Detroit is Where Gasol will Land
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2008 4:52 pm
Trading Nazr Mohammed seems like a pre-cursor to take on more salary in a later trade. It gives the Pistons the Flexibility to absorb Brian Cardinal's contract in a deal for Gasol.
Dumars has inquired about Gasol in the past.
Walter Hermann and Aaron Afflalo can provide them good minutes at SG.
Juan Carlos Navarro gets the big PG to play next to, making him less of a liability defensively in their backcourt.
Maxiell would be a stud in Iavaroni's offense.
The Grizzlies get a very good SG in Richard Hamilton.
The Deal:
To Detroit:
Pau Gasol/Brian Cardinal/Juan Carlos Navarro
To Memphis:
Richard Hamilton/Jason Maxiell/Flip Murray/Primoz Brezec/Cheihk Samb/2008 1st Round pick
Lineups
Detroit
PG - Chauncey Billups/Rodney Stuckey/Lindsey Hunter
SG - Juan Carlos Navarro/Aaron Afflalo
SF - Tayshawn Prince/Jarvis Hayes/Herman
PF - Pau Gasol/Amir Johnson/Brian Cardinal
C - Rasheed Wallace/Antonio McDyess
Memphis
PG - Mike Conley, Jr./Kyle Lowry
SG - Richard Hamilton/Flip Murray
SF - Rudy Gay/Mike Miller
PF - Jason Maxiell/Hakim Warrick/Andre Brown
C - Darko Milicic/Stromile Swift/Samb
Grizzlies waive Casey Jacobsen.
Of all the supposed destinations for Gasol, I have always felt Detroit had the better pieces for Memphis to part with Pau.
This is the deal to get it done.
Dumars has inquired about Gasol in the past.
Walter Hermann and Aaron Afflalo can provide them good minutes at SG.
Juan Carlos Navarro gets the big PG to play next to, making him less of a liability defensively in their backcourt.
Maxiell would be a stud in Iavaroni's offense.
The Grizzlies get a very good SG in Richard Hamilton.
The Deal:
To Detroit:
Pau Gasol/Brian Cardinal/Juan Carlos Navarro
To Memphis:
Richard Hamilton/Jason Maxiell/Flip Murray/Primoz Brezec/Cheihk Samb/2008 1st Round pick
Lineups
Detroit
PG - Chauncey Billups/Rodney Stuckey/Lindsey Hunter
SG - Juan Carlos Navarro/Aaron Afflalo
SF - Tayshawn Prince/Jarvis Hayes/Herman
PF - Pau Gasol/Amir Johnson/Brian Cardinal
C - Rasheed Wallace/Antonio McDyess
Memphis
PG - Mike Conley, Jr./Kyle Lowry
SG - Richard Hamilton/Flip Murray
SF - Rudy Gay/Mike Miller
PF - Jason Maxiell/Hakim Warrick/Andre Brown
C - Darko Milicic/Stromile Swift/Samb
Grizzlies waive Casey Jacobsen.
Of all the supposed destinations for Gasol, I have always felt Detroit had the better pieces for Memphis to part with Pau.
This is the deal to get it done.