How about Lamarcus for 1 & 10? Would you do it? With some agreement in place that they cannot tender an offer to Batum. Because I now believe that Batum is wearing teal next year.....
The way I understand it, if we offered LMA, 6 and 11 for #1 they'd still laugh at us. They REALLY want Davis.
I think this creates other problems. I like some of the players and it would be fun to think about, but what if 3 of 4 actually work out? What happens when they all want real contracts at the same time? I guess you would likely have to trade one or two before you got there. An embarrassment of riches?
By then, Matthews will be off the books, and Batum will either be gone or signed to a reasonable deal. It's not like Babbitt and Smith are going to get big extensions! NO would never do it...but dang it would be a fun experiment to watch!
Obviously Monty and money could be a factor in the Hornets getting Batum but although it might not be a big factor I wonder how much the French connection with New Orleans could come into play. Im not saying its a deal maker but it could be something that tips the scale in NO's favor for "Frenchy"
From Chris Brussoard article about Dwill http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/stor...ts-mavericks-leaders-race-sign-deron-williams He completely discounts us as a destination because of lack of quality players but then puts PHX as a reasonable destination. What the hell am I missing, did the suns suddenly become a team that has an all-star quality player outside of Nash? Last time I looked they had a bunch of bad contracts (Fry/Childress/WArrick) and only one good player outside of nash (Gortat) and some fairly decent players (Dudley,Hill,Morris) but not a team that is a playoff team even with Nash.
