Utah / Chicago new slant
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:29 pm
Here's a new twist (no link, just my own idea) on Utah and Chicago: Boozer and Brewer for Salmons, Tyrus Thomas and Jerome James ( buyout). It works in the trade checker cleanly.
Salmons and Brewer are very similar players, but Salmons is a slightly more talented scorer with a much more dependable outside shot (41% from 3) and quite a bit better from the line (80% to Ronnie's 70%). Thomas fits in nicely as Millsap's backup. We try to buyout Jerome James or file an insurance claim.
I like Ronnie as much as the next guy, but we may have a hard time resigning him next offseason. To be fair, it looks like Salmons also expires at the end of the year so we'd need to consider if we wanted to resign him based on his year in Utah.
This is very good return for Boozer at the expense of giving up a promising young player in Brewer. Like most of you, I'd rather include CJ instead of Ronnie in the deal, but if you were Chicago, you'd insist on Brewer.
Fire away...
Salmons and Brewer are very similar players, but Salmons is a slightly more talented scorer with a much more dependable outside shot (41% from 3) and quite a bit better from the line (80% to Ronnie's 70%). Thomas fits in nicely as Millsap's backup. We try to buyout Jerome James or file an insurance claim.
I like Ronnie as much as the next guy, but we may have a hard time resigning him next offseason. To be fair, it looks like Salmons also expires at the end of the year so we'd need to consider if we wanted to resign him based on his year in Utah.
This is very good return for Boozer at the expense of giving up a promising young player in Brewer. Like most of you, I'd rather include CJ instead of Ronnie in the deal, but if you were Chicago, you'd insist on Brewer.
Fire away...