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Re: If Gasol was to be traded, What are the Grizzlies looking for in return?
Supposely the Celts are the front runners with the Bullsin secon to get Pau.
As a Bulls fan. I think Boston probably is the front runner. They could give up Jefferson and a couple of picks. I wouldn't trade Deng or Gordon for Jefferson I don't think, but he ain't no bum either.
The other thing is Theo Ratliff's contract. It's not expiring, but he's basically done through injury and insurance is paying 80% of the $17M or so he's owed the rest of this year and next. That means the actual tab for the Grizzlies would only be about $3.4M, spread out over this season and next. If they get Brown, they'd have to pay about $4M over the rest of this year.
So all things considered, getting Ratliff is probably as good, if not a better deal than getting Brown.
The Celtics' pick is currently tracking at #3, but it'd surely drop assuming they got Gasol. Still, it'd probably not be much worse off than the mid-teens even with the Celts' horrenous start.
I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if Ainge would take back one of their bad contracts either. I mean, he doesn't seem too averse to doing things like that.
And the Celts have (or ought to have) extreme desperation on their side. I wouln't be surprised to see a deal get done.
Celtics tade:
Ratliff, Scalabrine, Jefferson, Telfair, pick
Grizzlies trade:
Gasol, Cardinal, Stoudamire, Kinsey
The Celts made a run at it with:
1- Stoudamire, Rondo
2- Pierce, West
3- Wally, Green
4- Gasol, Cardinal
5- Perkins, Kandi
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