This thread is devoted to teams that might want what we have to offer, and what they might give back.
The basic assumption I am making is that this only considers the 2009 offseason. From the Spurs roster, they clearly have 2 kinds of assets (that they want to trade) to work with. 1) Expiring contracts in summer 2010. 2) The partially guaranteed contracts of Oberto and Bowen.
The partially guaranteed contracts are interesting because of what is expected to happen to the NBA salary cap this year: I have seen speculation (backed up by leaked NBA memos) that suggest the lux tax limit could be as low as 69.4 million next year,
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=886483 . Those partially guaranteed contracts are one of the few ways to shed salary for the 2009/10 season (the other being trades with teams far enough under the cap (not the lux tax line) to take back salary w/o sending partial equivalent in return... Bowen and Oberto's contracts trade for $4 million and $3.8 Million. but their partial guarantees are only $2 Million and $1.9 Million. For example, in theory you could trade a $5 Million dollar contract for Bowen and then cut Bowen, reducing your team salary by $3 Million.
Given the assets indicated, our trade target team should be teams either strongly interested in 2010 offseason capspace, or teams that need capspace in the 09/10 season... Teams that are currently projected to be over the lux tax limit in 09/10 (or need capspace):
Boston
Chicago (assuming the resign Gordon)
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver (unless they are willing to let Keiza, Chris Andersen and Dahntay Jones go)
Lakers (They are in a position to lose 2 important players, Odom and Ariza, and are kind of stuck making a choice...With Bynum's extension kicking in, they know they will be over tax. The question is how far is Buss willing to go...)
Miami (surprising but true...)
Milwaukee (must get some more space or make a choice between keeping Villaneuva or Sessions)
New Orleans
New York (not that they care...)
Orlando (depending if Hedo opts out and they want to resign him...)
Pheonix
San Antonio (Yes, we are dancing close to the line. If we want to avoid the tax next year, we are going to have to be careful in the contracts we take back. Finley retiring rather than taking his $2.5 million player option would help a lot)
Utah (and that's before resigning Millsap)
Washington
One Suggestion might be targeting UTAH for a trade. They know their current roster is not compe ive (see their smashing by the Lakers), and needs rebuilding. They know that 2010 is FA land for them too, so they don't want to screw that up. They don't want to lose Millsap. They aren't rich either - they have no history of paying the tax. So how about Okur for Bowen, Oberto and Bonner. Okur is a downgrade to Bonner, but it saves them (9 -2 (buyout) - 1.9 (buyout) - 3.3) 1.8 million in capspace (without making an empty spot in their roster), and doesn't screw up their 2010. SA actually reduces their cap figure as well (4+3.8+3.3 - 9), and upgrades their big men, without screwing up SA's 2010 plans.