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Western contenders are desperately trying to acquire bigger players to match the Lakers’ frontline of Bynum and Pau Gasol. The Spurs would love to figure out a way to land Detroit’s Rasheed Wallace or Sacramento’s Brad Miller, but they just don’t have the assets to make a deal. Nevertheless, the urgency for Western teams to get bigger at all costs diminishes now. With Bynum, the Lakers aren’t losing to anyone in the West. Without him, one GM said, “They’re still the best team in the West, but we can play them differently.”
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The soon to be 30-year-old Brand signed a five-year contract worth approximately $80 million in the offseason. With Brand clearly struggling to fit in to what Philly is doing, could now be the right time to try and trade him?
You have to believe Philly will at least look into that possibility given how much money they owe him. One suitor could be the Detroit Pistons, a team that has some expiring contracts to part with in Allen Iverson and Rasheed Wallace. A trade for Wallace would allow Sheed to return to his hometown of Philly, while a trade for Iverson would bring back one of the city's most beloved athletes (it's worth noting additional players would be necessary to make the salaries work in a deal for Iverson).
