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I was interested to see what players/pieces we could potentially get for Boozer, so I went through the rosters and salaries of all the teams in the NBA to see who we could get for him in a sign and trade deal and this is what I came up with:

Carlos Boozer:
Career Stats: 17p 10r 2a
Best Season: 21p 12r 3a
Career Playoffs: 20p 12r 3a
Current Salary (09-10): $12,323,900----Likely Salary (09-10): $10,000,000-$15,000,000

Teams already rumored to be interested:

--Detroit Pistons--

Available Assets:
Richard Hamilton $11,625,000 (Expires in 4 years)
Tayshaun Prince $10,324,380 (Expires in 2 years)
Jason Maxiell $5,000,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Kwame Brown $4,000,000 (Expiring in 1 year--Team Option on this year)
Amir Johnson $3,666,667 (Expiring in 1 year)
#15, #35, #39, #44

Not Available:
Rodney Stuckey, Aaron Afflalo, Will Bynum

Likely scenario: They sign Boozer out-right, or send a backup power forward and pick(s).

--New Jersey Nets--

Available Assets:
Vince Carter $16,123,250 (Expires in 3 years)
Bobby Simmons $11,242,667 (Expires in 1 year)
Trenton Hassell $4,350,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Keyon Dooling $3,564,000 (Expires in 2 years--final year unguaranteed)
Yi Jianlian $3,194,400 (Expires in 2 years)
Eduardo Najera $3,000,000 (Expiries in 3 years--last two unguarenteed)
Jarvis Hayes $2,062,800 (Expires in 1 year)
Sean Williams $1,629,120 (Expires in 2 years, team option on final year)
Ryan Anderson $1,317,120 (Expires in 3 years, team option on final year)
Josh Boone $2,056,968 (Expires in 1 year)
Chris Douglas-Roberts $736,420 (Expires in 2 years, team option on final year)
#11

Not Availible:
Brook Lopez, Devin Harris

Likely scenario: Sign and trade based around Carter, or future assets and salary relief.

--Toronto Raptors--

Available Assets:
Chris Bosh $15,779,912 (Expires in 2 years)
Jason Kapono $6,212,960 (Expires in 2 years)
Marcus Banks $4,553,793 (Expires in 2 years)
Kris Humphries $2,900,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Roko Ukic $1,350,000 (Expires in 3 years)
Nathan Jawai $736,420 (Expires in 2 years)
Shawn Marion (S+T)
Anthony Parker (S+T)
Joey Grahm (S+T)
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (S+T)
#9

Not Available:
Andrea Bargnani, Jose Calderon

Likely scenario: Bosh for Boozer+incentives or S+T Marion+#9+filler.

Teams that "should" be interested:

--Atlanta Hawks--

Availible Assets:
Joe Johnson $14,976,754
Maurice Evans $2,500,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Acie Law $2,216,160 (Expires in 2 years, team option on final year)
Marvin Williams (S+T)
Mike Bibby (S+T)
Josh Childress (S+T)
Zaza Pachulia (S+T)
Ronald Murray (S+T)
17

Not Availible:
Josh Smith, Al Horford

Likely scenario: Joe Johnson for Boozer, or Marvin Williams+filler(s) for Boozer.

--Charlotte Bobcats--

Available:
Emeka Okafor $10,497,500 (Expires in 5 years)
Gerald Wallace $9,500,000 (Expires in 4 years)
Boris Diaw $9,000,000 (Expires in 3 years)
Raja Bell $5,250,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Raymond Felton (S+T)
12

Not Available:
DJ Augustine

Likely scenario: Okafor, Wallace, or Diaw + incentives.

