Im not saying everyone here doesn't know this or whatever but its driving me nuts. Whether we make a deal or not...i dont know, BUT..... the fact some believe other teams wont trade players like Jefferson, Butler, etc for raefs deal are not seeing things clearly at all. That contract for a team like the wiz or bucks is like offering a superstar back. Its that simple. For a team thats feeling the economy and wants to clear payroll...they would give us a lot just to get that deal. Throw in bayless or sergio and you have a very tasty offer. Again, i dont know IF WE MAKE A DEAL.... but other teams would love raefs contract and would have no problem sending us a borderline star to get it. Dont be stupid. Do you really think the wiz and bucks care about winning or slashing payroll right now? jefferson and sessions butler and thomas both are very reasonable if they get raef Read this little article below "Meanwhile, the haves, like Portland--whose owner, Paul Allen, still has a net worth of $16 billion or so after years of nine-figure losses, according to Forbes--still can make deals for basketball reasons. I'm told by a reliable source that the Blazers could lose another eight figures this season. But they'll still be active before the deadline and in the offseason. The Blazers have the league's best expiring contract in Raef LaFrentz's $12.7 deal. (Yes, the Knicks have Stephon Marbury's $19 million contract, but at the glacial pace of negotiations on a buyout, no one on earth--save the New York Post, perhaps--believes Marbury will be bought out before the trading deadline. He may not be bought out before March 1, the deadline for setting playoff rosters. But that's another column.) With insurance paying 80 percent of LaFrentz's salary this season, any team that picks him up for the rest of the season would receive, in essence, a cash benefit of almost $5 million. In this economy, that's huge. Interest in LaFrentz "just went from about a two in the last month a to nine and a half," one GM divulges, and the fact that having other teams read that is self-serving for Portland doesn't mean it's not true. The Blazers also have the kind of relatively inexpensive assets, from guards Jerryd Bayless and Sergio Rodriguez to swingmen Travis Outlaw and Martell Webster, to put in a package that would be attractive for any team looking to cut costs. So, after threatening to sue any of its partners that had the temerity to sign Darius Miles, Portland could wind up playing financial savior for one of its lessers (MIL/WAS). Life is not without its ironies."
The economy is really hitting the NBA hard. MIXUM. I think we need to shed some salary too. This trade sheds salary and arguably makes us a contender for this year: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/featur...teams=13~13~13~13~22~22~22~22~22~22&te=&cash=
I'd only throw in Bayless if we were gettin' a PG back that could be a big part of our future. Ramon Sessions or dreams like Devin Harris (who I think i'd trade Raef, Rudy, Bayless, Sergio, Travis, WEbster, 1st's... everything outside of Roy, Aldridge and Gregory... i'd even put Joel in there, but I see no reason why they'd trade Harris honestly).
Three expensive contracts (Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler, Gilbert Arenas), a bad record and a worse economy will have the Wizards nosing around for cost-cutting deals at the trade deadline. from yahoo power rankings
Aha! Finally YOU propose a deal. Why is it that every Blazer fan comes up with a deal that rapes the other team, and makes us 10x better? God, B-Roy, you hypocrite
The Lakers aren't trading Vujacic, Morrison, Mihm, Farmar, Mbenga, and Walton for that steaming pile of crap--Lakers say "NO!!!"
Well, I did propose a Josh Smith deal in one of the other threads, but honestly, I think this may be my best yet.
