Warriors going after Kirilenko?
" It appears unlikely the Jazz can avoid being luxury-tax payers and bring back both Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko. Kirilenko is owed $34.3 million through 2010-11, an especially unappealing contract for teams trying to clear cap space for the summer of 2010.
Kirilenko is projected to be tied with Pau Gasol as the NBA's 11th-highest paid player next season. There could be a taker for Kirilenko's contract in Golden State, where coach Don Nelson long has been among the Russian forward's biggest fans.
Nelson has threatened to trade Jamal Crawford unless the guard opts out of the final two years and $19.4 million on his contract. The Warriors also owe Corey Maggette $39.7 million for the final four years on the contract Maggette signed just last summer.
Maggette signed a six-year, $42 million offer sheet with the Jazz as a restricted free agent in 2003, which the L.A. Clippers opted to match. The Jazz reportedly expressed interest in Maggette as a free agent again last summer. "
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I think of Watson as a cheaper version of Fisher.
If Monta can play the PG I would support bringing in the AK to split minutes with Randolph. It would mean trading Wright without a doubt, but AK has a decent jumper and Randolph will get some minutes at the 3. 2 is Jackson. 5 is Turiaf and Biedrins (Beans was never a minute heavy center). If this happened we’d see Maggette or Crawford get traded. Sloan would probably want Maggette for his size and ability to get to the line, but both Maggs and Crawford would thrive next to Deron Williams.
Besides, the Jazz don’t have a baller guard like Jamal. Brewer is nice for defense and reliable off the bench scoring, and Korver is nice, but they need an offensive threat that will relieve the pressure off of Williams. Maggette’s style is more similar to the Jazz’s, and he will abuse the person guarding him.
I bet the Jazz would opt for Jamal if he opted out and agreed to an 8mil contract that pays out more in the long run than his current contract. Then do a trade of Brandon Wright for AK, and it’s official. Or something like that, but Sloan could bring out some more defense in Maggette than he has shown since leaving Duke.
I would say do it, but I am worried about AK’s production going down. As long as he wouldn’t mind playing behind Randolph.
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by Nuck Chorris on May 4, 2009 1:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I too...
would be somewhat concerned over AK’s production, but I think getting rid of Craw and Maggs eliminates the risk since AK has a shorter contract than Maggs. AK only has 2 years left on his contract as far as I know. Worse case scenario, we could trade him as an expiring in a year if things don’t work out. That is, if Rowell doesn’t sign him to a 5 year extention before then, lol!
by Sharunas Marchulenis on May 5, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
Chris Cohan and Robert Rowell? Oh no hide the children!
by Nuck Chorris on May 5, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jamal + maggs for AK...im down!
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by LostHawk on May 4, 2009 1:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
would have to trade bwright or ar
3 pfs is too much.
I rather keep maggs than jamal peronsally – more D form maggs.
by mosdl on May 4, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we wouldnt HAVE to trade him
having too many big men is a good thing….
and if nelson is actually going to play randolph at the 3 some…it shouldnt hurt us…
PG: Ellis, Holiday
SG: Jackson, Morrow
SF: Kirilenko/Buki/Randolph
PF: Kirilenko/Randolph/Wright
C: Andris, Turiaf
and prob keep either watson or belli
looks good to me, no?
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by LostHawk on May 4, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t tell you how happy I’d be with that trade
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ak too old
Ellis to the RIM!
Monta for the win?! YES!
by XIAOXIAO on May 4, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
too old?
28 isnt too old…most players dont hit their prime till 28-30
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by LostHawk on May 4, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dude forget AK47 we dont need an older less atheltic verison of AR
so forget that
by gswfan1 on May 4, 2009 3:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
who can play perimeter defense and pass much better than him…….
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you kidding me????
Ever since Baron posterized him it’s tough to take AK-47 seriously….
by StephenJaaackson! on May 4, 2009 4:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
+ 10000000000000000000
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by LighTz707OuT on May 4, 2009 4:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just like a W's fan...hate players who play defense. AK is eaxactly what we need
A rebounder, a defender and a guy who has toughness and deosn’t need to shoot the ball 20 times a game.
by dungeness crabdribble on May 4, 2009 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
people also underestimate his passing. dude has more dishes than my grandma’s china cabinet
by vinchenzy on May 4, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why don't we look at it as AK
taking CM’s minutes. That’s not bad is it?
by KeepdaCore on May 4, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
AK47?
Um… yes, please?
