Our Utah pick is looking better everyday

cpfsf · Post #1 » by **cpfsf** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:45 pm

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/59277/20090520/pistons_will_go_after_utahs_bigs/

Detroit could be interested in Utah's trio of big men who may become free agents this summer.

Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur and Paul Millsap would be players the Pistons would like to look at with their $20 million of cap space.

wildvikeswolves · Post #2 » by **wildvikeswolves** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:33 am

Its top 16 protected next year i believe

cpfsf · Post #3 » by **cpfsf** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:00 am

wildvikeswolves wrote:Its top 16 protected next year i believe

I think that sounds right, still I wonder if a Utah trade is possible (even if it involves another team).

shrink · Post #4 » by **shrink** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:34 am

cpfsf wrote:
wildvikeswolves wrote:Its top 16 protected next year i believe

I think that sounds right, still I wonder if a Utah trade is possible (even if it involves another team).

Right now, UTA is a team with perhaps the most uncertainty. They could lose Boozer, Okur, Korver, and Harpring, and have many expirings, and they could actually only have 6 players on their 2009 roster so far. I think that if their big guns walk (and I don't think they all will), they will be entering a period of rebuilding like we haven't seen from UTA in a while, and the outstanding pick may be more attractive helping them plan their future.

However, with those six players, its hard to see a trade, or know how UTA would value those players. I think its a good idea to keep in mind, but we need to wait until they see where they are going.