Kenny Lewis, famous from Karaoke Night '09, occasionally refers to something called the "Beer Shakes," something you might get on the plane ride home after a weekend in New Orleans. Well right now, I have the "Trade Deadline Shakes."
The trade deadline might be one of the more nerve racking things for a Cavs fan if you think about it. I've been nervous for a few months. Because of this, I'm going to do a couple things.
I'm going to basically nervously vomit one trade proposal on this blog, explain it, and then ask Bowl's opinion on it because I'm done pretending this blog isn't half his anyway since he's the only one who comments and his comments are at least half as long as the post he's commenting on. So Bowl, what do you think of this?
Cavs Trade: Wally Szczerbiak and Eric Snow
Suns Trade: The Shaq Diesel and Grant Hill
Now, you have to know that I have no idea what the Eric Snow situation is with his contract is so you can call me an idiot immediately if that doesn't work out. I also am aware that this trade looks dumb for both teams at first glance, but I'm taking a crack at it:
Why the Cavs might do it:
The reason this deadline is so dangerous for the Cavs is because they really could use some things and really REALLY need to not mess with some things. The chemistry on this team is pretty much perfect which makes it a little hard to justify a trade. However, one thing that the Cavs need is basically a piece of meat in the post. The team defense is great, but the bigs on this team are often victimized on iso plays against the likes or Pau Gasol, Kevin Garnett and, although they haven't played yet, I can only assume Tim Duncan. On top of just filling a spot in the offense and defense, Shaq actually made the All Star Team this year so it's not like he's just a fat idiot (although he is that too).
The Diesel is also one of my favorite people and one of LeBron's favorite people as well I believe. He has a huge personality but I don't believe it would be a detrimental one for Cleveland, although this would be a risk.
Shaq is also a guy known for his love for not trying his hardest. I gotta think that a shot at beating Kobe in the title series would be enough to motivate the Shaq Daddy and he is pretty good when he's motivated.
I also find the idea of subbing out him and Z at different times extremely intriguing because they both do opposite things well. And, oh yeah, Grant Hill is good and we would get him for free.
Why the Suns might do it:
It basically comes down to the idea that they seem to be the most dysfunctional and most desperate team in the league (announcing to the entire NBA that your franchise player is on the trading block really does not drive the price up I'd say guess). I honestly think Phoenix would be delighted to not have to play Shaq anymore and would basically do anything for it. Not to mention (and this is where my lack of knowledge of the NBA salary rules comes into play), can they buy out Wally and Snow for any agreed upon price? It seems like Wally might accept a pretty reasonable buyout to resign with the Cavs as soon as possible.
Whatever Bowl, I'm done talking. All I want is feedback. I've been sick for an entire week and this trade deadline is driving me crazy. Help me out.
The NBA trade deadline is an extremely exciting time of the year. I continue to get excited for trades around a month before it happens even though I know nothing relevant will happen until 24 hours or less before the actual deadline. If my normal excitement isn't enough, I logged onto ESPN.com tonight to see a new upgraded trade machine staring me in the face. They now project the increase/decrease in a teams record after the trade. While this is based on John Hollinger's retarded PER and thus has almost no chance in projecting anywhere near the impact a player will actually have, there is no chance I don't spend hours toying with different trades to see which ones will help the Cavs the most. So thanks ESPN, my grades sure needed to plummet.
ReplyDeleteAs for this trade Buddies...
If the Cavs have a chance to get the Diesel there is no way that the Suns involve Grant Hill in the deal so I will just act like he isn't in this proposed deal since it still works financially without him.
From the Cavs perspective I have to do this. There would be a little concern over how the offense would flow and how Shaq would play D but the Cavs need to acquire a big man and Shaq has been somewhat rejuvenated this year (should only get better if he thinks he has a title shot). I also like Shaq because his contract expires in 2010 giving the Cavs his and Ben Wallace's expiring deals to free up loads of cap space for Wade, Bosh, etc.
I don't know if the Suns would do this. It might somewhat depend on their ability to move Amare. If they can get rid of him then they probably go ahead and blow up the team further. They would get rid of paying Shaq $20 million next year and we all know that their owner is cheap.
Here is what I know about the Eric Snow contract situation: The Cavs can trade him but it will end up costing Dan Gilbert like $10 million or something becaus eof insurance reasons. Brian Windhorst addressed this a week or so ago but I refuse to search the info I want. Anyway, his perspective was that to trade Eric Snow (AKA Eric Snow's expiring contract) the deal would have to be really good for the Cavs. I don't know if this deal qualifies but it seems to me that even in this shitty economy that Dan Gilbert is willing to spend what it takes to win.
I also don't know much about buying out the contracts of players but from what I do understand I have come to think that Wally will be bought out and can come back to the Cavs after 30 days. From what I have seen from Wally lately, I not only think he would do this but I really want him too. He is more important to this team tan I ever expected him to be.
Keep the trade proposals coming Buddies, it's likely I will have already thought about the idea anyway.
How about Lebron James for Rafer Alston? Straight up. This is an easy deal for the Cavaliers. With washed up poo horse Moey Will runnin' the show, they have lost games. Everyone knows any team with Rafey Rafe will be ballin' all over teams Skip To My Lou all up in yo' greeeeeelz. Why the Rockets would do this: 30 million dollar check under the table from Dan Gilbert to Yao Ming's official under-chin hair trimmer. That dude has been laid off for way too long. Also, with that kind of cash, Yao could afford to have the entire team have laser hair removal on their pubes and butt cracks. That would to high moral, a cleaner locker room, and ultimately a championship. Whatchu thank, Lord Buddies?
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