Rip Trades

[Mr. Oobir]

Rip Trades if NJ Falls Through

Rip Trades

Trades

[Black Dynamite]

Whoa OObir Sighting!

[Joe Asberry]

It remains to be seen whether the Cavaliers will revisit their attempt to take on Rip Hamilton's contract for a first-round pick around the draft, though multiple sources are skeptical such an arrangement would be palatable to the Pistons given the lockout concerns. Through a combination of games lost to a work stoppage and possible salary rollbacks, Detroit may wind up owing Hamilton far less than the $21.5 million Hamilton is guaranteed over the next two seasons. This is why, perhaps, Hamilton shouldn't have been so averse to accepting a low-percentage buyout from the Cavs; his refusal ultimately killed the trade that would've sent him to Cleveland for a future first-rounder. For the record, the Bulls would've had interest in exploring a Hamilton signing after he was bought out by Cleveland, though the scenario never got to the point of conversations between Chicago, Cleveland, and Hamilton's agent, Leon Rose.

[lospistones]

It looks like the Bulls would be pretty dominant with Rip at SG.

Would you guys do Rip for Brewer/Korver?
Stuckey/Bynum
Gordon/Brewer
Daye/Korver
Villanueva/Jerebko/Maxiell
Monroe/Wallace

Brewer's 26, Korver's 30, whereas Rip is 33. We get younger, get depth at two positions that will surprisingly need bodies (after Tay and McGrady walk), and both players are accustomed to being bench players (at least, they are on the Bulls). Two smaller contracts are easier to trade than one large one, and we receive less salary than we send out.
We'd have three picks in the draft to fill out the roster with. Who knows, maybe we'd even get their first-rounder out of them, which projects to be 29th overall.

They are:
Rose/Watson
Hamilton/Bogans
Deng
Boozer/Gibson
Noah/Asik

[Glenn]

Anybody know when Cleveland's TPE expires?

How about Rip + #8 pick for the #4 pick and the TPE?

[mercury]

Their TPE expires in July

[Timone]

We don't want your Detroit trash!

[Vinny]

Zekyl knows better than to talk to me like that.