6 Degrees

[mcHAPPY]

Lowry STAYS:

1) Trade: Salmons, Hansbrough, Buycks, Stone for Boozer, #16

2) Draft: BPA at 16 (Ennis), 59 (Bachynski)

3) Draft and stash: Porzingus at #20, Inglis at #37

4) Resign: Lowry, Patterson, Vasquez, De Colo

5) Sign: Aldrich, Aminu

6) Buy out Boozer

PG: Lowry, Ennis, De Colo
SG: DeRozan, Vasquez, Fields
SF: Ross, Aminu, Novak
PF: Amir, PP, Hayes
C: JV, Alrich, Bachynski


Lowry LEAVES:

.....To be continued

[magoon]

Lowry STAYS:

1) Trade: Salmons, Hansbrough, Buycks, Stone for Boozer, #16

2) Draft: BPA at 16 (Ennis), 59 (Bachynski)

3) Draft and stash: Porzingus at #20, Inglis at #37

4) Resign: Lowry, Patterson, Vasquez

5) Sign: Aldrich, Aminu, Hamilton

6) Buy out Boozer

PG: Lowry, Ennis, De Colo
SG: DeRozan, Vasquez, Fields
SF: Ross, Aminu, Hamilton
PF: Amir, PP, Hayes
C: JV, Alrich, Bachynski

What happened to Steve Novak in this scenario? Is he horribly murdered? I don't think any of us want Steve Novak to be horribly murdered!

[mcHAPPY]

What happened to Steve Novak in this scenario? Is he horribly murdered? I don't think any of us want Steve Novak to be horribly murdered!

LOL - You're right.

[planetmars]

I'll play:

1) 3 team trade:

Toronto - Love, Boozer, #16
Minnesota - Amir, Ross, Psycho-T, #20, Right to swap 2016 Knicks pick
Chicago - Salmons, Novak, Buycks
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=meca4pr

2) Toronto drafts:

Ennis (16), Little Greek Freak (37), doesn't matter (59)

3) Resign Lowry, Patterson, GV and NDC for $22M combined (waiving Stone in the process).

4) Sign Aaron Gray for vet minimum.

5) Sign Shane Battier (convince him to play for 1 more year).

6) Give myself season tickets for life and a hot secretary.



The line up should look like this:

JV/Gray/Hayes
Love/Patterson/Boozer
Battier/LGF/Fields
DD/GV
Lowry/Ennis/NDC

Playing overseas: #59 and Zubcic

[007]

that lineup seems a little thin.

[mcHAPPY]

Lowry STAYS:

1) Trade: Salmons, Hansbrough, Buycks, Stone for Boozer, #16

2) Draft: BPA at 16 (Ennis), 59 (Bachynski)

3) Draft and stash: Porzingus at #20, Inglis at #37

4) Resign: Lowry, Patterson, Vasquez, De Colo

5) Sign: Aldrich, Aminu

6) Buy out Boozer

PG: Lowry, Ennis, De Colo
SG: DeRozan, Vasquez, Fields
SF: Ross, Aminu, Novak
PF: Amir, PP, Hayes
C: JV, Alrich, Bachynski


Lowry LEAVES:

.....To be continued

Lowry LEAVES:

1) Sign and trade with Houston for Lowry in a 4 team blockbuster
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=p5t57xb

Toronto: Lin, Harkless, #25 from Houston
Golden State: Nelson, Asik
Orlando: Lee, Motiejunas
Houston: Lowry

Lowry signs for $10M leaving the Rockets with about $10M more in free agency. They could sign Hawes and McRoberts (just throwing it out there). I think that option would be better for Rockets than trying to land a max free agent such as Melo.


2) Trade DeRozan
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lm9v58z

Toronto: Terry, #8, 2015 Lakers pick
Sacramento: Dragic, Novak
Phoenix: DeRozan, Thomas (sign and trade)


3) Trade Salmons, Hansbrough, Buycks, Stone for Boozer* and #16
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=l5nuhe4


4) Resign Vasquez and Patterson


5) Draft
#8: PF (Vonleh, Randle, Gordon)
#16: LaVine
#20: Ennis
#25: Capela (draft and stash)
#37: Inglis (draft and stash)
#59: Draft and Stash


6) Free agency: Aminu and Aldrich; both cheap 1 year deals with team option for year 2.

*waived


PG: Lin, Vasquez, Ennis
SG: Ross, LaVine, Terry
SF: Harkless, Aminu, Fields
PF: Amir, Patterson, #8
C: JV, Aldrich, Hayes

2 draft picks in 2015
2 draft picks in 2016

Capela/Inglis seasoning in Europe.

$40M in cap space in 2015

[imanshumpert]

Lowry LEAVES:

1) Sign and trade with Houston for Lowry in a 4 team blockbuster
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=p5t57xb

Toronto: Lin, Harkless, #25 from Houston
Golden State: Nelson, Asik
Orlando: Lee, Motiejunas
Houston: Lowry

Lowry signs for $10M leaving the Rockets with about $10M more in free agency. They could sign Hawes and McRoberts (just throwing it out there). I think that option would be better for Rockets than trying to land a max free agent such as Melo.


2) Trade DeRozan
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lm9v58z

Toronto: Terry, #8, 2015 Lakers pick
Sacramento: Dragic, Novak
Phoenix: DeRozan, Thomas (sign and trade)


3) Trade Salmons, Hansbrough, Buycks, Stone for Boozer* and #16
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=l5nuhe4


4) Resign Vasquez and Patterson


5) Draft
#8: PF (Vonleh, Randle, Gordon)
#16: LaVine
#20: Ennis
#25: Capela (draft and stash)
#37: Inglis (draft and stash)
#59: Draft and Stash


6) Free agency: Aminu and Aldrich; both cheap 1 year deals with team option for year 2.

*waived


PG: Lin, Vasquez, Ennis
SG: Ross, LaVine, Terry
SF: Harkless, Aminu, Fields
PF: Amir, Patterson, #8
C: JV, Aldrich, Hayes

2 draft picks in 2015
2 draft picks in 2016

Capela/Inglis seasoning in Europe.

$40M in cap space in 2015

Why re-sign Vasquez and 2Pat if Lowry walks? Especially if you're drafting a PF at #8 and Ennis at #16? Wouldn't you want to give them more PT?

Plus it's impossible to make that trade with Houston because we can't trade Lowry until the free agency period starts.

[stooley]

6 Moves:

1. Resign GV, 2Pat, Lowry for a combined 20 million or less.

2. Trade Hansbrough (to be waived) to Indiana for Mahinmi

3. Draft Payne/Capela/Ennis/Payton, Inglis and someone else

4. Sign Aminu

5. Teach Landry how to shoot

6. Convince Novak to retire

[007]

I would be very happy with 5 and 6.