<Insert Big Trade Proposal Here>

Spurs could do a trade with Miami to help them to go below the tax but it will be quite a big one like:

Miami:
out: Haslem, Cook, Diawara.
in: Bonner, Finley, first round pick.

Spurs:
out: Bonner, Finley, Mahinmi, Hairston, first round pick.
in: Cook, Haslem, Diawara.

Nets:
out: a top55 portected second round pick.
in: Mahinmi, Hairston.


Miami will save $8M this year with this trade that put them below the luxury tax. Losing Haslem sucks but they likely will spend their cap space on someone else this summer and they get a first round pick. Cook has been a disaster this year and dumping him allow them to create more capspace for this summer.

Haslem is the reason Spurs do this trade. Cook is also a player they liked and a change of scenario could help him.

Nets get two young quite interesting players for nothing.

I like this trade. (and I promise I'm not gonna upgrade it by bringing in JJones)
Heat might prefer Mason over Bonner, since they wanted him in 2008 and were outbid by the Spurs. but whoever they prefer, the deal is nice for the Spurs and for sure worth a 1st rounder.
as already discussed, Haslem doesn't bring much size, but he would bring in much needed defense, especially on mobile PFs and he should fit well alongside Tim.
Tim-Haslem-Dice-Blair is quite short, but a very nice rotation for most situations.
Cook is an enigma. you would expect a 22 years old player to improve from his 2nd to his 3rd season, but he looks worse than in his rookie year. maybe that's because he can only play the 2 and this means very little minutes behind Wade. (and he isn't a good fit alongside Wade)
maybe Chip could fix his shooting problems. the potential would be there. Cook would pretty much be the same player Mason is, but with more athleticism and upside.

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Originally Posted by mountainballer

this trade doesn't help the Heat about their tax situation. as mentioned, they need to dump about 2.9 million to get under the threshold. Finley for Wright reduces their payroll for about 350K. not much effect.
what they need is a team with a TE that fits. if I checked right, this are be:Nuggets, Clippers, Nets, Hornets, Magic.
Hornets are out anyhow, Nuggets and Magic are tax payers and won't want to burn almost 5 million to get Wright for half a season.
Nets and Clippers are left. if the Heat add the remaining salary for Wright, I'm pretty sure they do it.
(only chance for the Spurs would be to sneak into a 3 teams deal with the Nets or Clippers and that way get Wright, but this will cost them the 2010 1st rounder at least)

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You guys are right. I read that article wrong. I thought for some reason that they were only a couple hundred thousand away.