Some thoughts on trades

Rudy Gay…. I’m going to go ahead and say is… impossible to get. Him and Danny would make a scary combo but if you look at Memphis’ contracts and ours…. It’s actually really close to being impossible cause Gay only makes like 3 mil. a year. I’d say the only glimmer of hope would be to move our draft pick which I don’t think we’re willing to do. I can see the Sixers goin for a trade like this:

Sixers Get: TJ, Foster, Ilgauskas

Cavs Get: Troy

We Get: Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand

Cause the Sixers won’t give up Iggy easy but if they can move Brand and get some expiring deals I’d feel they jump on it. Add a low draft pick and things could be lookin pretty good for us. But the trade better work, cause we’d be tied down for another decade if it didn’t.

Pacers should make trades for expiring contracts/draft picks.

That is it.

Agree with Hibby being a 20/10 guy if he gets more minutes and more quality ball. First of all no-one is gonna trade for Ford, especially when Larry/JOB isn’t even willing to play him in garbage time. TJ Ford’s trade value is probably as low as it will ever be. Secondly we don’t need any more utility players. Our team is full of bench players, what we need is draft picks, and young, high-upside projects guy(like Anthony Randolph). While I like acquiring Rudy Gay, I’m not sure what we could offer the Griz, except for DG33 and Hibby. Yeah, they would be willing to part with Williams, but really, how is a 3rd string PG gonna improve our team? I personally don’t like the Iggy deal all that much. Let me correct that. I like Iggy, but not his contract, and chances are Philly will want to offload Brand on us too. I think you’re overestimating the trade value of Solo/McBob. If we don’t think their good enough to get significant minutes, why would Philly think their good enough to trade for?

I think Iggy would be better for us.

Iggy and Gay both put up big numbers, but do we really need more wing players who pound the ball into the floor and then take long contested jump shots? It seems like we already have some guys who fit that mold.

You mean practically the same trade I put up top? lol The Cavs are hesitant on trading Ilgauskas in the first place. I don’t know if they do the trade if you package Leon Powe and especially Hickson out the door. The idea of the Sixers acquiring Ilgauskas would mean they probably buy out his contract and let him leave so he’s free to play with Cleveland again.

But let’s also think of this…. We currently have the 5th worst record in the league behind New Jersey, Minnesota, Golden State, and Detroit. Detroit’s getting all its players back after a flurry of injuries hit their squad. So, we’re looking at the number 4 spot in the lottery and that only increases our chances to get a player like John Wall, Derrick Favors, Evan Turner, or Wesley Johnson. Now, I don’t know about you…. but I’m sick of seeing this team limp on. We need to think bigger. A team with John Wall, Danny, Roy, and Iggy? Now THAT is something to shoot for…. That’s a title contender in less than 3 years.