<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">How about a little more trade scuttlebutt? Nothing stirs conversation around here like trade talk. The fact that everyone has their own unique take on the particulars of a given deal proves to me that there is truly no blueprint for doing business in the NBA. So none of us is actually running a team. The point is, if there are 30 guys running NBA teams, you can bet there are 30 different plans for doing it. You can bet there are 30 different opinions about the same player and none of them are EXACTLY the same. That said, some things should be fairly obvious about the league (Shaq on your roster in June = A much better chance to win a title; Veteran teams win titles while young teams dream about winning titles; There are only about five true franchise players in the league; But no player is totally untouchable - see ?Shaq?). That?s why any trade talk here or anywhere else, however wild it might sound, is always grounded in possibility. I?m not saying it?s going to happen or that it?s even been floated from one party to another. But it?s always a possibility. Which is why I?m floating two more trade theories I?ve heard about today: * Hawks trade Salim Stoudamire and Esteban Batista to Dallas for Anthony Johnson. Salaries work, and the fits for both teams would be ideal. Stoudamire is a shooter deluxe and AJ is a combo-guard who helps the Hawks in several ways. This one, like Monday?s deal, makes sense. * Hawks trade Salim Stoudamire, Esteban Batista and Lorenzen Wright to Boston for Wally Szczerbiak. Money works. I don?t like the idea of this one as much as the others that have been tossed about here. I don?t understand it much, either, for either team. Sure, Szczerbiak would be a potent second scorer for the Hawks, a guy who could play the 2 or the 3. But his arrival (and at his price) would muddy the development situation for Josh Childress, Josh Smith and Marvin Williams.</div> Source
