Por/Min/Hou/NYK Mega Blockbuster (15 player trade)

[cpfsf]

Minnesota in: Ariza, Fernandez, Outlaw, Mills, Milicic, Hughes
Minnesota: out: Jefferson, Gomes, Blount, Cardinal, Ellington, Wilkins
Why for Minnesota: We are 29th in the NBA in 3P%. Fernandez may change that to a more respectable level (and and the fact he played with Rubio doesn't hurt). Ariza is an unselfish lockdown defender. Cap Space: 19,234,075

Portland in: Cardinal, Ellington, Gomes, Landry
Portland out: Fernandez, Mills. Outlaw, Przybilla
Why for Portland: Outlaw will be out 3-5 months, Batum will be out until at least February, Pendergraph will be out until until somewhere in Janurary, and Mills has a broken foot.

Houston in: Jefferson, Wilkins, Blount, Przybilla
Houston out: Ariza, Landry, McGrady
Why for Houston: Ming and Jefferson and teammates sounds scary good. Przybilla is a more than a decent backup for this center.

New York in: McGrady
New York out: Hughes, Milicic
Why for New York: This doesn't need an explanation.

Why should anyone help New York for practically nothing? Because this trade has the potential to drop Utah's pick a few spots. I wanted NYK to offer something more, but the only pieces they would ever offer aren't that appealing.

[PDXKnight]

I can't say I'm too much of a fan of this from a Portland fan's perspective.

[Worm Guts]

Portland gets murdered.

[Foye]

I like the trade for everyone but Portland

[moss_is_1]

Houston gets way too good of a deal. Jefferson is by far the best player in here, and they get him and Pryz for Ariza an expiring and a role player.

[Basti]

while this might fill some need we still trade away our best player which is something a team in a position like we are shouldn't do at all.

[cpfsf]

I revised it one more time with basically with Landry and McGrady going to New York and David Lee going to Portland. Interest quickly fading, don't know if I can care much longer.

[Foye]

I revised it one more time with basically with Landry and McGrady going to New York and David Lee going to Portland. Interest quickly fading, don't know if I can care much longer.

Seems a lot better.

I guess the deal breaker will then be that Portland doesn't want to make such a big roster shuffle during the season.

[PDXKnight]

I revised it one more time with basically with Landry and McGrady going to New York and David Lee going to Portland. Interest quickly fading, don't know if I can care much longer.

Seems a lot better.

I guess the deal breaker will then be that Portland doesn't want to make such a big roster shuffle during the season.

Another issue at bay with David Lee being included is contract length. Lee becomes a RFA after the season and even if PDX were able to retain him, the asking price would be high. With Rudy, we have the protection of a rooking contract and the ability to match any offer when his contract's up. Przybilla isn't as good as Lee all around, but I'm perfectly fine with Joel remaining our C as he's been very solid in a backup role.

[cpfsf]

Final version posted on the trade board. Wish me luck

[shrink]

Houston gets way too good of a deal. Jefferson is by far the best player in here, and they get him and Pryz for Ariza an expiring and a role player.

This post from a HOU poster on the Trade Board cracked me up.

T-Mac, Landry, AND Ariza for an injured Jefferson? Not a chance.

Anyway, if you can maneuver this so POR retains Pryzbilla, I think you'll have better luck, but its a good start. Personally, I'd hold onto Jefferson for at least a month.

[cpfsf]

Houston gets way too good of a deal. Jefferson is by far the best player in here, and they get him and Pryz for Ariza an expiring and a role player.

This post from a HOU poster on the Trade Board cracked me up.

T-Mac, Landry, AND Ariza for an injured Jefferson? Not a chance.

Anyway, if you can maneuver this so POR retains Pryzbilla, I think you'll have better luck, but its a good start. Personally, I'd hold onto Jefferson for at least a month.

Tanks, but I think I'm going to throw in the towel on this variation of the trade. I might just replace Fernandez with Courtney Lee, but that's for another time.

[southern wolf]

Fernandez, Ariza and Mills would be nice, but the thought of having Hughes and Milicic makes me shudder. Love would have to put up more shots in the post than I would like, and we'd have an even bigger hole at centre.

[SO_MONEY]

Yuck...No deal! We could get a better deal for AL and even add more cap space if we wanted too. We can just sign players; we want and BUILD a team, and not just trade for the sake of it. This takes away our freedom by sticking us with player we may not want long term.