With Atlanta having been eliminated in the first round they may be considering a shake up of their 'elite talents'...ie horford, smith, williams, and johnson.
Johnson's max contract will be extremely difficult to move, and horford is likely staying put. Leaving smith and williams. It has been rumored for months that ATL is shopping williams, but they have been unable to find any takers. This leaves smith.
What is the raps were to offer Bargs + Calderon + 2012 8th Pick for ATL's Smith + Pachulia.
Followed by Amir Johnson + 2nd rounder for NO's Ariza + 2012 10th.
Pachulia would provide veteran leadership for the incoming Val.
Smith would provide scoring and athleticism at 4, plus more D than Bargs ever provided.
Ariza would be a serviceable 3 providing some defence.
This would leave us cap space to offer Steve Nash a reasonable contract as well. Potential lineup would be...
PG - Nash, 10th Pick, Uzoh
SG - DeRozan, Forbes, A. Anderson
SF - Ariza, J Johnson
PF - Smith, Davis, 2nd Round Pick
C - Val, Pachulia, Gray, Alabi
Johnson's max contract will be extremely difficult to move, and horford is likely staying put. Leaving smith and williams. It has been rumored for months that ATL is shopping williams, but they have been unable to find any takers. This leaves smith.
What is the raps were to offer Bargs + Calderon + 2012 8th Pick for ATL's Smith + Pachulia.
Followed by Amir Johnson + 2nd rounder for NO's Ariza + 2012 10th.
Pachulia would provide veteran leadership for the incoming Val.
Smith would provide scoring and athleticism at 4, plus more D than Bargs ever provided.
Ariza would be a serviceable 3 providing some defence.
This would leave us cap space to offer Steve Nash a reasonable contract as well. Potential lineup would be...
PG - Nash, 10th Pick, Uzoh
SG - DeRozan, Forbes, A. Anderson
SF - Ariza, J Johnson
PF - Smith, Davis, 2nd Round Pick
C - Val, Pachulia, Gray, Alabi
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