Who is going to give us their 1a for what we have? Usually teams that want to rebuild are the ones that give up their 1a, & to get them you need quality picks, expirings, young prospects under rookie contracts & cash. We just have Hinrich expiring & that's it. Teague is a young prospect under rookie contract but you don't want to trade him after what you saw against the bulls, do you? You can make a case if we say Al & josh can gives a REAL 1a between the 2 of them, but who? Deron Williams? Chris Paul? DH12? Only in your imagination with your "out of the cereal box" trades.
Life without JJ.........let see:
A sign & trade to NY could've give you Chandler & a 15 mill TPE & the chance to sign an MLE player without paying tax if TPE not used completely.
A sing & trade to Chicago could've give you Deng, who is more worth of his contract than JJ of his & on his prime, & the chance to sign an MLE player without paying tax.
In 2 or 3 years, if things didn't pan out, it would've been easier to rebuild, retool, recore? since there will be no player earning 18 mill + on his 30s that nobody will want.
All that it's called flexibility, and JJ's contract took it from us.
Marvin will give you nothing in return, & maybe will cost you a pick to get rid of him & still get nothing in return.
I don't have a problem with Hinrich staying here or being shipped for a better player.
I think that Zaza's contract is pure gold considering how other bigs are getting paid more by doing the same or less than him if we take out the ones under the rookie scale(dahh!). He should be a keeper.
I will conclude with the following statement: to win a championship you need a 1a and 1b plus a supporting cast build around them. You can't win it with just one of those. That's why James, Wade & Bosh took less money so they could have the flexibility to get a good supporting cast.