I just want to drive right into the off-season with this because it’s a quick hitter. Trade Samuel Dalembert. Everyone wants it, so let’s play a game this off-season and propose some deals to make it happen. And I am not talking about silliness that has no real possibility of happening. We can’t give him away for just a pick, it’s just not financially possible for most teams and that type of deal is typically reserved for moves involving a highly coveted player under contract going to a team with a lot of cap space. Also, we are probably going to have to take back bad contracts as well to make it work.
Some of The Problems:
These are just a few of the problems that will exists in all deals before we get into team-specific conflicts.
* Trade kicker in excess of $3.75M (Thanks Billy)
* Owed ~$25 million over the next two seasons
* Lack of potential
* Piss poor attitude (is he willing to play hard coming off the bench?)
Trading Samuel Dalembert Take 1: Dalembert for Peja Straight Up
I have to imagine the Hornets want Peja gone. His remaining contract is dreadful relative to his current production. He can’t defend anyone even a little bit, his durability is that of a geriatric and the offensive production that made his court time tolerable and productive at times has decreased.
This deal would provide more defense and front court depth (if they keep Chandler). In essence the Hornets would have two Tyson Chandlers with the dumber of the two coming off the bench. They get better defensively, provide a stable back-up to Chandler how gets in his own fair share of foul trouble and both guys play the same way offensively so integration shouldn’t be an issue. They also get back some of that trade kicker because Sam’s contract is about $2.6M less than Peja’s over the next two seasons.
For the Sixers they get an equally bad contract that at least nets them a shooter off the bench that can play the SF and SG positions. I think having Peja as a reserve might be the best way to maximize his ability at this stage of his career. Keeping his minutes down should keep him fresh and hopefully injury free making him an impact shooting the ball for us. This would essentially be getting an older, less durable and more expensive version of Kyle Korver for two seasons. -another blog site
Not a bad concept here from this author of this blog site. Being able to pick up a shooter which is what we really need and then after that What I would love more then anything is to try to pick up Rasheed Wallace. Could you imagine if Rasheed Wallace could come home to this City? That would be simply amazing. All speculation right now though.
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