THE "OFFICIAL" February 21, 2013 Trade Deadline Thread...

Phoenix is said to be gutting the team, so would you try to do this if you were Portland?

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine/?tradeId=bkooxjp Portland also sends 3 mm in cash and a future 1st

Gives the Suns a young center they might be able to build around and clears millions in cap space, nets them 3 mm and a future 1st

Gortat, Dudley, Morris for Hickson, Leonard, Williams, Babbitt. 3mm and a future 1st

 

Trade Machine isn't working.

 

Thanks

 

I can't see your trade MM, but I'd see if they would bite on

Gortat for Hickson, Nolan, and Elliott.

 

Of course they wouldn't.

 

If they're blowing things up, why wouldn't they want to clear his 8 million or whatever he's making AND have an inside track at signing Hickson (if they were so inclined).

 

So they'll clear cap....and use it on Hickson

Pay Gortat or Hickson.....hmmmmm

 

I'm not saying they would pay Hickson, but they would clear his contract off the books and still have a young guy who produces in the short term. If they sign him, great, if not then they've cleared Gortat's 7.2 million off their books. I'm just going off MM's rumor that Phoenix is gutting the team.

 

Well I guess there's a trade coming soon.

 

I want to see the sign hanging on the Blazer management offices all the way up until the deadline. Nobody is untouchable.

 

I'm sure Olshey is willing, but I doubt anything happens ... unless Neil can flip Hickson for a second rounder or a late first (if a team wants him for thirty games and doesn't want the cap-hold of a first round pick).

 

yeah, there's really not that much we can do, if we can move Hickson or any bench scrub for some value then of course you do it, I'd prefer to cut a couple guys after the deadline and offer some 10-days to Dleaguers

 

No reason really, we can tank just fine with the bench we have. Paying d-leaguers and the waived players just hurts the bottom line.

 

IMO it's not that much money and PA can afford it, a surprise can be found in Dleague, it's worth it IMO but then again it's not my $$$$$

 

I guess they could go that route, but aside from maybe getting lucky and finding a hidden gem, what's the motive for adding even more young, unproven players to a roster filled with 'em? You might as well trade who you can from the veteran pool (or just sit 'em) and play guys like Freeland, Leonard, Claver and Barton as much as possible and see if guys you have under contract can actually produce instead of waiving guys and eating their contracts.

 

Have any players in free agency in mind?

 

Bobcats are trying hard to deal Ben Gorden to bad he's so over payed.

 

Yikes! Buuuuut...
http://espn.go.com/nba/trademachine?tradeId=apddxux
And they'd have to throw in at least one future 1st with very little protection on it/them.

 

fail

 

Trade machine is not working the last 2-3 days gang. RealGM has one if you can't resist.