Andres Nocioni
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:27 pm
I proposed this trade in a Bulls thread to help us address our 2010 issue (moving the contracts of Andres Nocioni and Kirk Hinrich)
With that said, would you guys do it?
That leaves the Jazz, who I feel are the best option. At SF they have Andrei Kirilenko and Matt Harpring - two somewhat offensively challenged, defensive specialists. AK47 and Noc is a good mix off offence and defence, inside and outside. I think it makes sense for the Jazz to make a move for Noc to add another target for Deron Williams from deep, to help them on their run at a championship. Harpring has lost his spot in the rotation recently, having his minutes halved... it's obvious he isn't needed there. The good thing about this is that with a GM like Pax who is seemingly against making a pure financial trade, Matt Harpring has been pretty good in seasons past and can help out with our perimeter defence, which has been a little sloppy. He's a Pax type of guy - hard working and humble. Over the last 5 years he has essentially had the same statistical output as Noc's career - year for year.
So with that said, I propose:
Andres Nocioni for Matt Harpring and Jarron Collins
Harpring expires in 2010 and will leave us an extra $6.5M in capspace, while possibly being able to actually contribute. Collins is used as a filler and left to expire this season to clear a further $2M.
Fair trade for both teams, and makes sense for both teams.
With that said, would you guys do it?