Best Players Available Via S&T?

[Beaverboi]

My question, while arbitrary in hind sight is whether we would of have gotten more for him via S and T than we would have netted had traded him at the deadline. I would just like to know what the realistic offers were mid Feb.

Aaron Williams, Eric Williams and Zo, I think.

[Dave]

The Raptors would get a large trade exception if they didn't take back big contracts.

That trade exception could be a valuable trade asset for the Raptors. More valuable than some of the high priced talent they'll be offered.

[mo-sales]

Damnit hot shot, way to ruin the pipe dream.....so your saying were not going to get the best ever haul from a sign a trade? My prediction is we get Taj Gibson and maybe a pick if he goes bulls.

My question, while arbitrary in hind sight is whether we would of have gotten more for him via S and T than we would have netted had traded him at the deadline. I would just like to know what the realistic offers were mid Feb.

[Hotshot]

I think most of those sign and trade deals are pie in the sky dreams.

What will happen is that Chris Bosh will say to Colangelo: "I want to go to this team"

Colangelo will then enquire about that team particular players possibility of sign and trade only to be rebuffed and instead be forced to accept bloated contracts and low grade spare parts players, otherwise Bosh walks for nothing.

[Prime]

Your right the Bulls are high on Noah..but not as high as the Nuggets are with Nene. The reason..Nene is an excellent offenive center with well above average defensive skills.

Not really. We really only need him to match-up on opposing centres. As a help defender in the paint he is average at best.
Against good Eastern playoff teams' centres he is below average defensively and even worse offensively.

Head2Head against DH12:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=howardw01

Terrible against Shaq:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=onealsh01

Decidely worse than Horford:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=horfoal01

Though, suprisingly good against Bogut in limited minutes:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1&p2=bogutan01

[Apollo]

Bosh would have to want to go there. It's a small market and the main selling point would be playing will Brandon Jennings? Do you think that's enough? Oklahoma made my list and they're a small market but they're load with talent and have Kevin Durant. Durant came out in the last couple days and said he's going to do some heavy recruiting of free agents this summer. I'm sure he's going to call Bosh.

[Boomer]

Bucks in play?

I like the idea of a Noah package.. its been my favourite for a long time, but what about the Bucks? Do you think it would be farfetched to get Bogut and Ilyasova? Bogut is a solid back to basket scorer and pretty good defensive player and leader.

jlongs.. One of the issues that consistently pops up with Bosh is that he DOESNT kick the ball out when he's doubleteamed.

[jlongs]

But what about the points that come off Bosh's double teams and kick outs and trips to the line? He creates match up problems for the opposition and to be able to compete without him, everyone would have to be clicking as no one is capable of lifting up a team when the others aren't knocking down their shots.

All I'm saying is, the Raps don't have a good enough offensive system to be able to survive not having a guy who can create his own shot when he needs to. And if Bosh leaves, that's one more thing we need to consider getting back, not just a defensive big. I'm not convinced that our current players can step up their game further than what they have shown already. 'Cept maybe Turk.

[tarunj]

Your right the Bulls are high on Noah..but not as high as the Nuggets are with Nene. The reason..Nene is an excellent offenive center with well above average defensive skills. Noah is a very good defensive center but raw and unpolished offensive skills. So its possible Chicago could be willing to sacrifice Noah to pair Bosh with Rose. But Noah's unpolished and raw offensive game would be a perfect fit on a offensiveive minded Raptors squad..mabey Raps have to take back Hinrich I'm not sure.

[tarunj]

Prehaps not right now. But the loading the Raps with scorers galore has them barely scarrping for a playoff spot. Look at Milwuakee. they lost their only real proven scorer in Redd and went on an absolute tear becuase they became a more balanced team with Salmons.

All im saying is if Bosh leaves and we get back a Defensive minded centerin return..we may lose 24 points..but prehaps gain back 10 points from the center..and additonal 5 points from Derozan next year..an additonal 2 or 3 points from Bargnani..and prehaps 2 points more from Turk and a point more for Jack. thats 21 points..so basically everyone else will have more scoring oppertunities its not like we will lose 24 points complelty.

