the Grizz could have already added Travis Outlaw and Linas Kleiza and still would be holding the 13th and 20th picks...

no matter what the spin is...they are looking away from all trades that involve taking a veteran (contract) back and now are even looking at trading down in this draft...

put me in the camp that believes cost-cutting will drive what happens today. We won't acquire Beasley because we won't take on contracts that will raise the '08-09 - '09-10 payroll. The proposed trade looks pretty reasonable, but adds over 7 million to payroll over the next 3 years with current contracts and the difference in rookie scales. We are more likely to trade out of the #5 IMO with a deal that cuts costs the next 2 seasons, even at the expense of competitive team building. Hope i am wrong :)

And it works according to ESPN's Trade Machine. I had thought of a variation of this scenario, one that involved us sending the rights to Gasol to Miami.

I am surprised that in all these trade scenarios, Jason Collins' expiring contract hasn't come up. I'm sure that Chris Wallace hasn't forgotten about it. And Collins is a serviceable big man (whatever that means).

Not crazy about any of the incoming guys, but if it gets us Beasley . . .

as the day moves on i get this growing feeling like a deal with Miami and Beasley is NOT going to happen? Is this just because Miami is waiting for chicago to actually take Rose? comfort me somehow, tell me that as soon as Rose goes first will be hearing the phone ringing.

I like this trade proposal a lot. The bad contracts make it look a little rough at first, but ending up with a combo of Conley, Gay, and Beasley would be hard to beat. With that group, I could see us making the same kind of noise next year that Portland did this past year. And give them a year or two, and a couple of more pieces, and the Griz could be a serious playoff threat. This trade also gives Miami just about everything they seem to be looking for. Very nice Chris.

"preserving enough cap space this summer to add a quality role player to help replace Miller."

or we could fill that at #28, since your proposal still leaves us with the later pick.

you should get Pat Riley's cell number...put him in your fav5. get it done Chris!

howie, that is a deal....

if the heat prefer to deal with someone else, combining the charlotte and josh howard rumors could be fantastic....