Would be to look into a deal with Philly for Elton Brand and Evan Turner for Eddie Curry, Turiaf, Bookey and our 2nd rders. When is Turner eligible to be traded by the way?
I know I know, Brands contract is absolutely horrible and adding him would kill all chances of landing Melo or adding future free agents.
BUT imagine adding a guy like Even Turner(22)to be the SG with a young core like Gallo(22) Randolph(21) and Mozgov(24). It would pay huge dividends long after Brand's contract expires. Not to mention Brand still produces some type of numbers and would provide very solid depth in the front court behind Stoudemire and Mozgov. I think we could deal with it for 3yrs and in the 3rd yr his expiring has value. The team currently constructed desperately needs a stud SG like Turner has the talent to be and have a strong core for yrs to come. Plus it works out cap wise for us as Douglas, Gallo, Randolph, Mozgov, Chandler, Fields will all outproduce there contracts from the rookie scale even though Brand will severely under perform. So from a cap management stand point it would be like if we gave all these guys a 1-3mil raise. So until we were to resign Gallo and Randolph which would happen the same yr as Brand being in the final yr of his contract we wouldn't even be over the luxuary cap threshold. Yet with young guys like Turner, Gallo, Randolph, Douglas, Mozgov, Chandler, Fields, Walker, we would still maintain flexibility to make moves without being under the cap if need be. But there wouldn't be a big need to make changes to the roster only to allow them to play and grow together regardless.
Then when you think of a team like
First team Felton, Turner, Gallo, Stoudemire, Mozgov
Second team Douglas, Chandler, Fields, Randolph, Brand
With Walker, Mason, Rautins filling out the roster
Your set up for the present and future getting young guys playoff experience as well.
I think Philly would be very interested for the fact that they are loaded with perimeter players with Holiday, Williams, Iggy, Kapono, Young, Nocioni. So using Turner to unload Brands contract may not be a bad idea. Unloading Brand would not only opens up mins for Speights, Brackins, Hawes. As well as allow Philly to be flexible by sliding Young and Nocioni to PF at times allowing everyone to get there mins. It would save Philly 47mil over the span of the 3yrs. They also would acquire around 13mil in cap space next off season, which could raise to 20mil if they were allow Hawes and Young to sign with other teams.
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10/22/2010 6:33 PM
We spent years trying to get the cap reasonable and I'd hate to see us flush away that flexibility for a guy who probably doesn't fit--even if it is for a young player like Turner.