Hawks Trade for Allen Iverson

[bisonblu]

The Hawks can improve their squad by acquiring Allen Iverson, remain under the salary cap, continue their rebuild, sellout their arena and make the playoffs.

Sixers get:

Marvin Williams, SF, #2 overall pick - $4M

Speedy Claxton, PG, good for locker room - $6M

ZaZa Pachulia, C, undervalued BIG, double-double - $4M

Hawks get:

Allen Iverson, G, former MVP, All-star - $18M

Louis Williams, G, local ATL product - $1M

Deal fits under CBA rules after the 15th, which is Friday, they can verbally agree now and make it official Friday. This frees JJ, creates minutes for Shelden and Solomon, and unclogs the SF spot when Chill returns. Also, solidifys our backcourt for the near and long term.

[exodus]

in a movie theater.

[mrhonline]

...and it's a ridiculous trade to top it off.

[AHF]

Philly would take that trade so fast it would make your head spin!

[TexasPete]

Bison, any chance you from Philly?

[lawman]

throw in steven hunter and you have a deal

[Popeye]

That's 3 of our starters, Philly would have:

Pg - Speedy

SG - Igoudala

SF - Marvin

PF - Webber

C - Pachulia

Philly would look awesome after the trade.

PG: Iverson

SG: Joe

SF: Smoove

PF: Shelden

C: Solomon/Wright

We would still be thin inside with that line-up.

Philly wont get a deal better than that, not even close.

What did Orlando receive for T-MAC??? Ariza

What did Lakers get for Shaq?? Odom

What did Pacers get for Artest? nada, AL

If you trade a superstar that is in his 30's and haven't won a thing you aren't going to get a fair value. Same goes for T-Wolves and KG.

[hawkman]

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That's 3 of our starters, Philly would have:

Pg - Speedy

SG - Igoudala

SF - Marvin

PF - Webber

C - Pachulia

Philly would look awesome after the trade.

PG: Iverson

SG: Joe

SF: Smoove

PF: Shelden

C: Solomon/Wright

We would still be thin inside with that line-up.

Philly wont get a deal better than that, not even close.

What did Orlando receive for T-MAC??? Ariza

What did Lakers get for Shaq?? Odom

What did Pacers get for Artest? nada, AL

If you trade a superstar that is in his 30's and haven't won a thing you aren't going to get a fair value. Same goes for T-Wolves and KG.

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Actually, it looks like a wash. We get a prolific scorer and Philly gets a decent center/power forward and a player who may be good down the road in Marvin. Speedy probably wouldn't play enough to matter. Their interior D would stink with that lineup though. We'd be back searching for another stiff to play center for us. That has to be easier than trying to find a starting PG. Philly would have to search for a PG to fill in while Speedy's knees are bothering him. Marvin would get a chance to start right away. A lot of people seem to hate on Pachulia anyway so why not? We'd make the playoffs and get beaten in the second round as opposed to barely getting in and getting swept in the first. It'll never happen anyway so why bother.

[Popeye]

Dude, no way we go to second round with that interior defense. I am not sure if we are even playoffs material with that lineup.

[Johnnybravo4]

Sure because your starting backcourt scoring 60ppg and dishing 14 assists would be really prohibitive to making the playoffs.

[exodus]

Unfortunately there are two sides to the court. And if AI comes here he won't have Deke to cover up for him when he cheats off his man to gamble for steals.

[Johnnybravo4]

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Unfortunately there are two sides to the court. And if AI comes here he won't have Deke to cover up for him when he cheats off his man to gamble for steals.

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That is why we have Smoove and Solomon

[exodus]

Unfortunately we also have Zaza and BLo.

[Johnnybravo4]

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Unfortunately we also have Zaza and BLo.

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If Cleveland can make the ECF with that Stiff Z, we damn sure can get there with Zaza.

[exodus]

Big Z can actually make something other than a tip in. And he can intimidate in the middle.

[Admin]

Marvin "could" go on to do great things, but he might not. Its an almost certaintly that AI has several more years of greatness in him. Combine that with JJ's greatness and the promise of Smoove, Chillz, and Shelden it would be very hard to deny the potential of that group. We go into next year with the need for a quality starting center and thats about it. We still have TLue, Salim, Chillz, and Jones off the bench as quality players.

[Sothron]

I don't want the last 2,3 years tops of Iverson's questionable "impact" at its peak or close to it. No thanks at all to Iverson.

[Johnnybravo4]

That is because you are happy with mediocrity, thank God you don't work for me.

[hawkman]

Less talk more IVERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just kidding. It won't happen, but I have to admit that I'm all for it. Our team as it sits now seems like it was already built with him in mind anyway. JJ and Salim are the only two players on this team that can create their own shots. Smoove and Chill are the "do-it-all" utility types. Shelden is the blue collar defensive type that can bruise and snag rebounds in the middle. JJ is the perfect backcourt mate to Iverson due to his passing and ball handling ability. Iverson would bring an exciting, explosive scorer to pair with JJ. We're not going to get that dominant defensive presence any time soon so why not just outscore our opponents?

[Johnnybravo4]

Makes too much sense Hawkman. But then why would our genius owners want to increase the value of a team they will eventually lose at cost?