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Boozer to New York?

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Rich Bucher is reporting that the Jazz and Knicks are discussing a trade that would send Carlos Boozer to the Knicks for David Lee.    My source, who is usually fairly accurate, has confirmed this and says that the Jazz and Knicks have had several discussions about such a scenario all summer long.    The Jazz like David Lee a lot, they feel he’d be a perfect fit for their team, the problem is the Jazz do not want to trade with the New York Knicks because the Knicks owe the Jazz an unprotected lottery pick next year, so adding Carlos Boozer could hurt the Jazz in the 2010 draft.   Utah also wants expiring contracts and draft picks if they trade Boozer.   The Knicks have plenty of expiring contracts, but it’s the draft picks they don’t have.

From my source I have gotten a few scenario’s which have been discussed.   The most unlikely is the Knicks re-sign and than trade both David Lee and Nate Robinson to the Jazz for Boozer.    That is a deal that the Jazz would likely go for, they do not really need Robinson but acquiring him would really weaken the Knicks already pathetic roster.     A more likely scenario is a package of Lee and either Al Harrington or Larry Hughes for Boozer.    In that deal the Jazz would get value for Boozer in Lee, but also get an expiring.

One gamble the Knicks could take is also trying to acquire Andrei Kirilenko in the deal.  Kirilenko has a brutal contract that the Jazz have been looking to get out from, and cap relief in 2010 may make it worth Utah’s while to do a trade.  Something such as Lee, Harrington and Hughes for Boozer,  Kirilenko and Morris Almond or Kyrylo Fesenko.   The Knicks all but end their chance of signing two marquee free agents in 2010, but they do have a much better and more attractive team to lure one, and they would have the Bird rights to Carlos Boozer; meaning they could sign him even while over the cap.   Dwayne Wade, Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko, Nate Robinson, and Jordan Hill does not look like that bad of a team.    The deal at the same time improves Utah.  Okur, Millsap, Harrington, Brewer Williams with Lee off the bench would be a formidible foe for any of the western elites.

The latest from my source says that the teams discussed a four way deal with the Sixers and Suns were the Jazz would recieve Lee, filler, 2 first round picks and cap relief while the Knicks got Boozer and the other two exchanged some spare parts with each other.    One problem with this is that the Sixers would want Jazz center Kosta Koufos in the deal and the Jazz are not willing to part with the young project yet.    The Jazz were hoping that Fesenko and the rights to Ante Tomic would appease them but apparently it hasn’t.

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This Week in the NBA 9/14/09

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Most noteables to the Most underated

Yes, as you can see the enjoyable, factual and somewhat intruiging magazine “This Week in the Nba” is back and getting prepped for the new season, which, in case you didnt already know, is little over a month away. What that also means is that its time to have a look over the free agent mayhem and trading chaos we’ve seen in the big chunk of the offseason thats just passed us by.

First, let me give you an insight into the new features and things you’ll be seeing from these articles over the coming year:

- New logo/title
Yup, as you can see at the top of the page, “This Week in the Nba” has its own title and logo, designed to keep it lively and in touch with its counterparts of the article and blogging world. Plus, as you can see, the title of the article is also now listed as part of the logo.

- Video inclusion
Providing a new look and different perspective on the concept of blogging. Every now and then i’ll post videos outlining the point i’m making, and simply for your amusement, so stay tuned for that.

- Regular team updates, breaking it down division by division
At the start of every month I will be looking at each team, breaking it down into each division so you can track your team’s progress and see if theres any news or developments you havent heard of.

- Its Competetion time!
Yes, for the first time nbaboards will have its own competition!. Each week i’ll ask a question in this special segmant about the weeks action, or anything related to the game, and the person who provides me with the best or right anwser will have their reputation increased and their name placed into my list of “weekly winners”. At the end of the season, the person with the most “wins” will be given a reward, courtesy of me. (Details to come, but readers must PM me their answers).

Excited?.. I sure know I am. But now its time to get on with the real stuff. And where best two start but with the offseasons most noteables and most underated. What I mean by this is the offseason moves (draft and trades included) that I think have warranted the status of being the most noteable and the most underated of the offseason so far. And bear in mind the ratings of these I’ll leave to your to grade yourselves, feel free to comment on what you think are the best and worst. So lets get right to it;

Most Noteables:

-The Big Cactus heads to the aid of the King in the hunt for the leagues buried treasure

Complete write up by Moneyshot.

