AR/Gallo/Douglas/Curry

to Atlanta for

Josh Smith, Mo Evans, Jeff Teague

We'd be giving up some cap space, but getting the best rebounding wing in the NBA in Smith(12.2 Per 40min) with the ability to defend and I could see MikeD using him almost as a center against a lot of teams.

Teague would be a better fit in my opinion as a more natural combo guard with better outside shooting numbers.

That team could create crazy mismatches against most teams and could just plain match-up against a Heat team that seems to be pulling away from the rest of the league at the moment.

Atlanta might value Curry more than most because there's at least a chance that he could come in with Craw off the bench and have an impact like they did together with the Knicks.

JohnWallace44 wrote:Would you guys do this deal if you were Donnie? (assuming the melo deal goes down this week as reported)

AR/Gallo/Douglas/Curry

to Atlanta for

Josh Smith, Mo Evans, Jeff Teague

We'd be giving up some cap space, but getting the best rebounding wing in the NBA in Smith(12.2 Per 40min) with the ability to defend and I could see MikeD using him almost as a center against a lot of teams.

Teague would be a better fit in my opinion as a more natural combo guard with better outside shooting numbers.

That team could create crazy mismatches against most teams and could just plain match-up against a Heat team that seems to be pulling away from the rest of the league at the moment.

Atlanta might value Curry more than most because there's at least a chance that he could come in with Craw off the bench and have an impact like they did together with the Knicks.

if we missed out on Melo i would make that trade in a heartbeat... Josh Smith could play the Marion role in MDA's system & his shotblocking would just add to our strength... also agree w/u on Teague, he's a solid perimeter shooter, but we might miss TD's perimeter D... i'd look to get Etan Thomas from them too cuz he'd add some nice depth to our frontcourt... he's hardly even playing for them as it is, they'd probably just include him as a throw in... that is if they're lookign to break up their core... they are a playoff contender afterall

JohnWallace44 wrote:Yeah, it would be a lot for us to give up for someone who is marginally better than Iggy, but I think the handful of rebounds and impacted shots that he gives you a game would be a difference maker. I think MDA could find some crazy lineups to put together with a player like that.

Atlanta hopefully would do it because they need to drop payroll at some point and would be getting a lot of value in return.

Gallo could be a perfect #2 option going forward next to Joe Johnson on that team & doesn't look like they're gonna be extending Craw past this season... i wouldn't be surprised to see Gallo blossom into a 20 ppg scorer in that situation & it would be pretty immediate... i think both teams would make out well in that trade on paper... again, it probably all depends on whether they wanna break up that core... i doubt they'd torpedo a playoff season, so if they made a deal like that it would have to represent an upgrade in overall talent in their eyes that would help them win now... as it is i think it's obvious they're never gonna be anything more than a contender & never a realistic championship team if they keep things status quo, so maybe they'd be looking to switch things up a little like Orlando did... Gallo will have to come back & start to put up some big #'s for a team like Atlanta to sign off on a deal like that, because AR isn't adding too much value collecting DNP's.