My apologies if this idea has been beaten to death.
After seeing the VC-Zach article, and hearing that New Jersey had wanted Crawford and filler for Vince, this was jsut a thought I had that might get the deal done.
New York trades: Zach Randolph, Jamal Crawford
New York receives: Vince Carter, Jason Collins
New Jersey trades: Vince Carter, Jason Collins
New Jersey receives: Jamal Crawford, Kwame Brown, Sasha Vujanic, 1st round pick (LAL)
LA Lakers trade: Kwame Brown, Sasha Vujanic, 1st round pick
LA Lakers get: Zach Randolph
My analysis:
New Jersey downgrades from Vince to Jamal, but they rid themselves of Collins and would lose $12.5M off the books for next year (putting them at around $47-48M, so they'd have some cap space), and they add a pick.
New York turns a frontcourt mistake into a marquee SG and frees up Lee to start at PF (Marbury, Carter, Balkman, Lee, Curry would be my suggested starting lineup).
LA gets big -- seriously big. Until Bynum comes back, Zach can take his place. Then, when he's back, Zach gives them another offensive option freeing up the perimiter for Kobe, Odom and Fisher.
Now, I have concerns about this for all three teams as well. I'd be worried Vince couldn't handle the Knick Spotlight. I don't think this deal makes New Jersey particularly better now, and I'm not sure if the cap space and late 1st are enough to push the deal through. I'm not sure how Zach and Bynum would work together, though if anyone can make it work it's Kobe and Phil.
Anyway, it's a starting point. Thoughts?
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Nets decline. Yes they get some cap room, but it's not much (if any) more than what the MLE is worth, so it's not enough for NJ to sign a big man of note.
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