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Stephen Jackson wants out of Golden State.

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

The recent rumor in the past few days is that Stephen Jackson wants out of Golden State.   Jackson recently signed a four year deal with them but is apparently sick and tired of losing.  Jackson is to have reportedly given the Warriors a list of teams that he would like to be traded to, they include Cleveland, and Dallas.     The Cavs have no interest in Jackson and will likely stand pat.  The Mavs however have plenty of interest but not a lot of assests to trade. 

One likely scenario is a trade of Jackson, and Kelenna Azubuike to the Mavs for Josh Howard.   I personally do not see this happen.  The Warriors like Azubuike and would like to keep him, Don Nelson also feels that Josh Howard is soft and the trade does not address much for the Warriors.    Another possibility is for the Warriors to try and unload Jackson’s contract in a pure salary dump.  A likely deal for that would be Jackson and Acie Law for Kris Humphries, Shawne Williams, and Matt Carroll.   The deal would have to be completed after September ninth because Humphries was just acquired by the Mavs from Toronto in the Shawn Marion deal.      Williams’s deal would come off te books after this year, and Humphries next year.  Carroll has a longer deal but he would fit nicely in Nelly’s system.

If the Mavs truely want to get Jackson I think they need a third team.  One team that I think they could get to play along is the Utah Jazz.  One deal could send Carlos Boozer to Golden State,  Josh Howard and Speedy Claxton to Utah, and Stephen Jackson and CJ Miles to Dallas.     The Warriors get a true big man in this deal, one which they could just let walk if they don’t like.  The Jazz get cap relief, and expiring contract and a solid player in return for Boozer.  and the Mavericks get Jackson. 

Of course Utah could also offer Boozer for Jackson and Claxton.  Utah has shown interest in Jackson before and they could use a player like him.     Utah could also try something such as Andrei Kirilenko for Jackson, Claxton and Ronny Turiaf.   The Warriors have expressed interest in Kirilenko before, and tried trading for him before the draft before they traded Jamal Crawford to Atlanta.   The Jazz would still take a cap hit this year, but next year they’d lose Claxton’s contract. 

Miami is another  posibility for Jackson.  Like Dallas Miami does not have a lot of pieces to offer the Warriors, but unlike Dallas Miami could offer first round draft picks.  Something along the lines of Udonis Haslem, Jamaal Maglore and a first round pick for Jackson could get the deal done.    This would be almost a pure salary dump for the Warriors but they would get all 30 million dollars off their books in time for the 2010 free agent frenzy.

The last deal I am going to bring up is to the Houston Rockets.   Shane Battier and James White for Jackson, the Rockets could probably include a protected first rounder to sweeten the deal.   The Rockets get someone to pick up the scoring load this year while T-Mac and Yao are out, plus they get a perfect sidekick for Yao when he returns.  They do lose something on the defensive end, but Jackson is still an above average defender.    The Warriors do this because they save money and they get a very good player in return.  Though I am not sure Battier would work well in the defenseless Nellyball system.

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Allen Iverson to the Utah Jazz?

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

 

There is nothing imminent or anything of real substance to this rumor, but I have been informed by a source of mine that Allen Iverson has some interest in joining the Utah Jazz.  According to my source it’s not that Utah is Iverson’s main choice or that he is giddy to play at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains, it’s that Iverson wants to play with a contender and the Jazz are pretty much to only playoff team who has not told Iverson to get lost.     Utah infact has had not contact with Allen Iverson’s agent about Iverson since early July when Detroit tried to include Iverson in a package to get forward Carlos Boozer.  I am told that the Jazz were not against acquiring Iverson in any such deal, but did want to look at other options.

I pretty much see this as a last ditch attempt by Iverson and his agent at trying to land somewhere.  I doubt he nor the Jazz have any interest in each other and I think both parties would be insane to agree to a contract.  If they did I doubt either Iverson or Jerry Sloan would still be with the team come the trade deadline.  Sloan would beat Iverson with chair for his views on practice.   

I only bring this up because I find it funny.  Iverson is not exactly the kind of guy the Jazz like to have on their roster, and any discussion with Detroit was likely just to see what they could get out of Boozer.

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