If we got maybe another asset in the deal (not sure who Chicago would give up – maybe either Gibson or Johnson, I dunno. I’d love Tyrus Thomas but he’s up for an extension so I see no point there). They both have the same number of years and Hinrich’s deal is smaller. But Butler for Hinrich is madness.

Bring in marcin gortat so we can fuck with bwood (who is not the problem) and pietrus who is somehow a better fit than caron?

The first trade is impossible because Gortat is a base-year compensation player, meaning his incoming salary counts for twice of his outgoing salary. It kicks in in the first year after you sign an extension worth more than double your initial salary (I think it’s double, might be a different figure). That makes it basically impossible to match salary, unless your team is under the cap, which the Wizards’ aren’t.

The second trade is the wet dream of wet dreams. Memphis wouldn’t trade Gay OR Gasol straight up for Butler if salaries weren’t in play, much less both. Posting that idea shows ignorance about the Grizzlies.

The third is realistic and something Jones discussed, but I doubt Miami threatens their 2010 cap space (both Richardson and Haslem have expiring contracts) for Butler.

back to minny?

It’s highly doubtable they can void his contract given what we know now.

I think it’s a little too easy for us to forget that Miller’s a natural small forward. Meanwhile, we’d have one of the toughest guys in the league at shooting guard, and he can guard three positions, giving us some kind of flexibility as far as defensive match ups. Also, while his contract is pretty bad, it expirers in 2012 (which is around the time a rebuilding team would be looking to go after free agents) and declines from 9 to 8 million that year. The only real drawback to bringing him in is that he can’t score even remotely efficiently (TS% is somewhere around 48, I think), but having Mike Miller in the lineup evens that out a bit.