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@shrig021 @jgmagic3 ... I'm thinking Iggy will be a Clipper on Thursday.

The frontrunner to obtain Iguodala's services is believed to be the Los Angeles Clippers. Iguodala would be moved for Chris Kaman if this deal were to be completed, but other players and pieces may also be involved when all is said and done. The two sides have talked on and off since February, but both sides seem more willing than ever to make a trade work.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=20178

sixerfan1976 wrote:Things I expect to happen:
Iguodala to LAC for Aminu and Kaman by Wednesday. We may include Speights and they may include Willie Warren in one variation. Also in play is a swap of pick #37 for pick #50 as part of the deal. Deal has many variations but it sounds like one of the above is most likely to get done by Wednesday.

playaloc916 wrote:My expression if the trade goes down:

“They clearly need a star, and Iguodala’s not it,” the source said. “He doesn’t command a double-team. He doesn’t get respect at the end of the game in terms of the officials.”
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“If you give me a choice between Tony Battie, Spencer Hawes and Kaman, I’ll take Kaman in a heartbeat,” the source said. “Kaman’s a skilled offensive player, and a better-than-average shot-blocker. He can command a double-team and hit the face-up jumper. He can put it on the floor a little bit.”

The downside is that Kaman is injury-prone. He has played in 56 games or fewer three of the last four years, and appeared in just 32 last year because of an ankle problem.

But our mystery guest wonders if that’s because Kaman has needed that much time to recover from his physical woes, or if he was simply in no rush to return to a struggling team. Our source doesn’t know Kaman personally, but does know that Kaman and Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki are close, and that Nowitzki wanted him in Dallas “in the worst way” at one point.

“Part of it is that Dirk felt like Kaman would be a good fit,” the source said. “He got beat down in the seven years he played with the Clippers.”

Foshan wrote:As a philly fan I've more or less resigned that we'll move Iggy, though I'm going to LOL when we suck hard next year and all the fans are like WTF why's our D so bad? And when ball movement stops and people stop getting easy points off of Dre's good passes... oh-well.

Deal I'd like to see happen:

Iggy + Speights + Noc ----> Kaman + Aminu + Gomes + Min 1st

With Min looking to add vets, new coach, Rubio & #2 the value of that pick decreases most likely to a later lotto (just my opinion). Philly helps shave a year off of Gomes deal, which would be helpful for the clips in resigning some guys, Speights is a very offensively skilled PF/C tweener. Could play spot minutes next to Blake or DJ.

I see Philly being much more interested in the 1st than Aminu, simply because we have Thad, and are talking about drafting Hamilton, who looks like he'd be a better fit then Aminu.

Foshan wrote:^That's cool, i understand where your coming from with the pick...

But as far as 'taking on' Noc's deal, Clips are saving money by getting rid of a year on Gomes deal. Noc's actually a decent role player so he's not a bad guy to have around as a back up/expiring.