Cousins Demands Trade From Kings

[CongoP]

Haha the beer made me do it heard the sportscaster say "He was asked to stay home from tonight's game due to demanding a trade" and thought about how well he and Al would be as a tandem

[b3bawla]

Try this one out guys

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7vxl8j2

ATL gives: Josh Smith, Kirk Hinrich, Marvin Williams, unprotected 2012 1st rd pick, 2011 2nd round pick from PHX, unprotected 2013 1st rd pick

ATL gets: Dwight Howard and Hedo Turkoglu

ORL gives: Dwight Howard, Hedo Turkoglu, 2013 2nd rd pick

ORL gets: Demarcus Cousins, Kirk Hinrich, J.J. Hickson, ATL unprotected 2012 1st rd pick, ATL 2011 2nd round pick from PHX, SAC protected 2012 1st rd pick, ATL unprotected 2013 1st rd pick,

SAC gives: DeMarcus Cousins, J.J. Hickson, protected 2012 1st rd pick

SAC gets: Josh Smith and Marvin Williams

Trade Logic

ORL- They have to trade Dwight but get a 21 year old double double machine in Cousins. The deal is sweetened by ATL taking Turkoglu's contract and receiving the expiring contract of Kirk Hinrich. Orlando also receives three 1st round picks and a good 2nd rounder plus a still young J.J. Hickson (who was a hot commodity a few years back). Not a bad haul for Orlando.

SAC- Sacramento is in a tough situation because they have a disgruntled head case. The head case part lowers Cousin's stock (because 21 year old bigs with HUGE upside are hard to come by...see DeAndre Jordan). But they make out pretty good in this deal. They bring in Josh Smith and Marvin Williams, two forwards who play well together and two guys who would be starters on their current roster. Obviously the big draw is Smith, who is under contract for 2 years. This move would certainly net Sacto a few more wins in the short term, which, considering their difficult situation, isn't too bad.

ATL-We get D12 and Hedo (who plays well with Howard) while keeping Horford and Teague. Marvin's recent brilliance gets turned into a franchise changing trade and we sacrifice our future for the present. But oh what a present!!!! Teague, JJ, Horford and D12 work together well with Hedo for a starting five. That team can shoot from anywhere, post up, get to the line, rebound and defend. And our solid bench remains intact. This team even makes sense in terms of health. The only starter that has missed substantial time is Hedo. We have McGrady and Stack to step up in a pinch. And even if they were to be injured, small forward may be the easiest position to fill in the NBA. Also we keep our 2nd rounder for 2012 and 2013 (to fill our roster with cheap talent).

Lineups

ORL

Cousins/Orton

Anderson/Davis/Hickson

Q. Richardson/Clark

J. Richardson/Reddick/Wafer

Nelson/Duhon/Hinrich

* ORL probably continues firesale by trading Nelson or Duhon to a title contender down the stretch

** This trade makes most sense if the do it early so they can get better picks in this draft (a very deep crop)

SAC

Hayes/Thompson/Whiteside

Smith/Greene

Williams/Salmons/Outlaw

Thornton/Garcia

Evans/Fredette/Thomas

ATL

Howard/Pachulia/Collins

Horford/I.Johnson

Turkoglu/McGrady/Stackhouse

J. Johnson/Green

Teague/Pargo/Sloan

I gave lots of details but don't get too bogged down by them. I think something like this could work. Get 'er done Sund!

[DrReality]

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Edited January 3, 2012 by DrReality

[AHF]

ATL gives: Josh Smith, Kirk Hinrich, Marvin Williams, unprotected 2012 1st rd pick, 2011 2nd round pick from PHX, unprotected 2013 1st rd pick

CBA issue.