Trade Idea with Golden State

[David Stern]

Basically, I want DeMarcus Cousins really bad. Since its looking like he's going to fall to 6, we need to trade up and pick him somehow. Just throwing this trade idea out there:

Millsap, Koufos, and Memphis Pick to GS for Turiaf and #6.

Why would GS do this? They need a low-post scorer pretty desperately. Millsap has a great contract and would thrive in their system next to Biedrins. They don't have any use in taking another wing, and they can't really take Cousins with this pick. Koufos would give them a good backup PF to Millsap as well.

We then draft Xavier Henry at 9, and go into next season with a lineup that looks like this:

C Cousins, Okur, Fess
PF Boozer, Turiaf
SF Kirilenko, Miles, Jeffers
SG Matthews, Henry
PG Deron, Price, Gaines

Thoughts? I know the majority of my trade ideas get dismissed because they don't really help the other team much, but this one does!

 

[Mambo]

If we can resign boozer ill do it, but thats not gonna happen.

 

[David Stern]

If we can resign boozer ill do it, but thats not gonna happen.

So if we didn't resign Boozer, our lineup would look like this with my trade:
C Cousins, Okur, Fess
PF Kirilenko, Turiaf
SF CJ, Korber, Jeffers
SG Matthews, Henry
PG Deron, Price, Gaines

You don't think that team would be pretty good headed forward?

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Sacramento is still going to take Cousins at #5.

 

[richgates]

I heard that Locke was saying yesterday that the Jazz are trying really hard to trade up to get the #5 pick. Unfortunately I think the Jazz are trying to get Monroe and not Cousins. I know there is a pretty big risk with Cousins, but I think the Jazz need someone in the middle who can dominate.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

If we do try hard and move up to #5, we then have to go the extra mile to move up to #3 to get Favors.

 

[David Stern]

If we do try hard and move up to #5, we then have to go the extra mile to move up to #3 to get Favors.

Hell, lets not settle at 3, lets go all the way to #1!

 

[green]

Hearing all this stuff about Favors, I can't help but remember hearing about Williams...Marvin. Marvin Williams was supposed to change basketball, and he has done nothing. You can have Favors. Give me Cousins. I know what Cousins did in college and it looked good. Favors...well supposedly it was the system holding him back. Give me Cousins.

 

[just because]

So if we didn't resign Boozer, our lineup would look like this with my trade:
C Cousins, Okur, Fess
PF Kirilenko, Turiaf
SF CJ, Korber, Jeffers
SG Matthews, Henry
PG Deron, Price, Gaines

You don't think that team would be pretty good headed forward?

I would rather have AK at the 3 and Okur at the 4 with this line up. That gives us a very tall line up down low. When was the last time the jazz started 3 guys in the 6'10 range?

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

So if we didn't resign Boozer, our lineup would look like this with my trade:
C Cousins, Okur, Fess
PF Kirilenko, Turiaf
SF CJ, Korber, Jeffers
SG Matthews, Henry
PG Deron, Price, Gaines

You don't think that team would be pretty good headed forward?

No post presence whatsoever. This squad would struggle to score I think.

 

[dwill#1]

U don't call Cousins a post presence? Are you serious? He has the best post game out of anyone in the draft and was the best big in college basketball. NO FREAKIN ARGUMENT! If we don't have to give up the 9th pick like you said I do this deal

 

[Darkwing Duck]

I don't want to trade Millsap for an unproven.

I'd do so with Kirilenko. Not with Millsap, especially with Boozer unlikely to return.