Ok, I have been watching the Pau Gasol rumour wire, but it still remains that the strongest desire-motivated suitor is Houston, but the Lakers don't seem to want Martin. Minnesota however does, and the Lakers had previously pursued Beasley (who Minny wants to ship out.)
For the Raptors this is about prospects, picks and getting money free to sign Chandler now:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=6qmhaxb
TOR: DMorris, HOU or NYK 2012 1strd, TPE
HOU: PGasol
MIN: KMartin
LAL: LScola, MBeasley, NPekovic, LBarbosa
Houston really likes Gasol and HAVE ALREADY offered Scola, Martin, Dragic, and their pick for him (the failed Chris Paul trade), Adelman likes Martin and Minny needs a SG, the Lakers want Beasley, have been looking for a 3pt shooting bench spark plug for a while (Barbosa). They may need to ship out another piece to Houston to fit the number of players to the roster. Barnes would be the likely choice since this would need to be done before March 1st for this to work for the Raptors (although that part of the trade could go ahead now).
Toronto gets a prospect PG with potential but backup at the most for now. The pick could be used on Lillard/Kabongo/Marshall, but ultimately this is about freeing up money to sign Chandler removing over $7M from the books NOW.
2012
PG: JCalderon, Lillard/Kabongo/Marshall, DMorris
SG: WChandler, DD, Forbes
SF: Barnes/MKG/Miller, JJ, Kleiza
PF: Bargnani, ED, Amir
C: JVal, AGray (re-sign), Alabi
...and then!!...
For the Raptors this is about prospects, picks and getting money free to sign Chandler now:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...radeId=6qmhaxb
TOR: DMorris, HOU or NYK 2012 1strd, TPE
HOU: PGasol
MIN: KMartin
LAL: LScola, MBeasley, NPekovic, LBarbosa
Houston really likes Gasol and HAVE ALREADY offered Scola, Martin, Dragic, and their pick for him (the failed Chris Paul trade), Adelman likes Martin and Minny needs a SG, the Lakers want Beasley, have been looking for a 3pt shooting bench spark plug for a while (Barbosa). They may need to ship out another piece to Houston to fit the number of players to the roster. Barnes would be the likely choice since this would need to be done before March 1st for this to work for the Raptors (although that part of the trade could go ahead now).
Toronto gets a prospect PG with potential but backup at the most for now. The pick could be used on Lillard/Kabongo/Marshall, but ultimately this is about freeing up money to sign Chandler removing over $7M from the books NOW.
2012
PG: JCalderon, Lillard/Kabongo/Marshall, DMorris
SG: WChandler, DD, Forbes
SF: Barnes/MKG/Miller, JJ, Kleiza
PF: Bargnani, ED, Amir
C: JVal, AGray (re-sign), Alabi
...and then!!...
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