Captain Obvious

Okay I've been thinking about this and I want to change a few things. First, I still like the Maggette-Francis deal but I'm tweaking it. Now, it's Francis and Stevenson for Maggette, Wilcox, and a trade exception (~$5-5.5 million).

My favorite target in the draft is Green. However, it looks like he'll be gone unless we trade up. Frankly, I'm not thrilled by this draft so if we can't get Green, I suggest this deal:

Cato and our first for Magloire.

Magloire wants out, and Cato will be expiring so this makes sense for where both teams are going. This will be tricky though because Magloire's BYC doesn't expire until July 1, several days after the draft. So this deal would have to be agreed to before the draft so we could pick whoever New Orleans wants. Let's say New Orleans takes Marvin Williams and we take Jarrett Jack for them. They could start Jack, Smith, Williams, Brown, and Cato which leaves them in good shape for the future.

I would draft Julius Hodge and Anthony Roberson in the second, and I would decline Augmon's option leaving us with this lineup:

Nelson, Armstrong
Maggette, Christie, Hodge
Hill, Turkoglu
Howard, Wilcox, Garrity
Magloire, Battie

IL: Kasun, Hunter, Roberson

Coach: Eric Musselman

I don't know about you guys, but this lineup really excites me. It's legitimately two deep at each position. Although this team might struggle to make noise for a while, when Howard develops into the franchise player we know he will this team will be a championship contender IMO. We'd have guys like Maggette and Magloire who are top-notch role players on any team, as well as guys like Nelson, Turkoglu, and Battie to hopefully surround a dominant big man.

JNice

The trade for Magloire is not a bad idea. Although that might be a little too much to give up for just Magloire. Maybe if they threw in a future first (doubtful) or a 2nd rounder.

Magloire and Dwight together though could be on hell of a frontline. Magloire could be nearly dominant is someone could get him to screw his head on straight.

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Babir

Captain Obvious for GM! That should be the first move in offseason
No, seriously, I really like the addition of Magette and Magloire but unfortunately that's almost impossible

Captain Obvious

Thanks man. I didn't want us trading for random guys that are good. Maggette and Wilcox are unwanted by the Clips, and Magloire wants out so they're realistic targets. Hopefully Weis does something to fix this team.

Idunkonyou

Good plan Captain Obvious. It would be awesome if it worked out that way.

hobojoe

I like the Magloire trade as well, I doubt the Magic could get him for any less than that deal though. After all he's only 26 and coming off a season in which he averaged a double-double and was an all-star. He won't come all that cheap after one injury riddled season. I don't really like the idea of acquiring Maggette though. He puts up nice stats and all, but there are a lot of negatives to him as well. He's not a very good defender from what I've seen of him, and he's even worse defensively when he's guarding SG's as opposed to SF's. He's not very effective without the ball in his hands either, which as we've seen with Francis is not a good thing to have with your 20+ ppg scorer. The one thing Maggette really thrives on is getting to the foul line, he's not all that good at anything else. I'd look for other options with Francis.

Babir

All your plans sounds good...You all are thinking about upgrading our roster, discussing our weak spots and etc. But what we really need is a COACH. We had a pretty deep and talented team at start of the regular season. Everyone was healthy, nice combination at guards and forwards spots, productive bench...But we didn't have COACH..Just look what Rik Carlise is doing...Without Artest, Tinsley and Jermaine there are battling for 5th spot now, winning games on a road, beating top teams at home. Without Gasol and Wells, Grizzlies with Fratello were giving winning streak after winning streak...Look how George Karl turned Nuggets season...
So what we need first is a coach and then there would not be issues like:
"that guy is a good defender but not a scorer" or "this guy likes dominate the ball and wouldn't be a second option"...