How about Maggette for Etan Thomas and a 2010 first round pick?

You get a scoring wing and we get the “beef” Riley has been looking for plus future cap relief and a pick.

that’d be nice, I will even do Etan Thomas and a 2010 2nd rounder.

We don’t want Maggette’s awful 4 year contract with nothing in return.

how bout belinelli and maggette for Etan Thomas and draft pick

OK I guess the real question is who do YOU want and at what price?

Do realize that our “glut” of wings ain’t really all that spectacular. We have Maggette who is good at what he does but you don’t seem to want him, Buki, who is showing a good outside shot and has a good contract but little else, and then who? Jackson? I don’t think the Wolves would use him to the best of his abilities as he’s more of a 2 and you just drafted what? 3 tweeners?

maybe rubio for buike?
or rubio for wright?
seeing that the bay area’s a big market, that might make it worth it for rubio and it doesn’t seem like he’s coming to minny, so better something than nothing, right?

btw, does anybody know if u can combine sign-and-trade players with others?
eg buike+jack for rubiio+thomas
(that’s an example not a proposal so don’t get all analytical on this one)

personally, i don’t think maggette is NEARLY as bad as you think him to be,
but if he’s off limits, how bout jack?

You’re my hero for coming here and expecting objectivity. Not even the writers are objective here. True story.

He comes over here and says he wants a SF but wont say who. Unless you tell us who you want its all nonsense to throw random deals out there. You’ve seen deals with Monta,Andris,Turiaf,Maggette,Buike,Belinelli,Curry,Randolph,Wright for the sake of clarity who do you want man!!!

You cant ACTUALLY give me someone, nor can I take them or give you someone in return.
I came here expecting to talk to some rational people about how our teams could come together so both of us benefit. Not so we could erase Maggette’s contract for you. So far sam23 is one of about 5 rational people in here when it comes to giving up a piece.
From what I have seen so far, Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli can be had at a discount because people seem to hate them. I know, I know, not everyone. But that seems to be the popular consensus (of course now that I mentioned it, that is no longer true). A discount, to GS fans, seems to be you GS getting $1.50 while shipping out $1.00 so anything I offer up will not be good enough, and to be honest I dont have any fantasy deals, especially ones that I think would placate you here.
Having said all of that, what do you want AND expect to be able to get were you GM of the Warriors for guys like Belinelli or Wright? Azubuike is far overvalued from what I can tell and would not make sense for me to try to suggest a deal for him here.

Corey Maggette for a pack of juicy fruit? Jaykay,jaykay. How bout Corey Maggette for Brewer and Thomas?

Ellis + Biedrins + Belinelli for Jefferson and Rubio along with a 1st round draft pick :D? And if you want, you can have Corey Maggette for free.

The Wolves should be interested in Maggette, but they should be in a position to get other young and intriguing players in any deal. The Warriors shouldn’t expect to get more than expiring contracts and Gomes-style role players in the deal, because taking on fifty million plus for Corey Maggette is a huge risk.

Belinelli is the natural fit because he’s a promising young shooting guard with all the tools, who is also cheap for a few more years. The Wolves should be looking to give extended auditions to guys with reasonable production and great skillsets like Belinelli who can be had at discounted rates. Even if the Wolves didn’t want to take back Maggette, they’d certainly do well to flip one of their role players for Belinelli (say, Gomes or Pecherov) who would balance out Golden State’s roster.

Brandan Wright should be somewhat intriguing because he’s also blocked behind a half-dozen talented tweener forwards in Oakland. But his best position is likely power forward, which is a crowded place to be in Minnesota. I’d want him in a Maggette deal because his per-minute production is outstanding and he has the ability to play two positions, even if he’s not the ideal PF/C backup to Love and Jefferson. He might even have some potential as a three in a super-big lineup against a team like the Lakers. Again, another reasonably productive guy who can be given an extended audition.

The Wolves would also probably be interested in Ronny Turiaf, who is a more ideal PF/C backup because he’s a defensive presence who can give a post presence room to operate because he is skilled at the 15-foot jumper. He’s young and signed to a reasonable contract. Azubuike is another productive, young, and affordable wing player that the Wolves would presumably want.

I would say that the Wolves and Warriors are actually really good matchups for a trade, assuming that both can get over fetishes for each others’ best players and concentrate on a fair deal that makes both teams better. Such a deal could take on many forms. If the Wolves get Maggette and his contract and two of Wright, Belinelli, and Turiaf, and the Warriors get the expiring deals of Etan Thomas, Brian Cardinal, and a useful player like Gomes or Pecherov, that would seem fair. If the Warriors are looking to balance their roster and bring in a veteran who produces, Belinelli and Wright for Gomes and the Wolves’ highest second-round pick in 2010 seems like fair value for both teams.

Let’s face it, names like Randolph, Ellis, Curry, and Biedrins aren’t going to be on the table unless names like Jefferson, Love, Flynn, and Rubio are. Neither team is looking to move those guys. The Warriors (if they trade Maggette) are looking to cut salary for a lopsided trade or a 2010 move for the post presence at PF they covet, or if they can’t do that, to get solid value for their end-of-the-bench youngsters who are blocked by various logjams. The Wolves are trying to get value for playoff-caliber role players who won’t be around when their core matures, and to find bargain players who can audition for bigger roles in the future. If they take on Maggette, it will be because they think he’s the best use of their carefully cleared cap space. Both teams should be able to figure out a deal that involves some combination of Maggette, Belinelli, Wright, Turiaf, Azubuike, Gomes, Pecherov, Cardinal, Thomas, and/or second rounders will be mutually beneficial.