Not a great rebounder, but a decent one for a small forward. Doesn’t turn 29 till next year. Born to play uptempo Nellieball. In great shape, with no real signs of a falloff in production (after his alarming mid-career falloff). Shot and distributed a bit worse this year than the season before, but rebounded and got himself to the line better. Best of all, of course, an absolutely ACE defender. Unsurprisingly, plusminus loves him. Last season he was the by far the most valuable player on the Jazz by plusminus (8.1) and Roland (8.4).
Craw + Maggs for AK-47 — salaries roughly match — would such a fvcking awesome deal for us I would probably pass out on the spot.
Monta/Lawson
Morrow/Jack
AK-47/Buki
Randolph/Wright
Biedrins/Turiaf
Fake edit: just noticed that LostHawk proposed the same lineup I did, with Holiday instead of Lawson. Either way … MAKE IT SO!!!
Thing 1
by Sleepy Freud on May 4, 2009 6:29 PM PDT reply actions 4 recs
GSoM should change Rec to Hi5
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by Lat We N Trash on May 5, 2009 1:06 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I can’t tell you how happy I’d be with that lineup. I love AK’s game, but he’d be a massive trade chip in a couple years too.
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd take Kirilenko
that would give us a little breathing room with the surplus of guards. And we wouldnt need to trade one of our pf’s, we’d still only have 2, Wright and Randolph. I’d say keep Wright at PF and move Kirilenko and Randolph between the 3 and 4 to spell each other Wright as needed.
It might improve the Jazz too much though. If they would have had Maggette coming off the bench and scoring 20 like he does in the playoffs, things would’ve been a little different. I’m not saying they would’ve beat the Lakers, but if they had him all season maybe they would’ve finished better than the 8th seed and not even faced them first round. You gotta look at how the other team benefits from the trade also when they’re in your division…This one is iffy…
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by drizztismoneybaby on May 5, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lol on the name bro
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by danielholl on May 5, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d say get rid of Jamal for Kirilenko. IF we can, get rid of Maggette along with Jamal for Kirilenko.
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by JustSomeName on May 5, 2009 10:25 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Craw + Maggs works better for salary-matching purposes
2009/10 salaries (assuming Craw doesn’t opt out)
Crawford $9.36M
Maggette $8.94
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$18.3M total
Kirilenko $16.45M
That’s just about 90% — 89.9% to be precise. Maybe we take a warm body like Koufos or Fesenko to make it match more exactly.
As far as talent-matching, I’m more dubious. We might have to throw in Marco, Wright, or our #7 pick to make Utah consider it. Obviously I’d throw in Marco. Wright would be painful, but then he plays the same position as AK, and probably won’t ever be as good as him all-around. The #7 pick? … possibly.
I dunno, as far as pipe-dreams go, this seems like one of the more plausible I’ve read here lately.
Thing 1
by Sleepy Freud on May 5, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm down
I’ve always liked AK as a trade target because he would work well in our system and is overpaid on a team that is looking at facing the luxury tax.
Plus, a Randolph/AK forward tandem is much more exciting than the Harrigton/AK tandem that we were getting excited about a couple years ago when the J-Rich for AK trade rumors first surfaced.
I don’t think this is horribly realistic, but lets say I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the early rumors surfacing about Crawford/Maggette. There may be hope for this offseason after all.
Thing 2
by olympicmike on May 6, 2009 12:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don’t think this is horribly realistic, but lets say I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the early rumors surfacing about Crawford/Maggette. There may be hope for this offseason after all.
My thoughts exactly
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we would probably have to take on a bad contract
Perhaps via a 3 team deal. But we are in rebuilding mode!
by mosdl on May 6, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't mind trading JC and CM
but adding BW shouldn’t happen. can’t trade a 21 y.o big who has one of the best PER in the league. AK would be good at the 3 given his talents, leaving the 4 for AR/BW. plus trading 3 players for AK is too much.
by KeepdaCore on May 5, 2009 12:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WHY?? Two things that don't make sense:
If the Jazz have these contracts then they will not be able to give Boozer the contract he’s going to demand from any them. If they don’t pay, there really isn’t anything there besides D. Williams, (granted he’s an elite pg), to entice him to take a paycut. This is if he doesn’t take the $12 Million player option.
Real fast: Why does anyone think that it is a good idea to take on a contract that is going to be paying $17 mil in the 10/11 season. Keeping Maggs and Crawford for the time being will leave more options open which does not involve attaining THE MOST OVERPAID PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE.
You could package Maggs and Crawford individually with either Marco or Wright, (personally, I would rather keep them all for now) to get some damn good players.
