bboyskinnylegs wrote:The best player in the deal is Jose, and Atlanta is looking to compete now. They get the younger and much better PG in Jose, and an SF who is performing as well as Marvin offensively, on a contract that's about half as large in Kleiza. It's fair value as is.
First of all, Williams is doing far worse than I thought he was this year, so maybe little to no incentive would be needed. That being said, I'm still not convinced the Hawks would give Toronto a better and younger SF than Kleiza for a Jose/Bibby swap. Even if it costs something as minor as Weems, Dorsey, or Miami's pick, I'd still do it anyways. But if we really wouldn't need anything to entice the offer, I'd be more than happy to be proven wrong. Its definitely not out of the realm of possibilities.
Jose > Bibby, there's no question. But with them having to re-sign Crawford and Horford, I don't think they would be thrilled to pay $5 mill more a season for Jose. And I'm pretty sure they'd feel confident they could find a solid PG for the MLE before they would have to pay Jose $10 mill in his final year. Knowing Toronto is rebuilding, I think the Hawks know that we would probably be pretty happy to take a guy who has put up similar stats this year for half the salary with one less year on contract.



















