There is DeAndre Jordan and Darrell Arthur in terms of rookies that we can trade for. But in my mind three trade targets we should be looking at are:
Elton Brand
Emeka Okafor
David Lee
David Lee looks to be the easiest to trade for as Keyon Dooling and Carlos ARroyo have already been mentioned by New York as point guards they might trade him for.
Courtney Lee, Keith Bogans, Maurice Evans, JJ Redick, Hedo Turkoglu, Keyon Dooling.
We have a bunch of guys who can play SG now, and Im pretty sure I forgot one...
We better be trading a few (including Redick) for a
Battie, Cook, Arroyo and Evans are decent bench options...so a team of:
Howard / random guy such as Gortat or Foyle who can play the 5-10 mins when Howard is out
Arthur or Jordan or someone from free agency or through a trade such as
David Lee is being shopped around for a point guard. We could trade Arroyo or Dooling (keep one as backup pg) and say, augustine, bogans and redick and future pick for David Lee
Imagine
Howard / Gortat (It'll do for 5-10 mpg, for now)
Lee / Battie
Shard / Cook
Turk / Evans
Nelson / Arroyo or Dooling
That is a good team. We have shooting guards. We need a PF that can start or at least play 20 minutes and have Batte play the rest...Arthur or Jordan could play 20 minutes with Battie playing the rest.
Brand, Okafor and Lee are guys who can start and play 30-40 minutes. With Battie coming off the bench the PF is solid then.
Shard and Cook are both players who can play.
We have Turk, he can also cover at PF and SF, especially if we want to create mismatches at PF, or have someone to guard Nowtizkis outside game when we play Dallas for instance.
Evans is a really solid bench player. He started for his last season and we finsihed 3rd in the East.
Nelson was our most consistent player in the playoffs last season and Arroyo and Dooling can both bring it for 20 minutes even, when needed
I don't want him on our team, he screwed us. his snot-nosed arrogant play can go somewhere else as far as Im concerned.
And Im sure there will be a team who wouldn't mind him in the trade deal.
Redick, Augestine, Bogans, rights to Vazquez and one of Dooling/Arroyo and a future pick are decent enough trade pieces to trade for David Lee and cash (to equal salaries maybe)
Darrell Arthur or DeAndre Jordan...David Lee, Emeka Okafor or Elton Brand / Battie
Shard / Cook
Turk / Evans
Nelson / Arroyo We can also trade the rights to Fran Vazquez remember...
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