This is a more solid 12 man roster than the ones above. I wouldn’t mind Crawford opting out and picking up Sheed or Lamar
Ellis/Crawford/CJ/(Draft?)
Jax/A’Mo/Belinelli
Maggs/Buike
Randolph/Wright
Goose/Turiaf
Contracts could go for Wright, Randolph, Beli until the 11/12 season, and on the cheap too. The sum of their contracts in that season would be under $11 million, (all are desirable contracts to other teams). Thinking how much they are going to develop as players and the chemistry they could build, it makes sense to keep them together.
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by danielholl on May 5, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jerry Sloan will say "Eff you I just got two 20 point scorers, and Milsap is a baller."
Chris Cohan and Robert Rowell? Oh no hide the children!
by Nuck Chorris on May 6, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would rather overpay for a player that would actually HELP us, wouldn't you?
And in the end, it’s not our money.
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by Supafishal on May 6, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clarification:
overpay AK-47 good, overpay Maggs/Crawfish bad
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by Supafishal on May 6, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maggette helps. Don’t get me wrong AK would help even more, but Maggette helps. The advantage here is getting rid of Crawford and getting a shorter contract than Maggette’s in return. AK is a good fit here, but he’d still be incredibly overpaid.
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=d6ah2f
On the surface, it’s a win/win. If Utah is looking to cut salary, they can give us their #1 as well. I don’t know. I suppose it does improve the talent, especially giving us another PF/SF that can defend, so our starting lineup would look like:
PG/SG (Monta)
SG/SF (Jax)
PF/SF (Kirilenko)
PG/SF (Randolph)
C/PF (Biedrins)
Good versatility, 2 good defenders, two great rebounders, an alpha dog scorer, and a whole team of guys who can get out and run (and a bench of guys who can knock down the 3, defend the paint against larger bigs, and some draft picks). Then we could use our draft pick on a quality PG who can run the break (Jennings? Lawson?) as a backup/insurance plan for Monta. We’d also have Crawfart and Kirilenko (and their $30M) coming off the books in 2011.
I like it. If you can’t tell, I don’t see any way we move Crawfart AND Maggette in the same trade.
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 6:58 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I also thought there was a snowball's chance in hell
that we’d get rid of Murphy and Dunleavy in the same trade, but it happened, and I imagine that Maggs and Crawford have better perceived value as players now than Dunmurphy did back then (could be wrong about that though). I like the trade.
by ffgolden on May 6, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no doubt that we could find somebody willing to take Craw and Maggs
But not Utah. They’re looking to cut salary, so if you give them Craw AND Maggs, you have to find more contracts beyond just Kirilenko that they want to dump. Harpring? Miles? Korver? Okur? I doubt they really want to move any of those guys. I suppose stranger things have happened…
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wut about portland?
they have a need 4 sum1 like maggs. crawford can be a decent backuup point. we recieve outlaw and sum scrub to even out the salaries
by nateoak10 on May 8, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A "scrub" making $14M a year?
Fortunately (for Portland) they don’t have any of those lying around.
Why we would want one of those, for the pleasure of downgrading from Maggette to Outlaw, is another question…
Thing 1
by Sleepy Freud on May 9, 2009 3:18 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well we did have Raef...
But that ran out the second the trade deadline passed.
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by Sabonis4Ever on May 11, 2009 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
….but you LOVE Maggette! Did you forget?
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't LOVE Maggette
I just think he’s an effective player, had injury problems worse than before because they were a typical injury where you try to play on it and the coach’s mentality is always going to be “if you’re suited up, you’re 100%”, which lead to the injury nagging and nagging because as a professional athlete you don’t want to appear unmanly and say “My leg hurts, I can’t play today” (unless you’re Baron Davis).
That, and somebody has to provide some counterpoint to the whole “OMG MAGGETTE SUX!!! HE SUX SO BAD BECAUSE HE JUST GOES TO THE FT LINE ALL THE TIME INSTEAD OF PASSING IT AROUND THE PERIMETER FOR THE 3 AND ITS MORE BORING TO WATCH!!!!!” contingent. Yeah, he’s overpaid, old, and typically misses time each year. But he’s not nearly as bad as the bulk of the GSoM community seems to think.
Moving him for Kirilenko, who’s slightly more overpaid, gives the team another things it’s lacking (defense), and has a shorter contract, at the end of which we can negotiate a more reasonable contract, trade him in the 2010 offseason, or let him walk and use the cap space elsewhere (like on Randolph, Morrow, Buke…). Ideally, we’d get Utah’s draft pick this year as well.
