The idea is to get Boozer for Mags and/or Crawford in the deal. In that light, I rather have Boozer. Mags was a panic move because we lost Baron. However, if we signed Baron like Mullin had arranged, then he still could have been traded if he didn't work out (like he didn't work out for the Clippers). Baron would have given us a shot to go to the POs again this past season even if Monta was injured. If we had Harrington, then we would be in a lot better position to get Bosh or Boozer in a sign-and-trade. I doubt the Warriors would offer Boozer the long-term contract he's looking for, but he probably won't get it from other teams either.
Is it me or does anyone think that Carlos Boozer has become a better passing, glorified, more athletic version of Zach Randolph? I don't think Boozer would necessarily help us because we need another center-like power forward defensively and we need a ballhandler. I think we need a point guard badly. If Monta goes down, we need to know we have a guy who can run offense. When we had offense being run through Jax, Mags, and Crawford you know it's bad news. Especially because guys that are much better like Marco Belinelli or even CJ Watson were injured. Belinelli (ankle, i believe) CJ (hand problem). We had like no guards. Maybe I missed the entire point because Boozer was supposed to be used as a way to dump cap. I thinking that we need to find a deal we can stay with and get value for the players that we just traded away. If it's salary relief, I want to know we can actually land a good player using that salary... I don't want another role player or overpaid sixth man.
It's kind of like a salary dump since his contract only has a year left as opposed to Crawford's 2 years (presuming he does not opt out). We get a player that brings more value to the team. I don't see this as a bad thing. It's like a one year lease. I wouldn't expect the Warriors to give Boozer a contract beyond that.
I like this line of thinking, From a pure business perspective, you want your money working for you. You know you made a bad investment, if that's the case, some people fear meddling with it because of the potential that it can become a "money pit." Or you can put a little more into it and lessen the blow.
I was just looking at the Jazz's salary. There's no way the Warriors could take on Kirilenko's contract next year unless they gave up Crawford/Maggette, Azubuike, and BWright (or a similar combo of similar salaries). That seems very unlikely. I think the Warriors have two options with the Jazz: 1) Trade Crawford + filler for Boozer 2) Trade Crawford or Maggette + many fillers for Kirilenko But not a Boozer + Kirilenko. Kirilenko's and Maggette's total remaining salaries are almost identical: 49M and 48M respectively but because Kirilenko's annual salary is so much more, it basically makes things very difficult...moreso for Utah. Boozer and Crawford's total remaining salaries are similar (if Crawford doesn't opt out): 24M and 28M respectively. Given the short lengths of their contracts and team needs, this is the more likely scenario.
Funny you should mention that, check out this excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12281156 I'm not a big fan of his but I'd do a trade for him if it meant moving Jack, possibly Craw. It'd be a little troubling moving Wright as well without a really good PF coming back but that NY pick could definitely easy the pain. Nellie did say he wanted a veteran SF who can defend and pass this offseason, but do you honestly believe he'll play a SF (let alone a PF) who can't shoot? He'd probably end up taking all of Randolph's minutes. And his numbers the last 3 years have been downright bad. Dude can certainly pass and block shots but I just don't know if hes worth it even for the fewer years on the salary. If I'm giving up Mags and Wright (plus more?) I'd rather have Boozer who's better (though he also still has question marks) and expiring after next season.
Yeah, if the Jazz are willing to take on Maggette instead of Crawford for Boozer, that would be ideal. Dump a salary and bring on a player who can help us immediately (for one year). There should be a few more opportunities to trade Crawford but if there's a chance to move Maggette, do it! And I agree, I can't seem to justify bringing on Kirilenko given his recent year's performance and his salary. I mean, that salary is just ridiculous.
