Al would be the toughest to get rid of, as well as JO's remaining contract and health status. Recently he was stated as saying he wasn't going to rush back from his latest ailment,  and felt like he did rush his previous return. I'm in favor of getting O'Neal however and feel that if there was a time to get him it would be now since his value is down. Although the biggest detractors to JO is his contract and health status. But he's still fairly in his prime when 100% and could solve our problem with opposing bigs. It's not a real big loss, but could be a major gain...like many of Mullin's moves.

al back to indiana? lol.... as much as i want pietrus to go I don't want to trade so much for JO especially when JO's knee is so questionable. I'd rather keep or TPE for someone useful.

will be the new rickey back to the a's
Just gotta do it again and again.

i dont know, the three people i like best who i think would work well on the dubs is Artest, Nene (untouchable? what if nugs get Artest?), and i also really like James Jones whos on portland now, I don't see them trading and not him anyway, but I think he would work real well on Nellies team: a physical 6-8 sharpshooter; though lacks what the other 2 have in defense

Nene or James Jones is that possible?

I've always thought about getting JO, but wondered just how much can we "steal" away from Indiana. . .

plague with injury's so much, do you think he can run and gun? And how will this effect are cap?

id like to have JO on the team, but Al has been coming up big for us the whole season. i wonder if there is anyone else we could possible get rid of instead of Al?

imagine if you were al harington and you were traded back to indiana? wouldn't you consider retirement? or would you ask to be traded to the hawks?

Sounds like B.S. by a writer with nothing to write about.  It's not likely because it isn't a legal trade.  The TPE cannot be combined with other players to bring in a player making more than the TPE.  The three players mentioned aren't enough on their own to bring back O'Neal.  The TPE is irrelevant.

[Not to mention that O'neal is a ridiculously over-rated injury prone has-been  who doesn't shoot particularly well, doesn't rebound particularly well and is unable to keep up with a running offense.]

J.O. can stay healthy, which of course is a huge question mark. When O'neal is healthy and motivated he is a force in the half court set. I'm not too worried about him "slowing us down" since Baron, Monta and Cap'n Jack have no conscience and will run anyways. No one will be waiting for the big man to catch up. Think about how nice it would be to have a low post presence who brings defensive intensity and the ability to make clutch hoops and free throws. I think a commodity like that is immensely more valuable than a 4 who shoots like a 3 and defends like a wet paper bag. I like Al, but he's not the answer- O'Neal might be.

we send
Big Al
Brandan Wright
POB
Chroshere
Pietris
1st round pick 2008 top 7 protected

we get
Jermaine
marquis daniels (aqquired in seperate deal using part of j-rich exception)

why we do it
-we get jermaine- low post presence, CAN GUARD BIGS AND PROTECT RIM. is he healthy tho. but remember- same ?'s about baron davis. jermaine is not going to play with pain for a bad team, he probably would for the warrrior
-marquis is on the books for next year at 6.8 mil, but then in 2010 its a team option which we probably would not pick up. this makes him pretty much an expiring contract

why indy does it
-gets jermaine huge contract off the books
-lottery pick in wright
-get half a year to look at air france and pob, then decide to keep them after this year or not.
-they send out 26 million in contracts and get 17 back, with about 11 mill on the books next year. they basically free up 15 million
- a first round pick

why we wouldnt
-definitely going over lux tax if it takes around 8 mill to match monta offer and 9-10 mill to match biedrins

pony up cohan! would he be convinced this could compete for a chip? more importantly, WOULD it compete for a chip?

lineup
baron
monta
jacks
jermaine
beans

kelenna
daniels
watson?
marco
kosta

weak bench- need some bigs!

First of all Indiana will never trade with us again. It was like taking candy from a baby. WE gave up big contracts to get proven players who would work well in our system.

Now your talking about giving up young talent in B-Wright and a proven player in our system in Al for a injury prone, slow it down player with a huge contract. IMO Mully is smarter then doing something like that.

stop trying to trade AL. He is an extremely talented player, playing out of position, and not complaining. He is our best 3point shooter at 6' 9", he pulls out 4s and 5s to open lane, what he brings to the table is  part of the reason warriors unique. And I don't really want J. O. any more anyway, I'd much rather Go after Brand, a proven hard worker, not a pout.