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magoon wrote: View PostWe've done this before, but:
Teams that would potentially be interested in Rudy Gay and conceivably can take him on (players needed to make up money in parentheses):
Cleveland: no true starting SF (Andrew Bynum or Anderson Varajao + Alonzo Gee)
Charlotte: MKG might not pan out as hoped (Ben Gordon)
Milwaukee: no true starting SF, Delfino out for the season (Caron Butler + Ekpe Udoh or Carlos Delfino + Ekpe Udoh + pieces)
Detroit: if they decide to bite the bullet and trade Greg Monroe to move Josh Smith to PF (Charlie Villanueva + Rodney Stuckey)
Washington: no true starting SF (Nene)
Houston: badly needs to move out Lin and Asik, could move Rudy or Chandler Parsons to PF (Jeremy Lin + Omer Asik)
Minnesota: major upgrade at SF, Rudy can actually play some D (Chase Budlinger + spare parts)
Denver: desperate for scoring (Javale McGee + spare parts)
Teams that have assets Toronto would potentially be interested in:
Cleveland: Tristan Thompson, Anthony Bennett, Sergei Karasev, their own 2014 first-rounder, Sacramento's 2014 first-rounder on protected basis, Memphis, Miami and their own 2015 first-rounders, lots more picks
Charlotte: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Portland's 2014 first-rounder (protected), Detroit's 2014 first-rounder (protected), their own pick (although this might be tricky to manage)
Milwaukee: Giannis Antekokounmpo, Brandon Knight, their 2014 first-rounder, some second-round picks
Houston: Lin, Asik, their 2014 first-rounder
Denver: Kenneth Faried, Evan Fournier, the better of theirs and New York's 2014 first-rounders (as the worse is committed to Orlando)
Long story short: some teams we can deal with. Others really have to be part of a three-team deal.
a. Likely-hood of need &
b. Assets that would appeal to us:
1. Cleveland -Desperate to make playoffs, have assets (Varejao or Bynum -no chance if he plays like the other night plus Bennett or 1 of 1st rounders);
2. Charlotte -Again desperate to make playoffs, have assets (Gordon & an asset -MKG would be nice or Byombo or 1 of 1st rounders);
3. Bulls: Deng HAS to go because they will not resign him (unless it is under 10 mil). Let me explain: Iff bulls amnesty Boozer (no chance IMO, because owner too cheep to cut a cheque for 16 mil), resign Deng for same as this year -14 mil -they will have 62 mil to 8 players. Mirotic at mid-level & 5 guys at 1 mil they would be at around 72 mil. Would that be a championship team? I don't think so (very competitive yes).
Deal: Deng, Boozer & either their (or Cha) 1st or Mirotic for Gay, Amir & Kyle. IMO more competitive this year & still over the cap next.
4. Detroit -Next 3-4 weeks will decide if they stay the course or decide to move Monroe. Clearly we will not get Monroe plus expiring (Charlie V & Stuckey) for Rudy. What do we add that would keep Detroit happy? T Ross? Demar (maybe too much)?
5. Houston -At the moment appear to be unreasonable (they can dream about getting an unprotected lottery pick for Asik). If the price drops -as you said Asik & Lin. What do we do with them? With Val no need for a 15 mil backup next year (Asik). Asik would probably be easy to flip.
6. Bucks -I don't see it. Lottery written all over. I don't think Durant would help them get in playoffs never mind Gay.
7. Washington. What the hell do we want Nene -injury prone?
8. Denver - McGee might be an interesting project (If anybody knows him, it would be Masai). Faried & small parts -not enough $$ going our way. Galinari?
9. Minnesota -Not enough $$ our way.
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