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Originally Posted by Rawse
Nocioni will be overpaid after this year. He's expiring.
I'm not all too high on Tyrus Thomas either. We have enough guys who are all heart, no basketball smarts or all basketball smarts, no heart. Thabo Sefolosha and Thomas are intriguing talents, but not for an Western All-Star seven-footer like Pau Gasol. I'd like someone a little more established and well-rounded mentally. The only two guys I have much interest in at all from Chicago right now are Ben Gordon and Luol Deng.
Not to mention that I like the Knicks at this point to win the Atlantic and therefore have a non-lotto draft pick.
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This would be a great deal for the grizzlies..
Chicago Trade Breakdown
Outgoing
P.J. Brown
6-11 PF from Louisiana Tech
4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.5 apg in 15.6 minutes
Mike Sweetney
6-8 PF from Georgetown
4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.9 apg in 9.3 minutes
Luol Deng
6-9 SF from Duke
18.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.3 apg in 36.1 minutes
Malik Allen
6-10 PF from Villanova
4.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 0.2 apg in 10.5 minutes
Incoming
Pau Gasol
7-0 PF from Spain (Foreign)
19.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.1 apg in 28.9 minutes
Brian Cardinal
6-8 PF from Purdue
5.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.2 apg in 11.9 minutes
Tarence Kinsey
6-6 SG from South Carolina
3.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 0.4 apg in 10.2 minutes
Change in team outlook: -3.8 ppg, -6.4 rpg, and -0.2 apg.
Memphis Trade Breakdown
Outgoing
Pau Gasol
7-0 PF from Spain (Foreign)
19.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.1 apg in 28.9 minutes
Brian Cardinal
6-8 PF from Purdue
5.3 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.2 apg in 11.9 minutes
Tarence Kinsey
6-6 SG from South Carolina
3.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg, 0.4 apg in 10.2 minutes
Incoming
P.J. Brown
6-11 PF from Louisiana Tech
4.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 0.5 apg in 15.6 minutes
Mike Sweetney
6-8 PF from Georgetown
4.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 0.9 apg in 9.3 minutes
Luol Deng
6-9 SF from Duke
18.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.3 apg in 36.1 minutes
Malik Allen
6-10 PF from Villanova
4.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 0.2 apg in 10.5 minutes
Change in team outlook: +3.8 ppg, +6.4 rpg, and +0.2 apg.
Gasol + Cardinal + Kinsey
for
knicks pick + Deng + Brown + Sweetney + Allen
I think both sweetney and allen are expiring, and the grizzlies would be sending their worst contract. Pretty good deal for them, but im not sure if the bulls would be willing to take on cardinal and give deng.
You also could take Deng and sweetney from that deal, and put nocioni+t.thomas. Good news are that the bull have a lot a bunch of young players/expiring contracts, and the knicks pick. Definitively, there could be something done and i think it would be a good idea for the grizzlies to do something like this.
Hopefully the owners would be willing to expend money with all the cap space created.