Posted by djsunyc:

let me get this clear:

colangelo traded tj + #17 pick for jermaine

now you want them to trade jermaine AND 2 #1 picks for marbury

briggs my friend, you need to eat your wheaties...

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Posted by TMS:

yes but even if they remove JO's $22 mil off their cap next year, they still won't have enough cap space to sign any max guys... so this just leaves them w/o a 1st round pick this year & fiscal savings for ownership, but no real gains in terms of talent being added to the team... IMO if you're Bosh & your team does this w/o gaining the ability to replace JO w/a better player, i don't see how it makes him wanna remain there to play when he becomes a FA.

That puts them at 45mm which would be under the cap enough to sign a player to a 60mm contract in a year where cap space is rare around the league. It's either that or go with the same team which is brutal with Oneal better without him. Yes they can get a pick to help the team next year--but my bet is Bosh would rather they bought a 60mm vet and a full MLE with NBA players that fit their system.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by TMS:

yes but even if they remove JO's $22 mil off their cap next year, they still won't have enough cap space to sign any max guys... so this just leaves them w/o a 1st round pick this year & fiscal savings for ownership, but no real gains in terms of talent being added to the team... IMO if you're Bosh & your team does this w/o gaining the ability to replace JO w/a better player, i don't see how it makes him wanna remain there to play when he becomes a FA.

That puts them at 45mm which would be under the cap enough to sign a player to a 60mm contract in a year where cap space is rare around the league. It's either that or go with the same team which is brutal with Oneal better without him. Yes they can get a pick to help the team next year--but my bet is Bosh would rather they bought a 60mm vet and a full MLE with NBA players that fit their system.

u don't get a MLE when u have cap space, & they would still need to fill other slots on the roster, so really u'r talking about replacing JO w/someone like Jamal Crawford or at best, David Lee, & hoping that will take them over the edge to winning in the playoffs... i just don't see how that would appeal all that much to Chris Bosh in a contract year.

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Posted by Knicksfan:

Wish this trade really happened

if Donnie were to pull that off he should be named GM of the year by default... i have a hard time imagining any team giving up 1st round picks to take on Dinglebury tho, no matter what the monetary savings are... i hope i'm wrong.

Recent reports around the internet have indicated the Raptors may be interested in striking a deal with the Bulls. I investigated the issue and found there is a lot of truth to the rumors. The Raptors seem very interested in Andres Nocioni and may be willing to deal Jermaine O’neal to the Bulls to get him. A trade that has been discussed involved Nocioni and Larry Hughes going to Toronto with O’neal coming to the Chicago. The Raptors, however, are trying to come up with different variations of deals that would bring Nocioni and Drew Gooden to Toronto. Another deal the teams discussed involved Nocioni, Gooden and Tyus Thomas to Toronto for O’neal and a filler, but the Bulls felt they would be giving up too much. Look for the talks between Toronto and Chicago to heat up the closer we get to the trading deadline, a deal very likely could go down.