bringbackhoffa wrote:Jake0890 wrote:Trade #142
Indiana In
Arron Afflalo ($7,562,500)
Kevin Seraphin ($2,761,113)
2014 Clippers 1st Round Pick (Lottery Protected)
Total: $10,323,613
Los Angeles Clippers In
Anderson Varejao ($9,100,000)
Iman Shumpert ($1,797,600)
1 mil cash
Total: $10,897,600
Reason: Really needed a starting SG, and I think Afflalo does that for me. I don't need the cash, and I now have 3 2014 picks. Seraphin is having a pretty good year, and with the way rankings are done, I think a player who people consider to be "injury prone" really hurts me.
Accept
The Clippers hate losing both Afflalo and Seraphin who were both instrumental in the Clips making it to the final 4. However, we feel that having Batum play the 2/3 instead of the 3/4 is a better fit for him, and If CP3 decides to re-sign with the Clips we would have a starting back court of CP3/Batum with Pierce joining them alongside, and having a 3 man big rotation depending on the matchup of KG/Pek/Varajao.
We feel Varajao was playing at an allstar level avg 14/14 before his injury, and will ease him back in the rotation initially coming off the bench. We have no concerns that he will be 100% at the start of the 2013 training camp and considering what he was able to accomplish with Irving quarter-backing the Cavs, one can only imagine what he can do alongside CP3 at the helm. Also Varajao is just touching his peak at the ripe age of 30 and can learn a lot from Garnett who has experienced it all in the NBA.
Shumpert was a bonus he will play a six man type role for the Clips largely due to the fact he can play multiple positions and bringing 110% just like the rest of the team.
Currently if CP3 re-signs we will have a championship contender line-up of
CP3 (36) /Shumpert (12)
Batum(18)/Crawford(30)
Pierce(30)/Batum(12)/Shumpert(8)
KG(26)/Varajao(22)
Pek(33)/KG(8)/Varajao (7)