parson wrote:I'm talking trade.
We could offer Zaza and Hinrich, saving MEM major cash. It seems that's important to them.
That used to be the case but then you notice that they recently did these moves:
Rudy Gay max 5 years 82 million
Zach Randolph 4 years 66 million
Mike Conley 5 years 40 million
It's clear that they would pay Marc whatever he desires or commands but only if he wants to be a Grizzly. That pretty much means they don't want savings for him they want talent.
We could offer Joe and Zaza for Gasol (SNT) and Mayo - they've been rumored to be looking to trade him, also.
Doubt Joe is the type of talent they want especially with a younger max wing already on the roster and under current cap rules it would be illegal to attach Mayo and then Marc's contract immediately becomes BYC therefore making what they can take back in salary basically half of what he's making.
They REALLY wanted Josh Smith awhile back ... of course, they'd have to play Zach Randolph at Center if they did that. But Randolph's defensive failings at Center would be covered by Smith's shot blocking, so it could be interesting.
Doubt they'd still want Josh with Gay, ZBo and Arthur already there. I doubt they'd even want Horf with all of their forwards.
Because of BYC what we'd need is something more along the lines of Lopez to Memphis, Marc to ATL and Josh to NJ to get the salary and wants and needs just right.
