddadi/Carroll & Arthur

Gay: The fact that memphis drafted Henry seems like a message that his time is up. Why not start anew in an (big) new city where he will have a shot as a #1?

Raptors: Admittedly this leaves us a little short at the pg position, but that can be easily rectified elsewhere. If nothing else we could continue to let Turk lead our second unit then Our lineup would become:

Jack/MLE signing?/Banks
Derozan/Weems/Bellineli
Gay/Turkoglu/Bellineli
Johnson/Davis/Evans
Bargnani/Thabeet/Alabi


On a side note, if Memphis wants to keep Thabeet they could substitute him w/ Haddadi & one of Carroll or Arthur, and give the first rd picks to Toronto. I also wouldn't mind sending you Jack instead of Calderon if you are cost conscious about Calderon's contract and would rather have Jack's.

Once again, this trade is assuming Memphis doesn't care about saving money and is intended to give them a 3 year window to contend (Calderon's contract is 3 yrs, Deng is 4 so he'll be an expiring after 3 years).

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Don't like it.. I like it if i'm a Bulls fan, but i'm a Grizzlies fan and I wouldn't like that for us.

We don’t need another PG..Mayo is hopfully gonna move there..and open up SG for X and that would be a downgrade at SF. Plus i’m not ready to give up on Thabeet.

by Ryno G on Jun 28, 2010 2:39 PM CDT reply actions  

Fair enough; I didn’t think mayo would be a pg for you guys (thought he was a volume shooter and not so much distributor).

by 7-9nomore on Jun 28, 2010 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

He's eventually got to become a point or 6th man most likely...

Played PG all his life and that’s how he was like one of the top HS recruits since LeBron, USC stuck him at SG and it stuck going to the Grizz b/c we needed production right away and didn’t want to put him on a learning curve.

So this year he should be playing SG mostly, but backing up PG some too, opening up extra minutes.

Don’t forget that we have Ronnie Brewer also, assuming Heisley keeps him like he said, so our bench is actually 1 player deeper than most people remember. And Arthur is better than most people remember too, but struggled coming off a long injury.

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by djturtleface on Jun 28, 2010 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

yeah its amazing how little talk there is of Ronnie Brewer

the guy was a starting 2-guard on a team that went to the WCF. He only shoots when he’s open, and makes it 50% of the time. Tough on D.

by John Park Williams on Jun 29, 2010 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

Elite on D...

Although with Henry I wouldn’t be shocked if we try to S&T him to flip and get a first round pick right back.

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by djturtleface on Jun 29, 2010 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Brewer

We actually lost Brewer we did not send him an offer. I vote no as well we need rudy more than dung…i mean deng. The way you projected our starting SF is with two back up SF we don’t need that

by Tai Mai Shu on Jun 30, 2010 11:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Also..

drafting Henry had nothing to do with Rudy at all.. They play completely different positions.

by Ryno G on Jun 29, 2010 3:25 AM CDT reply actions  

Let's hope...

Starting to worry after this Ronnie Brewer debacle.

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by djturtleface on Jun 30, 2010 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

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