Thanks, I guess the encouraging thing is Aldridge thinks Asik can be easily moved in the offseason, which wouldn't surprise me considering the cap increase. Are you going to spend $15 on an $8 million Free Agent for the next 4 years or $12 on an $6-$8 million player for the next 3 years by absorbing Asik?

Lawson and Morris both seem like low commitment risks. Lawson has a voidable contract and if Morris goes to jail then I assume he comes off the books too. What I don't like about the trade is it gets rid of all of our SFs. I guess you could do Gordon to OKC for Morrow, Singler, McGary and Novak.

Lawson/Ish
Holiday/Mayo/Morrow
Tyreke/Singler/Babbitt
Morris/McGary/Novak
AD/Plumlee

I still see a square peg gumming up the works though. Unless this 41.4% from 3 by Tyreke is a change and not a mirage. David Wesley seems pretty confident in straight up and down Tyreke, and it is a noticeable change in his form. If Tyreke can hit wide open corner 3s he might be able to play SF and be effective without the ball.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:16 pm to TigerinATL

MM posted this interesting trade on twitter, 3 way with the Bulls and Nets,

Pels get
Joe Johnson
Joakim Noah
Shane Larkin

Nets get
Tyreke
Asik
Taj Gibson

Bulls get
Eric Gordon
Hollis-Jefferson
Thomas Robinson

with "small picks" going to the Pels.

I can definitely see the Nets doing this trade, would the Bulls? That's a good way to clear cap space and maybe Noah is a better fit in the 20-25 MPG center next to AD, and Ryno for that matter, since you'd be moving Asik and Tyreke, you'd have enough money to resign Ryno and you'd have 2 athletic defensive centers to cover for him.

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