Get AzuGLUEke

by eelcova on Jun 14, 2009 4:10 AM PDT

I almost forgot it, but the Clippers had a pretty decent 'glue guy' signed last year in Kelenna Azubuike, before the W's matched his contract. If we want to bring him in (this time for real), and add some role players to boot, here's how i'd do it:

Step1: Clippers trade Camby and Ricky Davis (who won't opt out after a dismall season) tot the Nets for Yi, Dooling, Najera, Trenton Hassell and a 2010 draft pick (the highest among their own or Dallas's).

Step 2: Clippers trade Yi to the Warriors for Azubuike.

Why this deal works for all teams:

Clippers:Get rid of a malcontent Davis, clear the logjam up front and add hard working versatile veterans at the 1, 2 and 3 and Azubuike (=Pietrus 2.0). The Nets draft pick gives the Clippers 3 first rounders next year, thus enormous (trade) potential to move up or add depth. The Clippers trade in cap flexibilty in 2010 (which they hadn't in the first place) for a lot of flexability in 2011 (Z-BO, Dooling, Najera...)

Nets: Get rid of a couple of guys signed beyond 2010. This open the door for LeBron to join Devin Harris, Vince Carter (for 1 year), and Brook Lopez in Brooklyn. Yi hasn't proved to be a star in this league and is well worth to give up for the chance to get LeBron. Camby gives the a guy who can play alongside Lopez and learn him a thing or two about weak-side help (Lopez appears to have post defense down pat already).

Warriors: Add a player with huge markiting abillity in Chinatown who is also a Nelson type of player (a 7 footer who likes the 3). Azuibuike has been nice for them, but duplicates what Maggette and Stephen Jackson (can) bring them.

Thoughts?

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I think that Warriors would want

more then just Yi, and would probably want some salary compensation imo. If we could pull it off it would help a lot and then we get to talk about new nicknames for azi again.

In Gordon we trust

by bestclipfan on Jun 14, 2009 10:01 AM PDT reply actions

that trade....

….. is confusing and does not look good.

by Akram47 on Jun 14, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions

3 team trades are too complicated and Azubuike is not a glue guy

by andrewexd on Jun 14, 2009 11:35 AM PDT reply actions

at first i really liked this trade idea...

but there are a few things wrong. Yi has a team option for summer 2010, Dooling and Najera are both unguaranteed for 2010/2111 and Trenton Hassell expires in the summer 2010 but he has an eto for this summer. Therefore the nets would not do this trade for the cap space as you suggest. http://www.shamsports.com/content/pages/data/salaries/nets.jsp

the most likely trade for camby imo is

camby for prince: the clippers get a good small forward, clear some front court and get a guy whos contract expires in 2011. the pistons get a servicable veteran and can go shopping for a FA this summer or they can wait a year and only have less than 10 mill in committed sallary for 2010! wow!

by cantthinkofagoodname on Jun 14, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions

on more point

I don’t really think the clippers should do much of anything in the way of trades. What worries me most is the clips might end up taking the bobcats approach. The cats made trades for guys (with longer deals) with the hope of making the playoffs this year. That’s giving up future flexibility for s short-sighted goal.

by cantthinkofagoodname on Jun 14, 2009 2:14 PM PDT reply actions

trading for azubuike will be hard...

because he only has 1 year left on his deal guaranteed, the following year is a player option(which he may very well pass on). hes shown to be a very valuable player, especially for his contract size, but that just means that the warriors are going to want something in return(and i dont really buy that trade idea at the top). hes not worth giving up a 1st rounder for, but hes more valuable than a 2nd, so there lies the pickle. i dont see the warriors wanting anyone on our team except deandre, and frankly, i dont want to give up deandre for ANYBODY! so what do you do? who do you trade? WHAT do you trade? he seems like the perfect fit at the 2/3 but we might just have to wait till 2010 or 2011 to get him…

by krapper11 on Jun 14, 2009 2:56 PM PDT reply actions

Yi is in L.A.

I see him a few times a week at my gym so he could be here to do some workouts for teams considering the nets were very unhappy with what he gave them. or he could just like being in L.A for the summer

by masonjoussa on Jun 14, 2009 2:58 PM PDT reply actions