re: Cavs shopping 24th pick and Brendan Haywood's non-guaranteed deal

I would be very tempted to do this if a few things occurred.

1. Justin Anderson was on the board. Or Delon Wright or RJ Hunter possibly too
2. I knew by talking to Asik's people that I could bring him back for around 10 mil next year
3. I knew I could flip the non-guaranteed contract for a solid rotation player or two on a 1 year deal. Imagine agreeing to take Jarrett Jack's contract off the Nets hands and they give you Plumlee too.
4. Then, you don't have to extend Cole the QO and you have more cap room to get Carroll or Danny Green.

If you did the transactions in the right order, you could walk out with a rotation of:

Jrue/Jack/D. Wright
Reke/Gordon
Carroll/Q-Pon
AD/Cunningham
Asik/Plumlee

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On it's own it does nothing for cap space. Combined with not resigning Asik you get around $12-$13 million.

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I doubt that's enough for Chandler, but i'd like him on this team.

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In his breakdown of what this summer will bring in Atlanta, Arnovitz reports that the Hawks "re bracing themselves for an asking price of 4 years and $50 million -- and given the postseason Carroll put together and the interest around the league, possibly even more."

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Looks like it might not be enough for Carroll

I think Brandon Wright is the center we need, somewhat cheap and athletic and would flourish in an uptempo offense.
I'd be fine with Koufas
I'd be fine with Seraphin or Biyomba at a real cheap rate if it meant we upgraded at SF b/c of the price cut.