toronto tanking

[er9dverk]

and it may not sit well with chris bosh. with that in mind, i think we should make a push for him.

WHAT WE NEED

Bosh

Jack or Blake or Telfair or Brevin Knight

A mid-first round pick

WHAT WE CAN GIVE UP

Tyronn Lue

Al (SNT)

Our lottery pick

Salim

Zaza (if necessary - dont want to)

Royal

J Edwards

Sign bosh long term as a condition of the trade.

The mid first rd pick we choose among Roy, Foye, Marcus Williams, Rondo.

Criteria for choosing among the guards (for trade and draft pick):

good defense

ability to penetrate a zone (includes court awareness and passing skill to find open man when defense collapses)

outside shot

This would be a serious team.

Once in place, we sit down with Big Ben. we offer him a few offensive touches - you got to throw these guys in the treches a fish every now and then. he would see the potential of this team, just might bite.

billy would have to save enough space to re-sign the joshes and marvin when they come due.

[exodus]

Bosh had a season ending injury awhile back, that is why Toronto is losing. I don't think they are purposely tanking.

[er9dverk]

maybe not "intentionally."

but he has said in the past he is not necessarily happy there. and their game looks pretty lame in his absence.

[Lascar78]

actually he has said numerous times that he intends to stay. The money and lure of a better team may change his mind in the end, but as of right now he really sounds like a guy who's going to stay.

There is no chance of us getting bosh, though I would jump at the opportunity

[Weez]

pretty much the truth...

[KB21]

That's true. Atlanta my just have to settle for getting a guy that compares to Chris Bosh in some aspects. That guy may be LaMarcus Aldridge.

A front line of Bosh/Aldridge, Smith, and Williams would be a very, very potent front line.

[Lascar78]

yup, I would love to get Aldridge here. He's probably got the most potential in the draft, AND he's one of the most NBA ready players, AND he fits our needs.

??/Lue

JJ/Salim

Marvin/Chill

Smith/??

Aldridge/Zaza

could be great for the future

[Packfill]

I think Aldridge would be a no-brainer if he were available when the Hawks pick. The problems arise if he is not available because there doesn't seem to be anyone else that so perfectly fits the needs of the team.

[Nicholasp27]

noah, if only he would declare

[Packfill]

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He would certaintly fit the bill, but right now he says no so my statement above assumes he is not in the draft.

[Popeye]

Hey guys their GM is Collangelo now, not Babcock (get it).

[mrhonline]

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I'm not letting you get away with that edit, MW.

Funny stuff.

[Popeye]

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Funny stuff.

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Sorry, i really didn't mean to write that.

[SmooveTheFuture]

Theres no way on the planet that the Raptors trade us bosh without us giving up Smith or Williams in this deal not gonna happen. Bosh is only 21 years of age an all star already wishful thinking guys but it wont happen.

[er9dverk]

and im thinking chicago gets one of the top two picks, in which case aldridge is history.

trading down becomes more tempting, as we probably should have done last year (bobcats). if we could buy two mid first round picks, i would like to get one of the guards and maybe try the cameroon kid sene with the 7'6" wingspan.

[Packfill]

If the Hawks trade down I think they should target Patrick O'Bryant (is that his name?), the center from Bradley who played well in the tournament - assuming he is even coming out.