OK, I've checked this trade out and it seems to work. It's complicated because it's hard to trade Marion under the league rules because he's a BYC player. However, after a night in the lab, I came up with this:
Chicago trades:
Curry to Phoenix
Blount to Phoenix
Gill to Phoenix
Fizer to Utah
Brunson to Utah
Jeffries to Utah
Chicago receives:
Shawn Marion
Casey Jacobsen
Mo Williams
Utah trades:
Mo Williams to Chicago
Utah receives:
Marcus Fizer
Rick Brunson (likely cut)
Chris Jeffries (likely cut)
Phoenix trades:
Shawn Marion to Chicago
Casey Jacobsen to Chicago
Phoenix receives:
Eddy Curry
Corey Blount
Kendall Gill
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This trade gives everyone something they should like:
Chicago gets something better than Rasheed Wallace or Shareef for Curry. Marion is a legit all-star, a good defender and scorer. He's probably a step down from Paul Pierce or McGrady, but he's very good and still young. He said good things about Skiles, so they'll probably get along. We also get Jacobsen who's a legit outside shooter to back up Curry. Mo Williams could be a legit backup PG for us (in fact, I'm not sure the Jazz would trade him for Fizer, but more on that later). Aside from Curry, none of the guys we're giving up are long-termers. We're a little short, but we could probably sign back someone like Brunson if he gets waived after the trade (likely). And of course we're really no shorter than we are now since Fizer, Jeffries, and Brunson hardly play. From that perspective it's basically Curry, Blount, and Gill for Marion, Jacobsen, and Mo. I can live with that. In the long run, it gives us a guy who's very good to play with Kirk, Jamal, and Tyson. We'd need to find a long-term solution at the PF slot in the draft, but this seems like a deep draft in bigger guys.
1- Hinrich, Williams (Pippen)
2- Crawford, Jacobsen
3- Marion, Pippen, ERob, Dupree
4- AD, JYD (ERob)
5- Chandler (AD)
Phoenix gets its much desired cap room and gets a very good center prospect. They can go after Kobe, but if they don't get him, it's not like they've given Marion up for nothing. And in truth, there have been whispers that Marion isn't quite what he's cracked up to be there. Not that he sucks, but maybe the kind of "Elton Brand Disappointment" we've seen in Chicago- "Yeah, he's good, but he can't carry us". Johnson might be able to slide to the 3 and do just as good a job. Or Zarko with JJ at the 2. Instead, they've gotten Curry, who could always turn into a beast. At the very least, they head into next season with Curry, Amare, Joe Johnson, Zarko, Lampe, Barbossa, a bunch of draft picks and a boatload of cash.
Utah is in this deal because of their cap room, but it seems to me that they'd be willing to make a move like this. We could include a financial inducement of a couple million to counter the cost of buying out Chris Jeffries, so that would be a wash (IE, they could basically buy him out and cut him at no cost. Likewise they could cut Brunson if they want and we could re-sign him. So that's a wash for them too. Really, what it comes down to is them needing some help up front, and taking flier on a former #4 pick with an expiring deal (Fizer) in return for helping us dispose of Jeffries and Brunson. To make room for Fizer, however, someone would have to go, and despite the occasional nice game, the likely guy would be Mo Williams (given that they already have Arroyo and Lopez looking good at the point). In truth, Fizer for Williams and a money neutral laundering of Chris Jeffries and Brunson doesn't look like a bad deal. If they want, I'm sure someone would cough up a second round pick as compensation for Williams too if they really wanted it.
Chicago trades:
Curry to Phoenix
Blount to Phoenix
Gill to Phoenix
Fizer to Utah
Brunson to Utah
Jeffries to Utah
Chicago receives:
Shawn Marion
Casey Jacobsen
Mo Williams
Utah trades:
Mo Williams to Chicago
Utah receives:
Marcus Fizer
Rick Brunson (likely cut)
Chris Jeffries (likely cut)
Phoenix trades:
Shawn Marion to Chicago
Casey Jacobsen to Chicago
Phoenix receives:
Eddy Curry
Corey Blount
Kendall Gill
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This trade gives everyone something they should like:
Chicago gets something better than Rasheed Wallace or Shareef for Curry. Marion is a legit all-star, a good defender and scorer. He's probably a step down from Paul Pierce or McGrady, but he's very good and still young. He said good things about Skiles, so they'll probably get along. We also get Jacobsen who's a legit outside shooter to back up Curry. Mo Williams could be a legit backup PG for us (in fact, I'm not sure the Jazz would trade him for Fizer, but more on that later). Aside from Curry, none of the guys we're giving up are long-termers. We're a little short, but we could probably sign back someone like Brunson if he gets waived after the trade (likely). And of course we're really no shorter than we are now since Fizer, Jeffries, and Brunson hardly play. From that perspective it's basically Curry, Blount, and Gill for Marion, Jacobsen, and Mo. I can live with that. In the long run, it gives us a guy who's very good to play with Kirk, Jamal, and Tyson. We'd need to find a long-term solution at the PF slot in the draft, but this seems like a deep draft in bigger guys.
1- Hinrich, Williams (Pippen)
2- Crawford, Jacobsen
3- Marion, Pippen, ERob, Dupree
4- AD, JYD (ERob)
5- Chandler (AD)
Phoenix gets its much desired cap room and gets a very good center prospect. They can go after Kobe, but if they don't get him, it's not like they've given Marion up for nothing. And in truth, there have been whispers that Marion isn't quite what he's cracked up to be there. Not that he sucks, but maybe the kind of "Elton Brand Disappointment" we've seen in Chicago- "Yeah, he's good, but he can't carry us". Johnson might be able to slide to the 3 and do just as good a job. Or Zarko with JJ at the 2. Instead, they've gotten Curry, who could always turn into a beast. At the very least, they head into next season with Curry, Amare, Joe Johnson, Zarko, Lampe, Barbossa, a bunch of draft picks and a boatload of cash.
Utah is in this deal because of their cap room, but it seems to me that they'd be willing to make a move like this. We could include a financial inducement of a couple million to counter the cost of buying out Chris Jeffries, so that would be a wash (IE, they could basically buy him out and cut him at no cost. Likewise they could cut Brunson if they want and we could re-sign him. So that's a wash for them too. Really, what it comes down to is them needing some help up front, and taking flier on a former #4 pick with an expiring deal (Fizer) in return for helping us dispose of Jeffries and Brunson. To make room for Fizer, however, someone would have to go, and despite the occasional nice game, the likely guy would be Mo Williams (given that they already have Arroyo and Lopez looking good at the point). In truth, Fizer for Williams and a money neutral laundering of Chris Jeffries and Brunson doesn't look like a bad deal. If they want, I'm sure someone would cough up a second round pick as compensation for Williams too if they really wanted it.