Daily trade ideas to throw against the wall

In a heart beat, I’d do that. Alot of people will poo-poo this deal, partly b/c Jefferson and Okafor may not play up to their sallary, but it would give us a tremendous front line and time for Cousins to develope. We’d pretty much have no shot at going small and quick, but who cares with that lineup? I’m not at all adverse to trading Danny if we get back a decent player and a high pick.

I could see Minny doing this, but I don’t think New Orleans would. They’d probably do it without the draft pick, or maybe even a protected future pick, but I’m not sure that they’d trade Collison for Hibbert straight up. Then you really have to ask yourself, would they take on Murphy’s expiring deal for Okafor and the 11th? I’m not sure.

So. I would go a step further if need be to get this done. I’d throw in Ford for Posey and I think New Orleans would almost have to do that considering the amount of cap space it gives them next year. However, this would force New Orleans to have a slightly higher tax number for the 2010 season (Difference in Posey’s and Ford’s contract is about $2mil. in favor of Posey). So, maybe they wouldn’t do it. Wonder if they’d rather us keep Hibbert and send Solomon Jones and they can keep the pick? Still might not be enough.

Why couldn’t that Russian guy have bought the Pacers? Bet we could get it done if management was willing to pay a little more in luxury tax to gain a ton of youth and solid vets (at a VERY difficult position to fill, starting Center).

 Oh well. We shall see.

Could work…. don’t really like Cousins though. When u have time to prepare speeches for these teams when they have you for interviews and you still bomb it? Somethings wrong… think what he would say if an agent wasn’t pulling the strings. I honestly think the 4th spot is about the worst place to be in this draft unless you’re craving for a small forward like Wesley Johnson. Monroe, Aminu, and Cousins just aren’t the bargains Derrick Favors, John Wall and Evan Turner are. I say you get that 4th pick you trade it.

Darren Collison, James Posey, and Emeka Okafor for Mike Dunleavy, T.J. Ford and Brandon Rush works money-wise. May be the best deal they get if they’re wanting to unload money. We get to keep our pick too.

Not that JOB’s philosophy has really worked yet anyway. While I don’t think that this is realistic from a Pacers standpoint, I think it’s fair. I just don’t know where it gets us. Jefferson may have already peaked, Okafor may very well suck, from what we’ve seen lately and I don’t think Paul George is there at 11. Beyond that, I don’t believe in Cousins in the slightest.

But chemistry-wise, with the right coach, you’ve got a group here that could work together and really implement a decent half-court oriented offense. Okafor is your garbage guy, Cousins/Jefferson are your low post scorers. George (if we land him…if not, maybe Xavier Henry?) is your go-to perimeter scorer. Collison, if he pans out, can run the show. It’s just that you’ve basically grouped together a bunch of guys who may very well only be good on bad teams, plus rookies who we know very little about. I’m not sure it’s accurate to call this a “rebuild.” It’s more of a “shakeup.”

That said, I’d probably do it, I just don’t think Bird would. I sincerely doubt Granger’s on the table.

might actually be some toughness in that lineup

I’d do it. I don’t think anyone on the roster should be safe from a trade.