My Favorite Trade Deadline Deals (As of Jan 5th)

[Jespher]

These are trades that I wouldn’t mind seeing by the trade deadline. I’d be happy if one got done, so they aren’t ordered or connected, just possible trades that make sense in my mental universe…

Trade:

Kings Out: To Nets

Mike Bibby
Kenny Thomas
Francisco Garcia

Kings In: From Nets

Jason Kidd
Sean Williams

Why Kings do it: Jason Kidd is a winner. He still has plenty of juice left in the tank and that trade would give us a great window to compete. Long term, his salary comes off the books in a large expiring contract, and it could be free to lure other free agents. Sean Williams is the type of young PF/C that the Kings should kill to get. The Maloofs are Vegas guys, couldn’t they set something like that up?

Why Kings don’t do it: If Francisco Garcia means that much to them that they would nix this steal trade, then we’re in some serious trouble. Oh yeah, and Jason Kidd is a PG in his mid 30s…

Would the Nets consider this?: Well, they would be getting a younger PG with skills to replace Jason Kidd. Bibby and Marcus Williams would complement each other pretty well, and this would give them a stellar small ball lineup to hide their anemic big guys. Bibby, Carter, Garcia, and Jefferson running with Kristic would be a very fun team to watch, and Garcia has that potential stuff. General gist is that NJ would have better offers for Kid (is Bynum still available? But can’t a King’s fan dream…)


Trade:

Kings Out: To Nuggets

Ron Artest
Kenny Thomas (Included in every fantasy trade of mine J)
Mikki Moore

Kings In: From Nuggets

Marcus Camby
Nene Hilario (or is it just Nene?)

Why Kings do it: Gives us a beast of a front court, with players who can actually rebound and block shots (see Marcus Camby). This trade also brings a young stud PF that we haven’t had since a certain #4 was playing. Sure he can’t shoot jumpers as well as Cweb, but he is capable of striking fear in the hearts of any player dumb enough to try and take a charge from him. Oh, and did I mention this would improve our rebounding exponentially, while removing Mr. Moore and Mr. Thomas respectively?

Why Kings don’t do it: Ron Artest is good, but is he a good enough piece to keep if this option came up? Marcus Camby also has some injury history I think that I might have heard about…Given the Kings luck, both players would be out for the season the first five minutes they hit the court.

Would Nuggets Consider this?: Probably not, but wouldn’t the addition of Artest be fun to watch with Iverson, Carmelo, and Linus F. Kleiza…Artest would bring teriffic wing defense against the Ginobili’s of the world, but the Nuggets would loose that shot blocking swagger in the middle. Maybe Mikki Moore could pound his chest, flex his muscles, and the other teams would be to intimidated to drive to the hole…


Trade:

Kings Out:

Brad Miller (To Bulls)
Spencer Hawes (To Bulls)
Kenny Thomas (To Bulls)
John Salmons (To Warriors)

Kings In:

Stephen Jackson (From Warriors)
Joakim Noah (From Bulls)
Chris Duhon (From Bulls)
Ben Wallace (From Bulls)

Why Kings do it: Crazy trade yes, but wouldn’t it be fun to put Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest, and Ben Wallace all out on the court together. The defense would be solid, and they would be able to fight each other whenever they wanted. This team could go really up tempo with Martin, Jackson, Garcia, Mikki, and Beno, or it could slow it down and win games in the 80s because the other team would be afraid to score against Wallace, Jackson, and Artest.

Why Kings don’t do it: To prevent total freakin’ anarchy, raining fire, brimstone, dogs and cats living together…you get the idea.

Would the Warriors and Bulls consider this?: Well, the warriors would love to have the stability of a John Salmons, especially as he is playing out of his mind, but Stephen Jackson is playing well also, and he is such a leader on that team, it would be risky to move him. The Bulls are playing poorly, and this would give them post scoring, but would mess up their financial flexibility for the forseable future. So I think that it would take a miracle to see a move like this.

What are you're favorite trade deadline deals?

 

[fnordius]

Mine would be more like:

Artest to Detroit, in return for Lindsey Hunter, Rodney Stuckey and Amir Johnson, followed by our immediately waiving Hunter and buying out a tired old vet of our own to make roster room.

Why we do it: Ron wants to go to a team with championship hopes, which Detroit might be with him. We get some promising young players, who cover 2 of our weakest positions, and the only old guy we get is an ender. (I don't think we need ANY more old guys.) We're never going to get any decent picks from a contender, so that's probably about as good as we can hope for.

Why Detroit does it: Without a boost, Boston's likely to roll over 'em. With Artest, they'd have a fighting chance at a championship. And they'd probably have a good shot at keeping RonRon around beyond the summer. He's a good fit with their style, and where else would he go? Boston's strong enough without him, and I can't see him meshing in San Antonio.

Then repeat with Bibby. Details left as an academic exercise. Any reasonable offer is fine, so long as it's based on promising youth and/or somewhat early picks, with no vets accepted unless they're enders serving as filler.

 

[HaraWish]

Mine would be more like:

Artest to Detroit, in return for Lindsey Hunter, Rodney Stuckey and Amir Johnson, followed by our immediately waiving Hunter and buying out a tired old vet of our own to make roster room.

Artest to the Auburn Hills? The same Auburn hills where he fought with crowd? IMO, it's very hard both for Artest and for the Detroit fans. (Although it may be easier than moving Artest back to the Pacers.)

 

[LPKingsFan]

Your deals are a tad too ambitious, I'm afraid, Jespher, and I doubt Artest will ever suit up for Detroit, fnordius.

But the idea of dealing with Denver is an interesting one. I think Bibby could potentially be a better fit there instead of Artest, as they mostly need a PG that can shoot alongside Melo and Iverson. A perfect fit? Maybe not, but what about something along the lines of ...

Bibby for Nene and Chucky Atkins

I think the Kings would need a pick, KT/SAR dump for expirings, or both. But still, not the Bibby trades we've been seeing for months. Nene's not a great rebounder (which makes him tough to pair with Hawes) but he's someone we've apparently been interested in before. And maybe you add in a David Lee there as your third big man to cover on the boards, and you're set.

 

[fnordius]

Artest to the Auburn Hills? The same Auburn hills where he fought with crowd? IMO, it's very hard both for Artest and for the Detroit fans. (Although it may be easier than moving Artest back to the Pacers.)

Oh, phooey. Yes, a little oversight on my part.

Let's see, who is #3 in the East.... ?