I've got it!! Mia/Sac/Chi

[perezident]

*Assuming Chi drafts Rose and Miami automatically drafts Beasley*

Mia: Marion Udonis Cook
gets: Artest Miller Salmons Gooden

Why? well gives them an instant top 3 seed in the east. And gives them a great opp. to compete for a title, especially addresses the roster depth with quaility players

Miller/Blount
Beasley/Gooden
Artest/Salmons
Wade/Wright
Quinn/Banks

Sac: Artest Miller Salmons Mikki
gets: Marion Hinrich Cedric Simmons

Why? Aquire a Floor General in Hinrich, in which the kings really never recovered from that postion since the Jay Williams and Bibby era. Marion has the same Defensive attitude as Artest but not as succesful. Kings give up all their veteran presence and playoff hopes but officially begins the rebuilding process

Hawes/Sheldon
*Speights*/Simmons
Marion/Garcia
Kmart/Douby
Hinrich/Beno

Chi: Hinrich Gooden Simmons
gets: Udonis Cook Mikki #43 (sac)

Why? well drafting Rose runs them in the risk of not having a low post scorer but pairing Udonis with Noah could really be a good thing. With Noah finding a reliable low post moves and Udonis being their to spread the floor hitting that 18 footer from the free throwline

Noah/Mikki/Gray
Udonis/Tyrus
Deng/Thabo
Ellis?/Noc
Rose/Cook

thoughts?

 

[vfettke]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Marion is evil and will destroy team chemistry.

All I will say is this: If he had accepted his role in Phoenix they'd be playing the Lakers right now. But, he was a whiner who wanted to be "the man" on a team. So he got his wish and got shipped off to the last place team, where he won't be the man for very long once Beasley comes. He gave up the chance for a championship to be the man on the league's worst team. Is that the kind of player we need here?

 

[Vlade4GM]

NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Marion is evil and will destroy team chemistry.

All I will say is this: If he had accepted his role in Phoenix they'd be playing the Lakers right now. But, he was a whiner who wanted to be "the man" on a team. So he got his wish and got shipped off to the last place team, where he won't be the man for very long once Beasley comes. He gave up the chance for a championship to be the man on the league's worst team. Is that the kind of player we need here?

LOL at trying to pin Phoenix's downfall on him. Marion has been spouting off about crap like that for awhile now and they didn't have to trade him as he stayed productive on the court like he always did regardless what he said off teh court. Kerr and the suns FO screwed that one up, not Marion.

 

[pkballr]

I think you also left out Ben Gordon for the Bulls.

 

[vfettke]

LOL at trying to pin Phoenix's downfall on him. Marion has been spouting off about crap like that for awhile now and they didn't have to trade him as he stayed productive on the court like he always did regardless what he said off teh court. Kerr and the suns FO screwed that one up, not Marion.

i didn't say it was all his fault. but he was horrible for their chemistry. Kerr definitely screwed up, but it wouldn't have happened if Marion had been a team player. Marion as a team player has the potential to be one of the best players in the league on both ends of the court. But he won't be because of his attitude. The traded him for Shaq who just can't do what he used to do. The main difference is that Shaq can't live up to his hype anymore because of age, which he cannot control. Marion can't live up to his hype because of an attitude that he has complete control over. Essentially he chose this path.

 

[upinsmoke]

Marion will command a huge contract I feel it would be a better idea to hang tough until 2010 when the kings will have the 3rd lowest cap in the nba then there would be a better chance to start the real rebuiding process

 

[est.1999]

shawn Marion sucks. He can't score in a half court set if his life depended on it. He's all fast breaks and alley oops

 

[beb0p]

Why? Aquire a Floor General in Hinrich, in which the kings really never recovered from that postion since the Jay Williams and Bibby era. Marion has the same Defensive attitude as Artest but not as succesful. Kings give up all their veteran presence and playoff hopes but officially begins the rebuilding process

Hinrich is not a floor general. That's why the Bulls are trying get rid of him. His mega contract is really not helpful for a rebuilding team like we are.

 

[Vlade4GM]

i didn't say it was all his fault. but he was horrible for their chemistry. Kerr definitely screwed up, but it wouldn't have happened if Marion had been a team player. Marion as a team player has the potential to be one of the best players in the league on both ends of the court. But he won't be because of his attitude. The traded him for Shaq who just can't do what he used to do. The main difference is that Shaq can't live up to his hype anymore because of age, which he cannot control. Marion can't live up to his hype because of an attitude that he has complete control over. Essentially he chose this path.

Marion played like he always played and it's not a coincidence their chemistry went down the tubes once he was traded.