NH wrote:Not a fan of the Bleacher Report, but they had some interesting trade ideas:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/9316 ... ors/page/21.) Barbosa for Michael Beasley
2.) Amir Johnson, Jerryd Bayless and a 2nd-Round Pick for Josh Smith (not sure if we have a 2nd round pick)
3.) Jerryd Bayless and Ed Davis for Serge Ibaka and Nate Robinson
4.) Andrea Bargnani for Corey Maggette and 2012 Unprotected 1st-Round Pick
5.) Raptors Receive: Al Jefferson, Mikael Pietrus, Jazz 2012 1st-Round Pick
Suns Receive: Andrea Bargnani, Linas Kleiza
Jazz Receive: Jared Dudley, Josh Childress, Suns 2012 2nd-Round
6.) Leandro Barbosa for Mikael Pietrus and Robin Lopez
For 1.), I rather have Wes Johnson and one of their back up PGs than Beasley, but Beasley still intrigues me somewhat. 2.) and 3.) won't happen. 4.) is somewhat interesting but I doubt Bucks will give up their pick. I rather go Bargnani and Bayless for Corey Maggette and Brandon Jennings. 5.) won't happen. 6.) looks possible.
1) There is no way in hell Minny dumps Beasley for a expiring useless contract as would be the case with Barbs. It's just terrible for them they could do a lot better. I would take that deal and run if I am Toronto and not look back. Beasley maybe a tweener but he's a solid 15 ppg and 7-8 rpg guy and he's young. If he flops we send him to another team for some assets or flip him + Davis for a early 2012 1st
2) Josh Smith is really good and would be the guy I would have wanted here if we didn't have a glut of PF's as it is now. Davis is there, Bargs is there and I don't see how all three could co-exist. Plus trading a quality young combo guard in Bayless in the process would be a tough pill to swallow.
3) I think we take that deal and run with it, Ibaka looks like a damn good defender and would be a amazing piece to play with Jonas V yeah giving up Davis and Bayless would be a tough pill to swallow but think of how good the defense would be with possibly Barnes/Ibaka/Jonas V up front that is
worthy to me. OKC wouldn't make that deal anyways with Harden, Thabo, Maynor, Westbrook all in the fold Bayless isn't really needed.
4) Really good trade for Toronto as we get another 1st in a really deep draft only thing is having to play the dumb as rocks Maggette.
5) Not sure if Al Jefferson is going to be moved by the Jazz for that, he's was acquired for a lot more and is hands down a lot better then the poo-poo platter that they receive I would say Chill has really negative value right now in this CBA and isn't the best fit for them with that deal.
6) Obviously we would say yes to that deal. Pietrus has value as a defensive wing and Lopez might have as a defensive backup 5 here long term if he could develop into something the way I see it is it's a free look for us. If we don't want Lopez fine he's gone it's not like Barbosa helps us do anything really
