<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>One team that is apparently looking to move up in this draft is Philadelphia, thanks to the plethora of cap space they will enjoy coming July 1st. The Sixers are reportedly realizing that there could be very few quality unrestricted free agents available that they could realistically sign, making their precious cap space essentially useless. One trade that is making the rounds would involve the Knicks sending Zach Randolph and the rights to the #6 pick to Philadelphia for a smaller contract, such as Reggie Evans, and the rights to the #16 pick—after July 1st (when Philadelphia’s cap space kicks in). New York would move into position to have significant cap space in the summer of 2010 (possibly to make a run at LeBron James) by unloading the 17.3 million dollars owed to Randolph in 2010/11, and would still be able to keep David Lee around. Philadelphia would fill a big void at power forward with a 20 point per game scorer in Zach Randolph, and possibly pick up one of Jerryd Bayless, O.J. Mayo or Eric Gordon in the process, while only sacrificing the 8-9 million dollars they are expected to have in cap space, which likely wouldn’t get them very far anyway.</div> Link
Bleh. Randolph? Would you really want him on your team? <div><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lvYf08X6tc&"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7lvYf08X6tc&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" /></embed></object></div>
A post in the Sixers forum But yeah, if the trade were to occur, it would be because of the 6th overall pick. I really don't want Zach Randolph anywhere near this team, but if someone like OJ Mayo or Kevin Love somehow falls down to the 6th pick, it would be pretty tempting not to pull the trigger