--Chicago Bulls--

Available:
Brad Miller $12,250,000 (expires in 1 year)
Luol Deng $10,365,000 (expires in 5 years)
Jerome James $6,600,000 (expires in 1 year)
Tim Thomas $6,466,600 (expires in 1 year)
Tyrus Thomas $4,743,598 (expires in 1 year)
Ben Gordon (S+T)
16, 26

Not Available:
Derrick Rose, JoAkim Noah

Likely scenario: S+T Ben Gordon+young guy/pick(s) (26?), or Tyrus Thomas+Kirk Hinrich, or Luol Deng+young guy/pick(s) (Thomas?)

--Golden State Warriors--

Available:
Monta Ellis $11,000,000 (Expires in 5 years)
Jamal Crawford $9,360,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Corey Maggette $8,937,931 (Expires in 4 years)
Stephan Jackson $7,650,000 (Expires in 4 years)
Ronnie Turiaf $4,140,000 (Expires in 3 years)
Kellena Azubuiki $3,100,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Brandan Wright $2,671,440 (Expires in 2 years)
Marco Bellinellie $1,547,640 (Expires in 2 years)
Anthony Morrow $736,420 (Expires in 1 year)
CJ Watson (S+T)
7

Not Available:
Andris Biendrins, Anthony Randolph

Likely scenario: One of Jackson, Maggette, Crawford + one of Azubuiki, Morrow, Bellinellie, + one of Turiaf, 7 and Wright.

--Houston Rockets--

Available:
Tracy McGrady $22,483,124 (Expires in 1 year)
Shane Battier $6,864,200 (Expires in 2 years)
Brian Cook $3,500,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Luis Scola $3,284,667 (Expires in 1 year)
Carl Landry $3,000,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Chuck Hayes $1,936,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Ron Artest (S+T)
Von Wafer (S+T)

Not Available:
Yao Ming, Aaron Brooks, Kyle Lowry

Likely scenario: Battier+ one of Scola and Landry and a filler.

--Indiana Pacers--

Available:
Troy Murphy $11,047,619 (expires in 2 years)
Mike Dunleavy $9,780,992 (expires in 2 years)
Marquis Daniels $7,354,500 (expires in 1 year)
Jamal Tinsley $7,200,000 (expires in 2 years)
Jeff Foster $6,077,500 (expires in 2 years)
Travis Diener $1,740,000 (expires in 1 year)
Jarret Jack (S+t)
Rasho Nesterovic (S+T)
13

Not Available:
Danny Granger, Brandon Rush, Roy Hibbert

Likely scenario: Jeff Foster+13+filler (Jack S+T?).

--Miami Heat--

Available:
Jermaine O'neil $23,016,000 (expires in 1 year)
Mark Blount $7,967,375 (expires in 1 year)
Udonis Haslem $7,100,000 (expires in 1 year)
Dorell Wright $2,887,165 (Expires in 1 year)
DeQuan Cook $1,362,120 (Expires in 2 years)

Not Available:
Dwayne Wade, Michael Beasley, Mario Chalmers

Likely scenario: Expirings+Cook.

--Oklahoma City Thunder--

Available:
Nick Collison $6,350,000 (Expires in 2 years)
Earl Watson $6,600,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Nenad Krstic $5,160,832 (Expires in 3 years)
Jeff Green $3,516,960 (Expires in 2 years)
Chucky Atkins $3,480,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Damien Wilkins $3,300,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Thabo Sefelosha $2,759,628 (Expires in 1 year)
DJ White $1,036,440 (Expires in 2 years)
Shaun Livingston $884,881 (Expires in 1 year)

Not Available:
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, 3

Likely scenario: Jeff Green + Collison/Watson for Carlos Boozer, #20/CJ Miles.

--Orlando Magic--

Available:
Rashard Lewis $18,010,791 (expires in 5 years)
Tony Battie $6,292,000 (expires in 1 year)
Michael Pietruis $5,300,000 (expires in 3 years)
Rafer Alston $5,250,000 (expires in 1 year)
JJ Reddick $2,839,408 (expires in 1 year)
Courtney Lee $1,264,440 (expires in 3 years)
Hedo Turkoglu (S+T)
Marcin Gortat (S+T)

Not Available:
Jameer Nelson, Dwight Howard

Likely scenario: Courtney Lee, Toni Battie, and S+T Marcin Gortat.

