Too much sense to not happen

Are not worth as much as past years (although Sammy is a good one) apparently like 16 larger than 10+ mil expirings or trade exemptions this year

IS older and has health issues (past drug use, doesnt help age well)
and knee issues.

Plus Sammy D’s is expiring. Birds is not a great contract in the later years, will be a hinderance.

For garcia and thompson is probably asking a lot.

Team trend: The Denver Nuggets’ offense

Five years into his coaching relationship with J.R. Smith, Nuggets head coach George Karl continues to try to get Smith to mature. Smith’s latest stint in Karl’s doghouse began last Monday, when he was late to pregame shootaround the morning of Denver’s game against the Phoenix Suns. Smith sat out that night’s game as punishment, then played just one minute combined in the next two games. On Saturday night, Smith moved back into Karl’s rotation, playing 19 minutes in a win over the Nets.

That Karl and Smith are apparently starting to get back on the same page is good news for the Nuggets, who need production from their sixth man. In Denver’s two losses without Smith — at home against the Suns and at Portland — the team scored less than a point per possession, a mark the Nuggets had failed to reach just once in their first nine games.

Smith’s impact on Denver’s offense is not limited to the past three games. Throughout the course of the season, the Nuggets have scored 13.0 more points per 100 possessions with him on the floor, according to BasketballValue.com. And Smith has had a positive impact on offense (albeit not quite so large) in each of the past three seasons.

The funny thing about Smith’s status as a difference-maker is that he has not played exceptionally well this season, making just 37.5 percent of his 2-point attempts. Still, Smith is a better scorer than Denver starter Arron Afflalo, who was overextended when Smith was sitting out. Afflalo averaged 38.3 minutes in those three games and saw his shooting percentages suffer. Adding Smith to the wing rotation puts Afflalo in a more comfortable role playing between 30 and 35 minutes a night and makes the Nuggets a stronger team.

He has high potential, so I dont think we could get him. I would love to get casspi, but considering they would be taking on Bird, then I am not sure we can get any extra assets in return.

Have a center with bone-head plays than a sg making bone head plays.

Plus its a large expiring, and he is under 30, and itd let us get out of birds contract, and he is not a bad defensive center. What size wouldnt he be able to guard? He is big enough to handle defense center duties for everyone except maybe the physical beast (bynum, dwight, bogut), but there really are not many of them or options to get guy who can defend them they are usually pretty hard to pry away (noah, perkins come to mind but they wont be traded).