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was kidding, I think we are both pretty clear where the other one stands on Maggette.
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
PG/SF (Randolph)
You’re such an idiot! Randolph needs to be a PF where he can use his talents, not think he needs to be Point Forward or whatever you’re trying to suggest. That’s even more moronic than that time you defended Maggette!
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This doesn't make sense for Utah
because the reason they want to rid themselves of Kirilenko is to avoid the salary cap, taking Maggetti and Crawford makes it worse for them from a salary problem. It is not going to be easy to rid yourself of a player this year because the salary cap is going down, not up. A lot of teams have real salary cap problems this year.
by Laoren on May 6, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
trade
I believe the NBA requires trades to be close to equal value – so if they trade, they will get back close to the same salary they got rid off.
However, they get 2 players and could waive another player, thus saving money perhaps. Of course the must believe that getting those 2 players helps them in the playoffs.
by mosdl on May 6, 2009 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The NBA requires trades to be within 25% of each other
Thus, if we sent out $15M, we could take back $18M and Utah could save $3M. Additionally, they can send draft picks that would not count against the salary exchange at the time of the trade, but would count as salary they are no longer required to pay, saving them even more money (Should be ~1.2M for their pick). So, Utah could easily cut $4M by trading Kirilenko to us.
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at the player contracts for next season
Maggs and Craw combine for over $18 mil, 125% of which is over $22.5 mil. The Jazz can actually save $4 mil in the trade alone; add in their draft pick, and you’re looking at $5 mil. Is that enough to really help them in their negotiations? I dunno, maybe.
Maggette + Crawford + 2010 first round pick for Kirilenko, Matt Harpring, and their 2009 pick at #20?
by ffgolden on May 6, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take it
My only concern is that Nellie falls in love with: Matt Harpring-starting PF.
Thing A
by sam23 on May 6, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would do C-Mag + Crawford for AK + their 20th
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by ejdacanay on May 6, 2009 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i would take ak for maggs, crawford and our 7th.
also, i think the wolves own their 20th pick.
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by cap'n hack on May 6, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
nevermind. the wolves would have got it if it was 22 or lower this year, 17 or lower next, 15th in 2011, 16th in 2012 or 2013.
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by cap'n hack on May 6, 2009 6:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's too much imo
Brandon Jennings, Ty Lawson, or John Wall. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on May 6, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
considering crawford is a negative in any trade, my guess is that’s about the minimum it would take to get ak, and i would be up for it considering the salary shed in two years.
realistically, ak is a better player than maggs and in this trade we’d get rid of a player that hurts us every time he steps on the floor with a bad contract and if we’d only need to give up a lottery pick in a mediocre draft to make the jazz take that waste of cash off our hands, you’d need to jump on it. i’m not saying it’s likely, but i’d jump a round my apartment the minute that trade came in. it’s less amazing than gaining a pick in the process, but it’s still lovely.
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by cap'n hack on May 7, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd trade our entire team and our next 10 draft picks for LeBron
But that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.
The fundamental rule of Utah this season will be to resign Milsap, stay under the cap, and extend Boozer. Adding the salaries of Maggs & Craw will in no way shape or form help facilitate any of those goals.
"No no Nene!"
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 6, 2009 7:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I'd trade our entire team and our next 10 draft picks for LeBron. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen."
lol. why did you target my post, I was the last one to mention something on this FanPost. And I never said it’ll happen anyways. Now back to the trade:
Adding the salaries of Maggs & Craw will in no way shape or form help facilitate any of those goals.
Uhm, Neither will keeping AK benefit them. Don’t contradict yourself, how are they going to facilitate any of those goals if they have a 15$ Million Contract on 1 player, who is in Sloan’s doghouse? They want to get rid of that contract so they either have to give up some their youth or extra picks and giving up youth is out of the question. Having 2 smaller contracts is easier to work with. C-Mag will instantly make their Offense better since he’ll be able to create for himself, thus freeing up Deron to do more of his stuff. AK’s salary is that of C-Mag and JC’s. Having two smaller contracts
Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor said he would not be opposed to taking on a long-term salary commitment in a potential trade if it was the best basketball decision.
Brandon Jennings, Ty Lawson, or John Wall. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on May 6, 2009 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uhm, Neither will keeping AK benefit them.
Keeping AK is a better option than your proposed trade, both in current salary, current talent, and future salary outlay. In order to get them to make a deal, we’d have to help facilitate one of their aforementioned 3 goals.
