NJN GETS: Buckner + Telfair
MIN GETS: Stromile Swift and future 2nd
Why for NJN? The Nets are very sensitive to the lux, and they are right up against it now. Swift will get no play whatsoever with Krstic, S Williams, Josh Boone, and supposedly Diop too - that's $6 mil doing nothing. Buckner provides perimeter defense they said they need, though most of his value is as an expiring. If Marcus Williams gets dealt, as it is rumored, Telfair can back-up Devin Harris, and when the Nets move to Brooklyn, Telfair goes home.
Why for MIN? I think either McCants or Telfair eventually needs to go if we draft Mayo .. there just isn't enough minutes, particularly since Jaric and Brewer can also play SG. If it's going to be Telfair, I think he's shown enough to have a little bit of value to the right team. In that case, we'd be trading a $4 mil expiring we won't be using for a $6 mil expiring that can play minutes for us at center. I don't expect great things out of Swift, but it'd give him a chance he's not going to get in New Jersey, so maybe he'd do something .. he used to be an athletic freak. Even if he does nothing, a $6 mil expiring might have more value come trade deadline.
