With a shade over one day left until the trade deadline, a couple of new names have hit the rumor mill. I haven't seen a peep about the Sixers since Tyson Chandler was traded to Oklahoma City, but a few of these names have popped up in our own fantastical trade proposals, so let's take a look after the jump.
- One day after reporting that the Cavs are happy with what they have, both Marc Stein and Adrian Wojnarowski are reporting that Cleveland was motivated by the Tyson Chandler deal to see if they can't offer some financial relief to teams. Oh, they want an impact player as well. The big name seems to be Antawn Jamison, but the Wiz aren't biting.
- Boston is apparently interested in Raja Bell, but doesn't have the pieces to get a deal done. Bell's name came up in the comments here, and frankly after watching Lou and Willie play last night, I'd love for the Sixers to trade for him. Maybe Larry Brown is a huge Willie fan.
- Kirk Hinrich's name has surfaced in a deal with Minnesota for the expiring contract of Jason Collins and Brian Cardinal, whose deal expires next season. This is a straight salary dump move by the Bulls, and they don't even get all the salary relief this summer. I wonder if the Sixers could put something better together.
- Wojnarowski pegs Carlos Boozer as the Pistons' main free agent target this summer. I'm not so sure he's going to opt out at this point. If he does, do you think the Elton Brand fiasco will influence how much money teams are willing to dish out for a PF coming off an injury-plagued season?
If you see or hear any other rumors, leave the details and links in the comments here.
Ok - Hinrich
Miller and what would you include to make it better than purely expiring contracts (does miller for hinrich even work?)
Miller for Hinrich works, I mean, the salaries work. Miller's entire contract comes off the books this summer, which is better than what Minny is offering.
As for on the court, I like Miller as the point better than Hinrich, but if you're sure he's going to walk, or you think the odds of him walking are better than him staying, then I like the deal. Hinrich is an adequate point, good defender, good three point shooter, and he's versatile enough to play the 2 as well. I'd consider it if I was hearing bad things from Miller's agent, or nothing at all.
If 'just' an expiring contract isn't enough from minny - it wouldn't be enough from the sixers - so you'd have to incetivize Miller with something else - that's kind of what I meant
Brain Cardinal isn't an expiring contract, so the Sixers don't have to beat a "pure expiring contracts deal." All they have to do is reach that and they would have already outdone the Minny offer.
Do you like it, on the court, Joe?
Yeah I do. I think Hinrich can outperform most PGs in this league on a nightly basis. He won't be Miller, but he is 4 years+ younger and his style of play seems to be almost ideal for the Sixers. He can hit the 3, defend the 2, and keep a 3:1 AST:TO. If he can get on the same page as Sammy and Iguodala on oops and hit Willie for his 5 backdoor cuts a month, he will be fine I think.
My bad - misread what brian wrote
as far as if something will happen - i dn't believe it will - and i hope it doesn't back fire - if they are certain they can get miller to stay at their terms (or close to it) i' fine with it - if they feel miller for certain is gone - i'm a bit more perturbed
I don't see the sense of a straight up Hinrich for Miller swap. Both teams could get more pretty easily by simply including the Blazers. The Bulls could get the super-expiring contract of Lafrenz that is 80% paid by insurance. And maybe the Sixers could get a marginal prospect like Sergio as well for giving up Miller or pick(s). Maybe the Blazers take a smaller salary dump as well in the deal like Willie or do a Nocioni for Outlaw swap or something.
Does anyone expect a deal at this point? I don't.
I don't really expect anything, but it's gotten so quiet, gives me an uneasy feeling.
You think the Blazers would rather have Miller than Hinrich? I guess so.
haha well you make a good point. I doubt it actually. Why would they? Hinrich can go along for the ride with them long term, so in that deal one should probably just take the Sixers out and have it be a Hinrich/Nocioni for Joel/Outlaw or something along those lines.
The Bulls dump Hinrich and shed salary so that they can resign Gordon to a 6 year 80 million dollar contract this offseason and put themselves right back in the position they just were in.
Well, Hinrich really isn't a bargain. I thought they were looking for a short-term point to bridge the gap to Bayless as their long-term solution.
Bayless is more of a Lou Williams isn't he?
I think he is, but I keep reading that he's their point of the future. Go figure.
Is this rumored bulls deal part of the 3 way deal that people are touting that nets the bulls stoudemire - or is it a stand alone?
Stand alone. The three-team deal was a little different. Both are mentioned in the Yahoo story linked to above.