If you have inside knowledge that O’Connor will be interested in Crawford and Maggette from a basketball standpoint, by all means, let’s extract as much value out of his ignorance as possible. I just doubt that he’s as high on those two as you seem to be and that acquiring two new players is pretty far down the list of things to do (behind clearing the cap space to re-sign Milsap and extend Boozer).
"No no Nene!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB5DxNl4EB0
AB1=TK
by Dubs fan in Boston on May 7, 2009 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Conventional wisdom
would be that Utah needs to clear that space for re-signing those guys. I wonder if O’Connor has different plans in mind? There’s no guarantee that Boozer re-signs—he could decide to walk, or maybe he just ends up using the Jazz to drive up the bidding for his services. O’Connor could let Boozer sign elsewhere, guaranteeing that they re-sign Millsap (at a much lower salary) and replace Boozer’s points production with a scoring 2 or 3. They still wouldn’t be much under the cap, though, so the extra scoring would have to come through a trade. (Hint hint Maggette.)
by ffgolden on May 7, 2009 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thus
They trade for Maggette and drop some of their cap. I still don’t see where they say “Hey, let’s add salary to grab a mediocre scorer/terrible defender who makes himself look better by taking a lot of shots to increase his scoring average.” I’m not sure I see it.
Is Maggette + “enough salaries to make the trade work” enough to get Kirilenko? Definitely, if they like Maggette as they have publicly stated. They get a good basketball player, some young prospects, and some salary cap relief, we get another athletic 3/4 tweener. Would they be as excited if we threw in Crawford? I doubt it, they’d have to either take on more salary than they’re giving up or give us back another player. If Maggette, Miles, Korver, Milsap, and Boozer are going to keep Harpring glued to the bench, maybe they pull the trigger:
Maggette (4 years left) + Craw (2 years left) = ~$18M/year (Next year).
Kirilenko (2 years left) + Harpring (1 year left) = ~$23M/year (Next year).
I might see it happening if we sweeten the pot by swapping picks this year (only if we don’t win the lottery, of course).
PS. I just did some math here: http://hoopshype.com/salaries/golden_state.htm.
Maggette’s contract seems to be 5 years for $48M which, while not vastly different is still 4% less than the $50M being bandied about by those that hate him and a lot closer to what he’s probably worth… which means he’s overpaid, but not nearly as badly, which makes him much easier to move. Of course, I got this info from the interwebs, so it could be entirely false.
"No no Nene!"
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by Dubs fan in Boston on May 7, 2009 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fundamental rule of Utah this offseason is:
re-sign Millsap and stay under the luxury tax. Boozer isn’t necessarily in the Jazz’s plans.
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by clarkpojo on May 11, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make it happen dubs
I like Maggette, but we need defense. That’s what AK would bring.
by ryogahibiki on May 7, 2009 12:28 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Boy I'm comming in late on this but I would love this trade!
From the CC Times I just read.
Could AK-47 wind up with the Warriors? Ross Siler from our sister paper in Salt Lake City theorizes that it might make sense for the Jazz to trade Andrei Kirilenko to the Warriors for Corey Maggette.
Not that he’s calling the shots (wink, wink), but Don Nelson has always been a fan of Kirilenko, who is owed $34.3 million over the next two years – $16.4 million this coming season and $17.8 in 2010-11. The Warriors are on the hook with Maggette for $39.7 million over the next four years.
Of course, if the Warriors were interested in the deal they’d have to pair Maggette’s salary next season ($8.9 million) with another hefty contract – Jamal Crawford’s $9.4 million deal being the only one making sense for Golden State – to match Kirilenko’s contract.
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by qin on May 7, 2009 7:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Would fit right in with Turiaf
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by qin on May 8, 2009 6:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
no way
him + andris = drago x2
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With the soul of a LOST HAWK
Is there a heaven for a Rap Cat, let's talk
by LostHawk on May 8, 2009 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah :)
30 Y 197 cm 115 kg 0 IQ
by Lat We N Trash on May 8, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!!!!
How can you say no to having two of this guy?
Chris Cohan and Robert Rowell? Oh no hide the children!
by Nuck Chorris on May 8, 2009 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think the two of them together have that much muscle
Thing A
by sam23 on May 10, 2009 3:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
AK + Andris = a hair gel shortage in the Bay Area.
Thing 2
by olympicmike on May 9, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jamal + maggs for AK + boozer
ok?
=Gaucho=
by Gaucho! on May 12, 2009 4:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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