Offseason Idea..A bit more radical then most

Felton is traded for the trade exception (treated as a individual deal).

Dwight Howard is traded for the trade exception for Carmelo. Completed the trade in trade machine but to do so I had to suplement Chandler with Gallanari and Bird to match salaries. Chandler technically could be done straight out with Orlando for the trade exception from Gorat. It gets complex but all the pieces work.

felton 4 batum & mathews??? yeah no way they would make that trade… Miller is better than felton

Agreed on all counts. Though I don’t think anyone bites on take the Arenas money unless Cuban decides to do it.

LA has notoriously been a bit more frugal with their money. You don’t hardball Lamar Odom if you’re not worried about the cost. You don’t downgrade Trevor Ariza to Ron Artest if you’re not worried about the cost. They could’ve had Hinrich on multiple occasions (the PG they truly needed). But were unwilling to swing taking the near 10 million he was owed. Look at the cap situation in 2 years if they swing the trade. Arenas, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, Howard….That’s almost 97 million a year dedicated to 5 players (which is by the way larger then any amount they’ve ever paid). If you sub in Gasol into the trade with Bynum you’re at 77 million for Arenas, Kobe, Artest, PF, and Howard. So I don’t buy the Arenas to go with Howard to LA.

Outside of that who can take on that contract and provide anything back? Then factor in the new team will require an extension. It might be that Howard hits free agency.

You could be right. I’m unsure if he goes Odom and says he will only go to the beach or not. But if you look at those teams.

LA Lakers – See my previous post. It’s more of being unable to acquire him then not wanting him. LA can’t sign him except for the MLE under the current CBA rules (which could be expanded and salaries just cut0. Any type of cap will prohibit them from signing him. Trade route, I think might be harder then people think.

LA Clippers – Depends on what they do with Jordan this offseason. If they sign him and Gordon coming up, I don’t ever see this as a luxury tax team.

(Location) Kings – Until ownerships changes doubt they spend their cap space.

Golden State – Could be intresting there. But still have a hard time seeing this one.

NY Knicks – Could be an option if and only if you can gain on the current salary cap. Otherwise you’ve dedicated 40 of 59 million to 2 players. Cap holds would limit you to signing Howard under the max at the same cap.

Brooklyn Nets – Makes sense. But they’re locked into 43 million without signing Brooke Lopez to an extension and they would have to turn down his qualifying offer to have over 10 million a year available. As well assuming cap stays similiar to it’s current state. Could happen, but one heck of a gamble.

Miami – Cap hell and no tradeable assets. I could be wrong someone thinks Chris Bosh is a max player. No firsts or other pieces. So does Orlando take Bosh for Howard? If I’m Orlando I say heck no.

Boston Celtics – Another possible destination. You drop KG and Allen. Left with Rondo and Pierce. Rondo and Howard winning it all would be hard to see, unless someone else breaks out for them.

Dallas – Will actually not have th contracts to match out after this season for trade (except including Dirk). If they sign no one else they can be a player. But my guess is they resign Tyson Chandler and they’re at just above MLE money in 2012.

Orlando – Could just stay there and attempt to get the team over the hump. But cap hell for atleast 3 more years and no tradeable assets make this likely to leave.

If we go into this season with the core from last year, I’m excited to see it and see how far we can go. But honestly without another move we’re still a rebounder short (Kevin Love would be my next choice of someone to go after). As well unless we resign JR, I’m afraid we’ll be a complete system offense that can be undone in the playoffs. We have to many tradeable assets and pieces to sit on our hands and wait for next year. It would take hitting on a late first rounder or Gallo or Lawson turning a huge corner for us to be a championship team. Not sure about you but I’m tired of 2nd round of the playoffs being our goal.