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Ok, just for fun here is an exercise. I went through to completely revamp the team, for some reason looking what it might be like to trade the ENTIRE team. Focused primarily on players younger than 28 (with 2 exceptions), draft focus, and ones who could conceivably be available (no Dwight Howards and Deron Williams'.) A couple are draft picks from 2012. It was decidedly more difficult to trade certain players than I expected, and I tried to keep it within the relative realm of possibility (many of which are talked about in the trade forum)but here goes:
Trades
deep breath)
Andrea Barganani to Sacramento for Jason Thompson, Francisco Garcia and Sac pick. (scoring to supplement T Evans and floor spread with D Cousins banging).
Jose Calderon and Chicago pick to Minny for Flynn and pick. (want rid of Flynn, Caldy ties with Minny management and Rubio)
Demar Derozan to Chicago for Taj Gibson and Chicago pick(badly need a SG)
TPE to Philly for Nocioni and pick (allows signing T Young.)
Jerryd Bayless and James Johnson to Utah for CJ Miles and Utah 2013 pick. (b/u PG and replacement for Kirilenko. (This could switch to Houston for Courtney Lee).
Ed Davis, Barbosa, Kleiza, and Alabi and Utah pick to New Orleans for Emeka Okafor and NO pick.
[/LIST]Draft: Toronto Pick: Kyrie Irving. Jared Sullinger (2012) Sacramento Pick: Harrison Barnes (2012 if he does not declare). Philly pick: Brandon Knight. Minny pick: Jonas Valenciunas or Enes Kanter. New Orleans pick: Kenneth Faried.
PG: Kyrie Irving, Brandon Knight, Johnny Flynn
SG: OJ Mayo, CJ Miles, Francisco Garcia
SF: Harrison Barnes, Wilson Chandler, Andres Nocioni
PF: Jared Sullinger (2012), Taj Gibson, Kenneth Faried
C: Emeka Okafor, Jonas Valenciunas(or Enes Kanter), Jason Thompson
Salary wise this will be around $62M, with a little over $19M coming off after the 2011/12 season (or team options for another year). This money would go to finding a solid SG (or re-upping).
Okafor will be on for 3 more years, at which point the draft pick (Valenciunas/Kanter) will move into the full time starting role. Flynn can be punted after next year.
If you want to try a run at this, I warn you that it is a bigger task than you may think.
Trades
deep breath)Andrea Barganani to Sacramento for Jason Thompson, Francisco Garcia and Sac pick. (scoring to supplement T Evans and floor spread with D Cousins banging).
Jose Calderon and Chicago pick to Minny for Flynn and pick. (want rid of Flynn, Caldy ties with Minny management and Rubio)
Demar Derozan to Chicago for Taj Gibson and Chicago pick(badly need a SG)
TPE to Philly for Nocioni and pick (allows signing T Young.)
Jerryd Bayless and James Johnson to Utah for CJ Miles and Utah 2013 pick. (b/u PG and replacement for Kirilenko. (This could switch to Houston for Courtney Lee).
Ed Davis, Barbosa, Kleiza, and Alabi and Utah pick to New Orleans for Emeka Okafor and NO pick.
[/LIST]Draft: Toronto Pick: Kyrie Irving. Jared Sullinger (2012) Sacramento Pick: Harrison Barnes (2012 if he does not declare). Philly pick: Brandon Knight. Minny pick: Jonas Valenciunas or Enes Kanter. New Orleans pick: Kenneth Faried.
PG: Kyrie Irving, Brandon Knight, Johnny Flynn
SG: OJ Mayo, CJ Miles, Francisco Garcia
SF: Harrison Barnes, Wilson Chandler, Andres Nocioni
PF: Jared Sullinger (2012), Taj Gibson, Kenneth Faried
C: Emeka Okafor, Jonas Valenciunas(or Enes Kanter), Jason Thompson
Salary wise this will be around $62M, with a little over $19M coming off after the 2011/12 season (or team options for another year). This money would go to finding a solid SG (or re-upping).
Okafor will be on for 3 more years, at which point the draft pick (Valenciunas/Kanter) will move into the full time starting role. Flynn can be punted after next year.
If you want to try a run at this, I warn you that it is a bigger task than you may think.
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