This.D21 wrote:The main thing is that they blocked lots of offers because they need to have something that will help to sell the team.
And every trade NOH would make will follow this, so it's young good players on good contracts, expiring contracts, or picks.
We know NOH's motivations - to sell the team. We know what business people like - a clear payroll and young talent going forward. NOH may be willing to take more $$ this year, but they will not add payroll in future years. To them, any deal involving Kaman will not include Zaza going back to them unless we also take another salary > Zaza's next season. In all honesty, unless we decided to completely strip our draft picks going forward (or included Teague), then I'd imagine that Kaman is off the table for us. Not to say we could make a run at Okafor though...
If anything, I could see NOH thinking about something along the lines of Hinrich + Zaza for Okafor. We could build off that base if we wanted a few more assets, but remember that NOH would not want more $$ due in future years unless they're getting bribed with young talent. We could add Marvin for Jack into it so that we can save a few $$ in years 2 and 3, but NOH would still come out ahead overall since Okafor's contract is so large. Even then, I'd think they'd be a little hesitant since Marvin is a similar player to what Aminu projects to be...
