Pacers trade

[JStockLivesOn]

Exactly. Foster's 5.5 mil doesn't mean anything because it's expiring.

[fdefore]

Just from a Pacers perspective... I don't see any of these deals happening. We'd have interest in getting AK but not without trading either Murphy or Dunleavy (Dunleavy would probably make significantly more sense for the Jazz since you have Memo.)

A deal would probably look closer to:

PACERS GET: AK47, Almond
JAZZ GET: Dunleavy, Foster, Williams

Ultimately that would save you about $14mil combined in years two and three.

Deron / Knight / Price
Brewer / Korver / Miles
Dunleavy / Harpring / Shawne
Boozer / Millsap / Collins
Okur / Foster / Koufos
(cut Fesenko)

Ford / Jack / Diener
Rush / Almond / Graham
Granger / Daniels / Baston
AK47 / Murphy / McRoberts
Rasho / Hibbert
(pretend Tinsley doesn't exist)

I'm not saying you go for it but it would cut a bit of salary, give you some outside shooting and a true SF. I am not terribly familiar with how good of a defender Brewer is but given Dunleavy being quite the matador it would be helpful if Brewer was reliable. Pairing Dunleavy and Korver on the floor at the same time will give you a lot of offense but the lack of defense would make Jerry Sloan punch babies... often.

Anyway, financially the Jazz would have to take on either Dunleavy or Murphy for the deal to make any sense for the Pacers. Just my two cents.