Trade advice - big players involved

dvst8r · Post #1 » by **dvst8r** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 4:23 am

Need advice on what I should do - the following trade has been proposed:

My - Monta Ellis and Carlos Boozer
His - Jamal Crawford and Dirk Nowitzki

ESPN 9 cat league, H2H, we play 1 at each position and a utility...the rest of my team:

Dwyane Wade
Gerald Wallace
Channing Frye
Chauncey Billups
Andris Biedrins
LaMarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden
Mike Miller
Ersan Ilyasova
Jason Williams

Should I do it? I'd love to have Dirk on my team, but I don't know if I should do this trade. Another concern is we start playoffs week of March 15th and Dirk only plays 2 games that week whereas Boozer plays 4.

What should I do?

Post #2 » by **AshyLarrysDiaper** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:43 am

I wouldn't do it. Boozer and Monta are coming on too strong as of late.

retrospect24 · Post #3 » by **retrospect24** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:22 pm

I would do it. Sell high on Monta and Boozer. I don't see both of them being this good all season. Dirk is risk free and I think Crawford is great.

Gus McCrae · Post #4 » by **Gus McCrae** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:37 pm

Ask for someone slightly better than crawford. Boozer and Monta are both not as good as Dirk, but Jamal's nowhere in the scenario. If you could get a ray allen, aldridge, scola type throw in I'd do it, but not Monta and Boozer for dirk.

76ciology · Post #5 » by **76ciology** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:59 pm

Pass.

I think Boozer can maintain his numbers, especially with the fact that he is looking for some $ in the offseason. And Monta shall sustain those kind of numbers, being a no.1 option on offense in Nelly's system.

Try this though:
Ilyasova + Jason Williams for Crawford
Ilyasova + Miller for Morrow
Monta + Aldridge for Dirk

I can see 6 solid cats for your team. And three really weak ones. (3pts, Assists and FT%). If you're looking to improve those stats, try exploring trading D-wade for Nash or Deron + Player upgrades. Or better yet, try buying low on Joe Johnson or Jennings. Coz' both has been struggling lately. He can provide good 3pt made, assists and FT% on your team.

dvst8r · Post #6 » by **dvst8r** » Tue Dec 1, 2009 6:11 pm

Thanks for the advice guys...but I think you made it harder to decide lol!

Don't really care about Crawford, he's basically throw in - I'll see who else he has to offer, but I'm thinking noone great. Plus losing Ellis would really blow my depth at PG/SG so Crawford is great as he has both positions covered.

Crazylf: I don't think he'll go for the Aldridge replace on Boozer.

I think I'll lean to declining the trade. Thanks again everyone!