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Top teams to offer Millsap a large contract.

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We could still offer him a contract and we probably will if the top two don't get him. He would probably start for both teams. Here is a list of the top teams that could make a run for Millsap and possibly Al. The number is what they owe next year, and then I include a list of current bigs on their team.

1. Houston $40 Patrick Patterson, Marcus Morris, Omer Asik
Needs: PF
Likely: Millsap

2. Detroit $42 Greg Monroe, Charlie Villanueva, Andre Drummond, Jonas Jerebko, Kyle Singler
Needs: PF
Likely: Paul Millsap

THESE THREE ARE MAINLY FOR BIG AL
Atlanta $18 Al Horford
Needs: PF or C
Likely: Al Jefferson or Paul Millsap

Dallas $45 Dirk Nowitzki
Needs: C
Likely: Al Jefferson

Cleveland $28 Anderson Verajao, Tristan Thompson, Tyler Zeller, Jon Leuer
Needs: C
Likely: Al Jefferson

OTHERS
Portland $60 LaMarcus Aldridge, Myers Leonard
Needs: C or PF
Likely: 0 (salaries)

Indiana $49 Roy Hibbert, Ian Mahinmi, Tyler Hansbrough
Needs: PF
Likely: David West

Philadelphia $47 Spencer Hawes, Kwame Brown, Lavoy Allen
Needs: C, PF
Likely: Andrew Bynum

Charlotte $40 Tyrus Thomas, BJ Mullens, Brendan Haywood, Bismack Biyombo
Needs: PF or C
Likely: 0 (Jordan won’t take mediocre players; he’d rather trust the draft)

Toronto $47 Jonas Valanciunas, Andrea Bargnani, Aaron Gray, Amir Johnson, Ed Davis
Needs: 0
Likely: 0

Phoenix $51 Marcin Gortat, Luis Scola, Channing Frye, Markief Morris
Needs: 0
Likely: 0


TOP FREE AGENT BIGS
Josh Smith
David West
Paul Millsap

Dwight Howard?
Andrew Bynum?
Al Jefferson
Chris Kaman
Samuel Dalembert
Zaza Pachulia
DeJuan Blair

See them all here:
https://www.hoopsworld.com/2013-nba-free-agents/
 
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I hope we can figure out how to move one or both for assets. I don't think we can afford either of them if we hope to retain favors, kanter and Hayward and build a solid core around them.
 
Vermin said:
I hope we can figure out how to move one or both for assets. I don't think we can afford either of them if we hope to retain favors, kanter and Hayward and build a solid core around them.
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Good point!
 
There was a good Hollinger article that pointed out an inordinate number of teams will have cap space this offseason. Both Al and Sap should have suitors. With Favors and Kanter behind them, they're not likely to want to resign. For this reason, I suspect they will both be heavily shopped. Letting them expire is fine, too. S&T's aren't unrealistic, and if we're a playoff team then I suspect we would use that as leverage in deals. But I don't expect either will be back.
 
No way Dallas is interested in Jefferson! They're too smart, and besides you can't have 2 really soft front court players starting on your team (Dirk/Jefferson).
 
bovice said:
No way Dallas is interested in Jefferson! They're too smart, and besides you can't have 2 really soft front court players starting on your team (Dirk/Jefferson).
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Dallas offered the next best package of crap to Minnesota for Jefferson behind the Jazz's.
 
I don't see Houston offering Millsap a contract with how much money they have tied into Lin, Asik, and Harden. Not to mention they also have a lot of young, promising PF's they want to develop.
 
The hard part about trading them is we can't take a long term contract back. So really we are just trying to get some draft picks.
 
Houston makes the most sense for Jefferson. He has a pre-existing relationship with McHale, and Houston's existing PF bigs are all undersized like Millsap (e.g., White, Morris, Patterson, etc.). Since Asik is not a traditional low post player and more of a defensive and active around the basket offensive player, Jefferson could play well as the PF along side him.
 
GVC said:
Why not?
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When a weak Chitown trade rumor started over the summer, I brought up Jefferson or Millsap for Noah. Would you do that and try to trade the other as well or let the other one walk this summer? A Noah/Favors frontcourt with Kanter off the bench.
 
Millsap complements Kanter/Favors far better than Noah does, and it's entirely possible Millsap's next deal ends up being less lucrative than Noah's current deal.
 
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