Josh Smith anyone?

Supposedly ATL is trying to get the #2 from Minny for Smith.

 

Minny can't be that stupid. I like Josh Smith, but he's got a huge contract + baggage that Derrick Williams lacks.

 

Chris Mannix said on Twitter that Atlanta is looking to deal Smith. I'd love to see him in a Trail Blazer uni!!!!

 

If Aldridge is willing to play center long-term, I'd love Josh Smith on the team. It all depends on what they're looking for. My guess is they'd want Batum, and I probably wouldn't do that.

 

They want to cut payroll they wouldn't want to pay to keep Batum. Id trade Wallace and a pick for him. Keeps them competitive for this year with an expiring essentially. LA would be fine at center as long as you dont call him a center

 

I still think you try to grab Joe Johnson from them. I know he's grossly overpaid, but I don't think we could really get anyone better this offseason with that cap space and maybe a new coach (not Nate) would do wonders for this team next season.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8yj42ze

I think Atlanta would go for this because they get a young guy in Batum and they clear 30 million off their cap. If you look at hteir roster, it's mostly 1 year deals. They would be huge players in free agency this summer.

We end up with a decent core around Aldridge. We'd just need a point guard this summer (Miller maybe?)

Crawford/Smith
Johnson/Williams
Matthews/Babbitt
Smith/rhino
Aldridge/Prz

 

GROSS.

Not a fan of either Smith or Johnson. Both? Kill me now.

 

I dont think they are interested in Batum. They want to get rid of smith because of his contract but if they get Batum they will have to pay him Smith type money in the off season.

 

Batum is 4 or 5 years younger and much more versatile than Smith. Smith is actually a power forward in a small forwards body. I'm just thinking that Smith and Johnson with Aldridge would be a formidable core. We'd just need a decent point guard to solidify things.

 

Finally reports of teams looking to dump salary. Good opportunity to pick quality player for teams not afraid to to spend money.

 

Batums only 3 years younger. I still cant see them taking on Batum, I guess if we took on Johnson but Johnson is 30 and 1 injury away from crippling us for years to come financially and If we were to take on Johnsons contract id demand Horford

 

If you can somehow turn batum into josh smith you do it in a heartbeat and never look back.