from RealGM:
The Sixers would reportedly trade the second overall pick in this year's draft to a team that is willing to take Elton Brand's contract off their hands.

Brand's deal pays him $51 million over the next three seasons.

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Would this enable us to sign Lebron AND David Lee? This could be a seriously nice way to get into the first round and grab Turner (i.e., we need a SG). Does Brand still have any game left in him to be worth near-max money for a couple of years?

Vmart wrote:What are you guys doing are you serious. I'll take the number two but hell in no way they are giving up a number two. They are hoping that he turns into a great player they can build a team around. What does that do for the Knicks they will be assured to be the smallest team in the league with 6'9 Lee and a 6'8 Brand that will lead you to no championships. Are you guys watching the finals you have to be big where the team is suppose to be big at Center and Pf position.

We gave up the number 8 for 1 YEAR of Jeffries 7 million dollar contract. I think it's possible if we find a way to be creative with some other trades. I think Brand just doesn't fit in well with Phili.

Brand is finished and he is worse than Curry because Curry shuts up and collects his check. Elton Brand still thinks he is "the man".

MRMC on the NBA salary cap: "You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes."

(Translation: "Sorry, Amar'e, Rudy, Joe and Carlos -- you won't be getting a max contract from me this summer. Sorry, Philadelphia, you're not talking me into trading for Elton. And sorry, Washington, I won't be taking Gilbert off your hands.")

please take the russian cubans lead walsh... no brand/arenas/jj/etc...

Also its a curry for brand swap....Knicks still have 33 mill to spend. Lebron and bosh still could come. If this has even the slightest possibility to happen you freaking do it.

martin wrote:Knicks have $34M in cap space and Curry eats up $11M. Brand makes $16M next year. The #2 pick would make somewhere just south of $5M.

So, even if you trade out Curry and take back Brand and the #2, you would be left with $24M in cap space. Max player signs for $17M, that leaves you with another $7M.

interesting idea but I don't think Philly goes for it, even if you included Chandler.

I think it would have to be a deal where we just absorbed the players--no Curry back.

That would be roughly 20 mm of the projected 36.1mm cap leaving us roughly 16mm---maybe we can send them Douglas for 1mm and buyout Curry for 1mm as well leaving 18mm.

The thing is martin--what if through the back channels they know no lBJ--than what? We could atleast get Turner and resign Lee.

martin wrote:Knicks have $34M in cap space and Curry eats up $11M. Brand makes $16M next year. The #2 pick would make somewhere just south of $5M.

So, even if you trade out Curry and take back Brand and the #2, you would be left with $24M in cap space. Max player signs for $17M, that leaves you with another $7M.

interesting idea but I don't think Philly goes for it, even if you included Chandler.

we could keep Lee in this scenario? And the pick- when does that start to hold against the cap

Lee
Brand
Gallo
LBJ
Turner

You might not have the kind of height upfront you want - but you're putting out 5 guys all 6'6" or taller at all five spots- Chandler, Douglas and Walker off the bench.

If the sixers really were giving up the 2nd pick in the draft for relief, depending on what Lebron might think of that line up, you kinda got to do it, and Bosh can head to Chicago or somewhere else that doesn't matter.