Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva
Monta Ellis and Drew Gooden
David Lee and Richard Jefferson

are probably doable but we'd be stuck with smaller deals that arent going to be easily movable.

I prefer a package to actually get a gret player back in return.

y2zipper wrote:It's against the rules for the Lakers to make that trade. You can't combine a trade exception with a player to make a larger trade.

You wouldn't make it anyway unless you were just gonna send Artest home.

I think it can be used in a 3 way deal where the exception is used for a player

"a trade exception to acquire a player is in effect a non-simultaneous trade"

y2zipper wrote:

Rookie wrote:

y2zipper wrote:It's against the rules for the Lakers to make that trade. You can't combine a trade exception with a player to make a larger trade.

You wouldn't make it anyway unless you were just gonna send Artest home.

I think it can be used in a 3 way deal where the exception is used for a player

The exception has to take up the entire salary of a player.

This is the example I am quoting from a proposed deal with the Lakers for Howard
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Lakers Use of the Odom Trade Exception

The Lakers cannot use the Lamar Odom trade exception of $8.9 million to take on Turkoglu's contract. Nor can they combine this $8.9 trade exception with other trade exceptions to get to the magic $11 million number required to execute the trade.

What the Lakers can do is trade this exception to another team for an $8 million player with the approval of Orlando. The Lakers then fill an actual body into this trade exception, under Orlando's guidance, and use it to consummate a trade.

Using the trade exception to acquire a player is in effect a non-simultaneous trade. The Lakers and Magic can only organize a multi-player deal where the unnamed player to be received by the Lakers under the $8.9 trade exception is executed as a one-player deal, completing the non-simultaneous Lamar Odom trade, and then used in a larger package between the teams.

rp wrote:Lakers have Gasol at 4 why trade a 4 w/ a 3?

1) an aging Amare might actually beast off the bench with a reduced work load/less minutes giving them a 6th man who can come in and score
2) They are a large market and can handle Amare's contract to add a star player
3) they get him for basically nothing
4) Amare's contract expires at the right time for them when they will have massive cap room

rp wrote:Can we trade Amare for Lee. We need Lee's rebound more next year with Lin at point.

Gettting Lee back on this team makes a ton of sense. He's a good passer, finisher, and rebounder. His defensive issues will be covered up by Chandler. He fits better with Melo and Chandler.

GS should consider trading Lee and Biendris (or jefferson) for Stoudemire. They need to continue to shake things up in order to have a chance to satisfy their fan base. Dealing Ellis or Bogut was a good move, but would get them much better right now. Suddenly having a core of Curry, Stoudemire, Bogut, Thompson and this year's lotto pick gives them a great look. For us, having Melo, Chandler, Lee, Lin, and Shumpert gives us the best shot at a balanced, deep playoff contending starting lineup.