What would it take to trade for Kevin Love?

[texasholdem]

So...
http://basketball.realgm.com/tradecheck ... de/6301455

Call me wacky, but is this trade not awesome for all teams?

just throwing it out there.

your link dont work

[moofs]

http://basketball.realgm.com/tradecheck ... de/6301455

Fixed.

[cark]

Great for Houston and Minnesota. However Portland and New Orleans would never, ever do those deals. Harden, Love, and Howard would be a perfect combination (and must-watch TV every game), but I can't see Houston swinging a deal for him.

If you want a 4 who can shoot (albeit one with a much, much shorter window) as your third star, you'd have better odds of trading Lin and Asik for Dirk -- assuming Cuban is ready to blow it up.

[MaxRider]

i rather have Ryan Anderson than Kevin Love
Love isn't worth max contract

[moofs]

Great for Houston and Minnesota. However Portland and New Orleans would never, ever do those deals. Harden, Love, and Howard would be a perfect combination (and must-watch TV every game), but I can't see Houston swinging a deal for him.

The main things I was looking at were...
Portland: For starters, Aldridge may or may not want out. The article from a few days ago was shot down as push-the-story-I-already-wrote reporting, but that doesn't mean he's happy there. Additionally, I honestly believe that Asik is better than Aldridge. You may laugh now.
New Orleans: They get to dump Rivers, who may well challenge Bargnani for worst player in the league in 2 years if he's still around. Gordon is disgruntled and wants out. Again, I personally think Lin is better than Gordon. You may continue laughing.

The real question for me is does Minnesota bite? They're giving up possibly the best PF in the game for an overrated all-star and a VERY overrated and very undersized shooting guard.
The talent is a pretty clear downgrade, individually (in the NBA, never trade a dollar for four quarters unless you HAVE to), BUT, the roster starts to look REALLY nasty...
PG: Rubio/Ridnour/Austin < depth warning!
SG: Gordon/Shved/Bud/Gelabale
SF: Kirilenko/Bud/Cunningham/Gelabale
PF: Aldridge/Williams/Cunningham
C: Pek/Stiemmsma
Imo, the trade really seems to fill in all their gaps, but sacrifices a top-tier guy to do it.

If you want a 4 who can shoot (albeit one with a much, much shorter window) as your third star, you'd have better odds of trading Lin and Asik for Dirk -- assuming Cuban is ready to blow it up.

Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew NO. You do realize this is a Houston board, right? I mean like, before even getting into Dirk being like 80 years old.

i rather have Ryan Anderson than Kevin Love
Love isn't worth max contract

Oh he's worth it. We could fit more parts around Anderson. I think the tradeoff for Love is worth it if he's healthy.