And dont forget the net difference an actual defensive minded center would give us

[Dave]

I would love to see Atlanta make a run at Chris Bosh. The offer would be something like Josh Smith or Al Horford + Jamal Crawford.

Make a Chris Bosh + Joe Johnson + Smith/Horford trio while retaining a good supporting cast around them. I'd love to see that mix of talent play together. It would be a lot of fun to watch them play.

I don't think Atlanta will go after Bosh though.

[INFO]

very good list, great job
I have always thought teh Blazers would be a good deal
Rockets seem to have a few nice pieces
i thought about trading Bosh to Jazz in the season..
And everyone knows the NewYork offer

[jlongs]

is everyone set on bargnani being the no.1 guy on offense when bosh leaves? i somehow hoped that should bosh leave, we go back to rebuilding mode and change most of our players, since the players we got right now were meant to complement him. granted it would be extremely difficult given their horrible contracts, but trying to simply replace bosh would be futile. if you think getting a defensive stopper shotblocker would be fine, remember that we're losing 24 points a game and a proven go to scorer who can create his own shot. i don't think anyone on the team right now is capable of taking on the load.

[Dave]

My Expectations On Offers

Chicago -- I don't the Bulls will be willing to part with Joakim Noah. They'll try to keep Deng off the table too but ultimately I suspect they'll be willing to sacrifice him in order to get Bosh.

Oklahoma -- The Thunder won't be willing to include Westbrook in any sign and trade but Jeff Green will be readily available. The question is how much more do they offer beyond that and that is hard to get an accurate judgment on.

Lakers -- the Lakers will not pursue Bosh and will not offer Bynum. They should but they won't.

Rockets -- Houston will inquire but have very little to offer. It'll be a Brooks, Ariza or Battier + Scola type trade package. Martin, Yao and one of Ariza/Battier will be kept off the table.

Miami -- Beasley and change

New York -- David Lee and change. Might get Wilson Chandler included but Donnie Walsh will be reluctant to do that. Might need a LeBron like figure in the background for Donnie to see value in giving up both Lee + Chandler for Bosh at $20 million per year. Gallinari won't be on the table. It'll likely be only David Lee and spare change (not much on the roster once you get past Gallo + Chandler which limits other add-ons)

Portland -- I don't think they'll pursue Bosh. If they do, they will not part with Greg Oden. They will also be the single most difficult team to negotiate with because Pritchard overrates his own players so getting him to include multiple talented players will be extremely difficult. Likely impossible. Anyway, I don't think they'll pursue Bosh.

Denver -- I don't think they'll pursue Bosh or any other FA with a big price tag. If Colangelo called them and said he'd accept Nene + JR Smith for Bosh, Denver would immediately get interested and do everything possible to make that happen.

Utah -- the Jazz will not pursue any high priced FA. They have enough financial issues already. Also, they'll be too busy trying to get their own house in order to make a move on new players ... just like they were last season.

LA Clippers -- The Clips might make a run at Bosh. They won't want to give up anything but may be willing to sacrifice Kaman. They'd rather make a max contract signing and add it to their current core (Kaman/Griffin/Gordon/Baron) than to sacrifice one of their best players in order to bring in that max contract player.

Sacramento, Golden State and New Jersey will also have some interest in Bosh but he will likely have none in them as currently constituted. Something will ever to change between now and then to make that happen.

[f91ultra]

Umm ... what do we do with Hedo then? I mean, I guess Butler could start at the SG spot but I think he's better suited for SF myself. JMO

Hedo is doing pretty well (well, small sample size) coming off the bench right now. I know 10 mil is a lot for a 6th man, but i like a starting lineup of calderon/derozan/butler/barg/haywood, bench is hedo/weems/jack/amir (hopefully). Then again derozan and weems is like a wash/can swap their places