--Washington Wizards--

Available:
Antawn Jamison $11,641,095 (Expires in 3 years)
Caron Butler $10,030,970 (Expires in 2 years)
Etan Thomas $7,354,500 (Expires in 1 year)
Mike James $6,466,600 (Expires in 1 year)
Brendan Haywood $6,000,000 (Expires in 1 year)
Andray Blatche $3,000,000 (Expires in 3 years)
Nick Young $1,714,800 (Expires in 2 years)
Dominic McGuire $825,497 (Expires in 1 year)
5

Not Available:
Gilbert Areanas, Javale McGee

Likely scenario: Caron Butler+young guy (Blatche?) or 5+young guy+filler.

Not sure if you did all this by yourself but if you did very nice job, posts like that take a long time. Good reference point for all of us too when talking about moving Booze.

Batronuj wrote:Not sure if you did all this by yourself but if you did very nice job, posts like that take a long time. Good reference point for all of us too when talking about moving Booze.

I second that, If you did this, nice job.

Thanks, I got all the salary info from shamsports.com, but the rest is from reading around and seeing what teams could use a guy like Boozer. It's not perfect, but I think it could be useful for someone.

Well I think you got the teams right that are potential partners, though I wouldn't be surprised to see a team like Indiana jump into the mix seeing that they have a lot of middle sized contracts that could be added together to match a potential Boozer contract.

Wow, that had to take some time! Awesome job.

Clippers and Bulls could also be added I would think, and maybe New Orleans?? I would love to see Camby or Chandler just for defensive reasons mainly

Clippers will have Blake Griffin and Zach Randolph so they are set about power forward, but you are spot on about Chicago, and I will add the Pacers too just for kicks. New Orleans needs to shed salary and so do we, plus they have David West.

I wonder if the Spurs might be interested.

If we traded for Bosh, would he sign an extension here?

I'd say Joe Johnson is pretty untouchable.. If he wasn't, my God that would be nice.

dookieguy wrote:If we traded for Bosh, would he sign an extension here?

It doesn't matter really... we get rid of Boozer, bring on a first tier player... then we just wait and see what happens...

I would wet the bed if they managed to land Bosh.

cant say i agree with all you "likely scenarios". Some the trade also dont make sense of the Jazz so Im not sure why you'd post them if the jazz wouldn't accept said players.

tdownwa wrote:cant say i agree with all you "likely scenarios". Some the trade also dont make sense of the Jazz so Im not sure why you'd post them if the jazz wouldn't accept said players.

Jesus, give the kid a break.

Great post dude.

Bosh is my ideal situation even if it is for one year, because we'll have a grip of cash a high draft pick and a stud PG to recruit some FA's.

AKsWill wrote:I'd say Joe Johnson is pretty untouchable.. If he wasn't, my God that would be nice.

Well, he is expiring so they would be risking losing him, and he is going to be on the wrong side of 30 pretty soon. It might take more to get Johnson but I could see it happening pretty easily.

cant say i agree with all you "likely scenarios". Some the trade also dont make sense of the Jazz so Im not sure why you'd post them if the jazz wouldn't accept said players.

Maybe some of them aren't likely--but whatever, I tried. The main thing was to show what we 'could' get (within reason) for Boozer not necessarily say what we 'will' get.

If we could trade Boozer for Bosh I would be stoked.

I also like the Boozer for Hinrich and Thomas.

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but when can negotiations officially begin? For both restricted and unrestricted FAs?

Free agents become FA on Jul 1. Negotiations may commence at this time; however, players may sign new contracts on Jul 8 @ midnight. Agreements can be reached and agreed to during the moratorium , but the official signing is after Jul 7.