Northern hoops wrote:What sweetener would you want in a Pek for Millsap deal?
I'd be willing to offer any combination of the picks from the CLE deal, Shabazz, and any of our expirings
How much do you value Korver? I'd be interested in Pek+Shabazz+Expirings+1st for Millsap and korver
Or something like this
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lkngg55 and add in a 1st
Yeah... won't address that offer directly. In all honesty, outside of a straight salary dump, I wouldn't be interested in trying to fit into our system at all and yes, we do love the guy who led the league in TS%.
Having said that, here are two options I wouldn't mind exploring:
1) One rumor I saw had PHI putting in Thad Young for Dion Waiters with PHI taking on other salaries for more assets. I wouldn't mind doing something similar for Paul Millsap and we have some cap space as well.
2) Another deal I have seen is that I've seen on the T&T board that IND has been OK with something around a Pek for Hibbert deal. With George out for the season, I'd wonder if they'd still consider that since Pek's longer deal would allow them some cost security while George comes back to 100%. I know others around here hate Hibbert, but personally I wouldn't mind trying him out as a rehab project.
If we could bring these together, we could do something along the lines of this:
IND gets: Pek + ATL 1st
MIN gets: Millsap + Jenkins
ATL gets: Hibbert + Waiters
IND gets good value while dealing off one of the biggest reasons for their slide last season. MIN gets basically the deal you're proposing (Millsap for Pek + young assets without including Dieng, LaVine, Wiggins, or any possible lotto picks). Boom/Bust trade for us IMO: ATL takes on a bunch of risk by dealing off our AS and a future 1st for a rehab project and a talented prospect albeit one with rumors of being a malcontent.