There has been speculation that a big change would be coming in the form of a trade involving forward Amaré Stoudemire. Chicago, Houston and Cleveland have been considered the likely trading partners, but a deal with Portland for guard Jerryd Bayless, a first-round draft pick and Raef LaFrentz's expiring, insurance-protected contract has been considered. Any trade also would not happen until Monday, as the NBA does not want the Suns to act during All-Star weekend in its city.
Wow... look for another trade immediately following that one, including either Stoudemire or Aldridge. One would go.
If Portland can swing Amare or LMA for a top-end point guard, I'm in favour. Even otherwise, I probably am just since the talent is so heavily in Portland's favour.
I love Jerryd Bayless as a player, but if you can get Amare for him you have to do it. I would crap my pants if we could swing him for Devin Harris (even though I doubt it)
I love me some J-bay, but if the Suns really did offer up Stoudemire for just RLEC, Bayless and a future first that would be too much to pass up. But I'd much rather see KP get a team like the bulls involved and attempt to wrestle Deng and Hinrich away.
Unsure. Certainly New Jersey would be my first call, for Devin Harris. But I actually wouldn't constrain myself to point guards. A top-tier wing would also be great. Granger, perhaps.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=cvau7z We trade Bayless, LaFrentz, and Sergio (I couldn't figure out how to trade a draft pick instead) to Phoenix for Amare. We trade LMA, Outlaw, Frye, Randolph, and Diogu to Chicago for Deng and Hinrich. Our lineup Hinrich/Blake Roy/Rudy Deng/Batum/Webster Amare Oden/Przybilla Chicago probably cuts Diogu and Randolph, maybe even Frye (they're all free agents at the end of the year), so they end up with Outlaw and Aldridge as the centerpieces to the trade.
Wouldn't it have to be a one-for-one deal due to trade restrictions? Salaries wouldn't match in this case.
No, you can swing a player within 24 hours or something like that, and then after that it can only be one for one.
Within 24 or 48 hours (I forget which), you can trade the newly-acquired player as part of a package. After that, he can only be traded alone for several months. However, you can still get back a package of players, at any time. So Portland can still deal Amare, say, three days after acquiring him in return for a group of players. They just couldn't add anything to Amare on their end. Except within that short window. But since it's getting close to the deadline, the deadline may end up limiting the window anyway.
