So who gets Deron Williams?

[midnightpulp]

Lakers fans already laying claim. Dallas fans have suspected he might return home to Texas. Brooklyn might be able to put something together to keep him there.

So, who wins the Deron sweepstakes?

[MavDynasty]

Imo its either Nets or Mavs, can LA even sign him via FA or do they have to pull off a sign and trade?

[Killakobe81]

Brooklyn. They go hard.

[Venti Quattro]

Imo its either Nets or Mavs, can LA even sign him via FA or do they have to pull off a sign and trade?

LA has no cap room to sign him as FA, if it's going to happen it's via sign/trade.

[LkrFan]

Brooklyn.

[midnightpulp]

LA has no cap room to sign him as FA, if it's going to happen it's via sign/trade.

Gasol would have to be the piece. However, he's looking to make 20 million next year, 40% of any one team's cap, and doesn't become the coveted expiring contract until the '13/14 season, so I think he's going to be tough to move after the mediocre playoffs he had. Plus, he's playing in the Olympics this year. Gasol has 15 and 8 written all over him for next season and I don't see any team shelling out that kind of cash for that level of production.

[baseline bum]

Imo its either Nets or Mavs, can LA even sign him via FA or do they have to pull off a sign and trade?

They could amnesty Bryant and not pick up their team options on Bynum nor Hill. Otherwise, there is no way to clear the cap room necessary.

C Gasol
F McRoberts
F Artest
G Ebanks
G Williams

[cantthinkofanything]

If I'm a young wealthy black man, I'm hanging out with Jay-Z.

[Venti Quattro]

They're not going to amnesty Kobe. It's downright offensive, and it will take a year before he could be resigned.

[Mugen]

He'll resign in Brooklyn when they acquire Dwight. They'll get bounced in the ECSF or ECF for the next 2-3 seasons before one of them is traded or signs elsewhere.

[midnightpulp]

They could amnesty Bryant and not pick up their team options on Bynum nor Hill. Otherwise, there is no way to clear the cap room necessary.

C Gasol
F McRoberts
F Artest
G Ebanks
G Williams

Do it, Mitch!

[LkrFan]

They could amnesty Bryant and not pick up their team options on Bynum nor Hill. Otherwise, there is no way to clear the cap room necessary.

C Gasol
F McRoberts
F Artest
G Ebanks
G Williams

Me --> :nutkick: <-- baseline bum

[coyotes_geek]

Kinda need to see if the Nets are going to get to keep their lottery pick (top 3 protected) first, don't we?

[Kai]

I wouldn't rule out a team to make a play for Dwight around draft time and then going hard for Deron as soon as FA hits. They obviously want to play together, if a team like Sacramento could swap Cousins + filler for Dwight, I could easily see Deron signing there.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Dallas. I smoke dope with a high school friend of him and his wife Amy, he says it's gonna happen.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

I wouldn't rule out a team to make a play for Dwight around draft time and then going hard for Deron as soon as FA hits. They obviously want to play together, if a team like Sacramento could swap Cousins + filler for Dwight, I could easily see Deron signing there.

Dwight and Deron in Sacramento. I can TOTALLY see that happening.

[Kai]

Dwight and Deron in Sacramento. I can TOTALLY see that happening.

Two guys can get behind turning a shit franchise around. CP3/Blake made the Clippers 1000X more relevant. I'm not suggesting Sac, I'm just saying if a team can trade for Dwight before FA, they would become a viable option for Williams (provided they have the cap room).

[ChrisRichards]

He's staying in Brooklyn. Why play under Kobe or Dirk's shadow? Brooklyn have a better future than LA and Dallas tbh.

[coyotes_geek]

Two guys can get behind turning a shit franchise around. CP3/Blake made the Clippers 1000X more relevant. I'm not suggesting Sac, I'm just saying if a team can trade for Dwight before FA, they would become a viable option for Williams (provided they have the cap room).

Enter the Nets, especially if they've got a top 3 draft pick. Deron re-signs with Brooklyn and the Nets work out a trade. Nets get Howard plus some shitty contracts, Magic get Lopez, the pick and cap room for 2013.

[Latarian Milton]

LA has no cap room to sign him as FA, if it's going to happen it's via sign/trade.

NJ is not memphis tbh :lol

[tesseractive]

Enter the Nets, especially if they've got a top 3 draft pick. Deron re-signs with Brooklyn and the Nets work out a trade. Nets get Howard plus some shitty contracts, Magic get Lopez, the pick and cap room for 2013.

That's a terrible trade for Orlando. Unless the pick is Anthony Davis, no one in their right mind would take that trade.

[TDMVPDPOY]

i think it depends on how the nets do in the draft....

isnt the nets going to resign gerald wallace?

[ChrisRichards]

@ Latarian. You'd be surprised what the Lakers can do. Luke Walton for Ramon Sessions. Fisher for Jordan Hill. Cp3 for Lamar Odom and Gasol. Not saying its possible but if theres one team who can commit another highway robbery its the Fakers.

[JamStone]

Hypothetically, if Deron makes it clear he's not re-signing with the Nets, that would make the Nets acquiring Dwight Howard extremely unlikely. So, perhaps if the Lakers target Deron in a sign-and-trade scenario and Deron has mutual interest, they could offer Bynum. Bynum could be the centerpiece big man consolation prize the Nets might settle for. He's from New Jersey IIRC. And the Lakers get a premier PG to add to Kobe/Gasol. Lakers lose their size advantage, but I think a lot of people have come to the conclusion that one of the two (Gasol or Bynum) has to go after this season. But that's all just make-believe hypothetical. Not that it would or could happen, but just an idea.

[coyotes_geek]

That's a terrible trade for Orlando. Unless the pick is Anthony Davis, no one in their right mind would take that trade.

Dwight only having one year left on his contract kills a lot of the Magic's leverage. They have to trade him somewhere he wants to go, otherwise the other team is just going to look at it as a 1 year rental.

Dwight has pretty much fucked that franchise.

[Spur_Fanatic]

Yep, the Magic are screwed.

[tesseractive]

Dwight only having one year left on his contract kills a lot of the Magic's leverage. They have to trade him somewhere he wants to go, otherwise the other team is just going to look at it as a 1 year rental.

Dwight has pretty much fucked that franchise.

They ought to be able to get more than a lottery pick back even for what's probably a one-year rental. Lopez is worthless. And the team that lands Howard still has a fair shot of convincing him to sign, especially if they're in a decent-sized market.

[OZWIN]

Would absolutely love to see him come to the Mavericks as Jason Kidd is getting old. Lakers are another candidate though.

[baseline bum]

Me --> :nutkick: <-- baseline bum

So you're against the strategy of going for DWill?