Post#139 » by Natopher » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:35 am
How about this trade (It's really 2 trades but I'm throwing them together because they work together to fix logjams at certain positions)
DET Trades: Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva, Rodney Stuckey
DET Receives: Jeff Green, Courtney Lee, Channing Frye, 1st round draft pick (from BOS), 2014 1st round draft pick (from PHX)
PHX Trades: Channing Frye, 2014 first (I believe they have 4, any of them will do)
PHX Receives: Rodney Stuckey
BOS Trades: Jeff Green, Courtney Lee, 1st round draft pick
BOS Receives: Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva
Phoenix does this trade because it allows them to shed the salary connected to Frye and they have 4 first round draft picks this year so trading one really doesn't hurt them much (if at all) and I doubt they want 4 guaranteed rookies on their team next year. Not to mention they have the Morris twins who are playing very well for them, making Frye an expensive and redundant piece. Stuckey would also be a pretty valuable player for them coming off the bench.
Boston does this because it gets them their franchise center going forward into the future and Lee isn't really a part of their future so trading him doesn't hurt them. They have to add a first round pick because Monroe is worth more than Lee and Green.
Detroit does this trade because it gets us a starting quality SG and SF and 2 first round draft picks. Jeff Green is (IMO) one of the better SFs in the league, and he's a great corner 3 point shooter which would help open up the floor. We also trade Stuckey for Frye because it gets us a first round draft pick this year (in a loaded draft) and trading Stuckey fixes our jam at PG/SG. Not to mention that Frye would be a very valuable in the stretch 4 role off the bench. With these trades we would have a rotation of:
Jennings/Billups/Bynum/Siva
Lee/KCP
Green/Singler/Datome
Smith/Frye/Mitchell/Jerebko
Drummond/Harrellson