Minny-Miami trade

dunkonu21 · Post #1 » by **dunkonu21** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:10 pm

Shawn Marion
Shaun Livingston
Joel Anthony

for

Gomes
Craig Smith
Collins
Cardinal

Foye/Telfair/Livingston
Miller/McCants/Ollie
Marion/Carney
Love/Marion/Booth
Jefferson/Love/Anthony

Tekkenlaw · Post #2 » by **Tekkenlaw** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:48 pm

I'd do it, I really wanted Livingston back in the offseason. Then sign Marvin Williams to replace Marion when he leaves. Maybe try to put McCants in there and include a late 1st instead of Gomes, or Smith if Gomes is the deal breaker.

shrink · Post #3 » by **shrink** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:37 pm

While this offer probably is a fair amount for the value we could get out of the deal (since Marion is nothing more than an expiring here), since he's also a decent player, a contender could offer more. Also, MIA would probably prefer to let him walk rather than look at a deal with Cardinal, since they can then be far enough under the salary cap to bring in Boozer, who has a home in Miami.

I still think its likely that MIA feels too much pressure to win this season, and ends up trading Marion -- which is bad news for us, since we have their pick. However, I suspect a Marion trade won't be to a non-contender.

Post #4 » by **revprodeji** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:12 pm

makes us just good enough for the short term to hurt our draft status.