Premium Member mrhonline Posted January 14, 2006 Premium Member Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Reading now that Houston wants in on the Artest action (For the love of Yahweh, trade the guy already!), so is there anyone on their roster that interests you? Their first round pick would be nice, if that's what BK is looking for...? Stromile Swift is probably available, and he apparently has a friendly deal, but isn't he a little redundant? Year 1: $5.0M Year 2: $5.4M Year 3: $5.8M Year 4: $6.2M (player option, maybe?) Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member mrhonline Posted January 14, 2006 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Houston gets Artest Indiana gets Harrington Atlanta gets Swift/Houston 1st round pick (top5 protected) Swift has a player option the same year that Smith/Childress are RFA. If Houston would give up the pick, I think I might do this deal. Next year: ???/Lue/Ivey JJ/Salim/Donta Marvin/Childress Smith/Swift/Batista Zaza/???/Edwards That team still has two draft picks (a PG and a big???) AND $4-5M in cap space to fill the remaining holes (Lo Wright?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Diesel Posted January 14, 2006 Premium Member Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Can you say trading just to be trading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiral Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Houston really has no one that interests me other than the players we know they won't trade. (Yao, T-Mac & Head) Looking at their roster I don't think they have the expendable talent to trade to bring in Artest unless someone like us helps. I would say no to the Swift/Pick deal you proposed. Swift would add yet another 6'9 guy that would play out of position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff_Man Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Quote: Can you say trading just to be trading? No post could ever make me laugh as loud as this one did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 I found it to be just "slightly" hypocritical coming from Diesel LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member mrhonline Posted January 14, 2006 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Quote: I found it to be just "slightly" hypocritical coming from Diesel LOL. So true. Clearly, Diesel's only problem with it is that he likes Al Harrington. Otherwise, he'd wait two weeks and then claim it as his own idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member mrhonline Posted January 14, 2006 Author Premium Member Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Quote: Swift would add yet another 6'9 guy that would play out of position. He would play PF, his natural position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurider05 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Swift is a bum!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB21 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 His career per 40 averages match up very well with the top players that were taken in his draft. For Stromile's career, he averages 17.1 P/40, 9.4 R/40, 2.6 B/40, 47% FG, and 70% FT. Per 40 stats mean little, IMO, but it gives you the ability to compare apples to apples when it comes to players. Compare Stromile's per 40 numbers to Kenyon Martin's per 40 numbers. Martin averages 18.0 P/40, 8.9 R/40, 1.6 B/40, 47% FG, and 65% FT. Stromile is a player that started his career out very slow as a rookie. He got around 16 minutes per game and averaged 4.9 PPG. His numbers took a big jump in the 2001-2002 season though. His per 40 numbers as sophomore in the NBA were right at 18 P/40, 11 R/40, 2.6 B/40 while shooting 48% from the floor. He made a lot of progress that season, and then Memphis made some mass changes. They got rid of Billy Knight and fired Sidney Lowe after only 8 games in the 02-03 season. With a new coaching staff in place and some injury problems, Stromile regressed from his 2001-2002 numbers. I like Stromile. I think he makes a lot of mental mistakes, but I also feel that if he were in a wide open system that would utilize his athleticism, quickness, and his ability to hit the 15 foot jump shot, he would be more than a solid player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLJA316 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 a healthy Sura!!!(again ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAHMOR Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Beyonce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packfill Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Swift is a bum. That was one of the worst drafts in the past 25 years, if not the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yeah, Memphis decided to start trying to win and got rid of Billy Knight and Sidney Lowe... It worked didn't it? Alot better than the 15-18 wins Memphis got under Billy Knight. Hopefully the Hawks will take the same path one day. And hopefully they will get rid of players that have no true skills... or guys that are as limited as the Joshes. They'll find a role on good teams that need role players. The Hawks don't need role players right now... They need guys that can actually be the focus of the team and win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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