Ok, so this trade is based on a few assumptions, which I need to layout up front:
1. Nash intends to sign with Toronto for the next 2-3 seasons
2. Memphis needs/wants to unload either Gay or Mayo, for salary reasons
3. New Orleans is actually quite desperate to unload Okafor's contract
4. Utah's rumored interest in Calderon (from trade deadline) is legit
ESPN Trade Machine link: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6ujblon
TO NEW ORLEANS
- Linas Kleiza & Gary Forbes (rotation players, mostly to match salary)
- 2 x 2012 2nd round picks (#38 & #56 from Toronto)
- 1 x 2013 2nd round pick (from Toronto)
--> save approx $7.5M in 2012/13, $10M in 2013/14 = $17.5M total savings
* if New Orleans doesn't feel they are getting enough return for Okafor & #10 pick, Toronto could 'buy' a late 1st round pick to send to NO (either instead of or in addition to the 2nd round picks)
TO UTAH
- Jose Calderon
TO MEMPHIS
- DeMar DeRozan (can replace Gay as starting SF, allow Mayo to re-sign)
- Amir Johnson & James Johnson (solid backups, somewhat to match salary)
- 1 x 2012 1st round pick (#16 from Utah, who may well still have a lottery pick, if Golden State falls to #8 or lower)
- 1 x 2013 1st round pick (from Toronto)
--> good straight-up replacement for Gay, plus two solid rotation players and 2 1st round picks seems like a good return for Gay
--> save approx $4.3M in 2012/13, $11.4M in 2013/14, $12.3M in 2014/15 = $28M total savings
TO TORONTO
- Rudy Gay (starting SF)
- Emeka Okafor (backup C to mentor Valanciunas)
- 1 x 2012 1st round pick (#10 from New Orleans)
- $9.8M TPE (from Utah for Calderon, using their Okur TPE)
--> will have 2 lottery picks (their own and NO's 2nd pick), to likely add a wing & PG
--> trades only add $1.2M salary for 2012/13 ($21.3M in 2013/14 & $12.3M in 2014/15)
--> will have approx. $10M in cap space (before signing Nash), a $9.8M TPE, and all exceptions (MLE & Vet)
TORONTO LINEUP
C: Valanciunas, Okafor
PF: Bargnani, Davis
SF: Gay, ???
SG: ???, ???
PG: Nash, Marshall
--> own lottery pick will be used on a wing (Beal would be ideal, to slot in as starting SG, but unlikely)
--> NO's 2nd lottery pick will be used on Marshall (Nash is his ideal mentor)
--> MLE can be used to fill one hole at wing (ie: somebody like Courtney Lee or even Ray Allen)
--> TPE could be used to fill the other hole at wing
--> addresses both the need for veterans and for shooters, maintains defensive culture change and acquires an additional lottery pick
Crazy trade, I know, but seems to be fair return to all four teams... if assumptions are legit. Thoughts???
1. Nash intends to sign with Toronto for the next 2-3 seasons
2. Memphis needs/wants to unload either Gay or Mayo, for salary reasons
3. New Orleans is actually quite desperate to unload Okafor's contract
4. Utah's rumored interest in Calderon (from trade deadline) is legit
ESPN Trade Machine link: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6ujblon
TO NEW ORLEANS
- Linas Kleiza & Gary Forbes (rotation players, mostly to match salary)
- 2 x 2012 2nd round picks (#38 & #56 from Toronto)
- 1 x 2013 2nd round pick (from Toronto)
--> save approx $7.5M in 2012/13, $10M in 2013/14 = $17.5M total savings
* if New Orleans doesn't feel they are getting enough return for Okafor & #10 pick, Toronto could 'buy' a late 1st round pick to send to NO (either instead of or in addition to the 2nd round picks)
TO UTAH
- Jose Calderon
TO MEMPHIS
- DeMar DeRozan (can replace Gay as starting SF, allow Mayo to re-sign)
- Amir Johnson & James Johnson (solid backups, somewhat to match salary)
- 1 x 2012 1st round pick (#16 from Utah, who may well still have a lottery pick, if Golden State falls to #8 or lower)
- 1 x 2013 1st round pick (from Toronto)
--> good straight-up replacement for Gay, plus two solid rotation players and 2 1st round picks seems like a good return for Gay
--> save approx $4.3M in 2012/13, $11.4M in 2013/14, $12.3M in 2014/15 = $28M total savings
TO TORONTO
- Rudy Gay (starting SF)
- Emeka Okafor (backup C to mentor Valanciunas)
- 1 x 2012 1st round pick (#10 from New Orleans)
- $9.8M TPE (from Utah for Calderon, using their Okur TPE)
--> will have 2 lottery picks (their own and NO's 2nd pick), to likely add a wing & PG
--> trades only add $1.2M salary for 2012/13 ($21.3M in 2013/14 & $12.3M in 2014/15)
--> will have approx. $10M in cap space (before signing Nash), a $9.8M TPE, and all exceptions (MLE & Vet)
TORONTO LINEUP
C: Valanciunas, Okafor
PF: Bargnani, Davis
SF: Gay, ???
SG: ???, ???
PG: Nash, Marshall
--> own lottery pick will be used on a wing (Beal would be ideal, to slot in as starting SG, but unlikely)
--> NO's 2nd lottery pick will be used on Marshall (Nash is his ideal mentor)
--> MLE can be used to fill one hole at wing (ie: somebody like Courtney Lee or even Ray Allen)
--> TPE could be used to fill the other hole at wing
--> addresses both the need for veterans and for shooters, maintains defensive culture change and acquires an additional lottery pick
Crazy trade, I know, but seems to be fair return to all four teams... if assumptions are legit. Thoughts???
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