Wednesday, January 28, 2009

I am back and I have a crazy theory! Thanks to ESPN's little trade machine, I might be on to something. Hey Stern I have a four team trade proposal with Stones, Hawks, Blazers and Heat. All players are on 1 to 2 years left on their contract, one player the Stones want and the other will be gone next year. And No, Wade is not apart of this crazy idea.
Thanks to a free NBA League Pass preview and few national televised games I was fortunate to watch the Pistons play. Usually I listen to sweet sound of Mahorn call a game via X-M. Instead of watching a team struggles to find themselves in my head where Rip and A.I struggle contently get to one another and Wwhere I also watched Amir's youth develop in my head like a proud parent, my eyes opened my head to a sluggish team with about as much chemistry as I gathered in my C+ in high school. And as Sheed says "Ball don't lie!"
So as good as the idea was of AI coming to the D was, its time has faded. I have invested about as much faith in AI as he does in having practice on a holiday. Rip and I have a bond, a bond I remember every time I look at my celebration scar on my toe! So I decided to play with that trade machine with AI leaving the D and this is what I worked out;

Stones Get: Shawn Marion and Steve Blake
Hawks Get: A.I
Blazers Get: Mike Bibby
Heat Get: Marvin Williams and Raef LaFrentz

Why this works;

Stones: Stuckey get a well traveled back up as opposed to a younger Bynum (whose not that bad). Rip gets to play and gets that trust and confidence he needs. Marion is 6-7, Tay is 6-9 and Amir is 6-9 so the stones don't lose height but gain a shooter at the 4 and Tay can play D, he built his career on that. Then Marion brings a little more explosiveness to the 3. Then Amir can come off the bench to give that spark he usually did off the bench.

Hawks: I know Bibby was a PG and AI is a SG but Joe Johnson is a bigger SG. Remember Eric Snow was bigger SG during that 76er run with AI. Plus this team is a little faster then Sheed and Stones and I think that's better for AI. The loss of Marvin lets a bigger body of Horford to Move into PF and quicker J.Smith to get outside at the 3.

Blazers: Who doesn't love Steve Blake and Roy as their back court! But Bibby and Roy sounds a little better I think Bibby would love to come back West anyways and show he still has something to give. Raef leaving town would be no different then one Starbucks closing, cause there is another one a block up the street (Joel Przybilla).

Heat: Heat give up some money and get some more youth. I think with Marion gone, Beasly would feel a little more pressure to work. Beasly would now have to compete with a player his age instead of "developing" behind a veteran. Reaf would stay at a 4th string C but he's got experience at

It's just an idea, I am no Joe D., but either has been the AI experience!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ell soooooooobeeee,

I totally agree with you that a Stones trade is much needed. Its obvious the AI/Chauncey trade has not worked. What will obviously work with this trade is the financial bullshit flexibility the Pistons will receive once AI's contract expires. It's crazy how the sports world revolves around money. Chauncey was my favorite piston and to see him CONTINUE to succeed in Denver is great. Meanwhile it's the middle of February and the Pistons are hovering over .500. Watching the Pistons this season made realize they still have a solid "core" (Rip, Tay, McDyss, and Stuckey). Everyone else is expendable dog poo. The funny thing about the Pistons having all of this financial flex for the next two years is that there is no guarantee the Pistons are going to be able to sign anyone. The post Michael Jordan era Bulls are a perfect example, they couldn't even sign Tim Thomas! Hopefully that won't happen. Free agents such as Lebron, Kobe NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I even think were dreaming when Chris Bosh's name is mentioned. I would like a Boozer, Joe Johnson, Ginobli type player or players. But those players are not even available until 2010. So what type of squad are they going to have going into 2009?

Michael said...

After this trade deadline its pretty clear where we stand. The 8th seed, with a match up against either Boston or Cavs. However, maybe and this is just maybe Curry has told this team, wait...Don't blow your juice early like last 6 years. Hopefully Stuckey gets stronger legs, Sheed wakes up and Herman gets a haircut. We're down 6 in the fourth after going up 11-2 against Spurs. The team you see starting tonight is the same team that tips off in 2010!