Trading

Trade deadline is coming up pretty soon on February 19 I thought I’d give you a good way to come up with some trades that can work. Now the thing that most people miss when that propose a trade, because we’re all fans, is that they have to make the trade fair and make sense for both sides. Now you know I’m not plugged into the league, but I like to think that I come up with some good trades all season all. Here’s my secret I use the Trade Machine on espn.com. Here's the link http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/trademachine. It’s not gonna make us real GMs, but it sure is a fun diversion. Try it you’re self and see what you can come up with and for some motivation I’ll share some of my better trades with you.

*First trade
Phoenix Suns

Incoming Players
Mike Conley
Salary: $3,630,480 Years Remaining: 2PTS: 7.8 REB: 2.9 AST: 3.1 PER: 12.25
Outgoing Players: Leandro Barbosa
Memphis Grizzlies

Incoming Players
Leandro Barbosa
Salary: $6,100,000 Years Remaining: 3PTS: 11.9 REB: 2.5 AST: 1.8 PER: 16.38
Outgoing Players: Mike Conley

We all know how good Barbosa is he’s one of the fastest men in world, but he’s always gonna be the 6th man in Phoenix. This would let OJ Mayo move to the point and give Memphis a legit sg, plus they would still have Lowry as their backup point. Conley has really come on lately so he would be the backup to Nash that Phoenix has never had and then they would have a replacement for Nash that would know the system whenever Nash decides to leave. Plus Phoenix would save almost $3mil which I’m sure that would like.

*Second Trade
Toronto Raptors

Incoming Players
Shawn Marion
Salary: $17,810,000 Years Remaining: 1PTS: 12.0 REB: 8.9 AST: 1.8 PER: 16.08
Michael Beasley
Salary: $4,314,960 Years Remaining: 2PTS: 13.4 REB: 5.5 AST: 0.8 PER: 15.60
Outgoing Players: Jason Kapono, Chris Bosh
Miami Heat

Incoming Players
Jason Kapono
Salary: $5,784,480 Years Remaining: 2PTS: 8.0 REB: 1.9 AST: 1.7 PER: 8.99
Chris Bosh
Salary: $14,410,581 Years Remaining: 2PTS: 22.8 REB: 9.7 AST: 2.4 PER: 22.40
Outgoing Players: Shawn Marion, Michael Beasley



I really think this is a no brainer for Miami Bosh and Wade together would be awesome. There’s a very small group of players you wouldn’t trade for Chris Bosh. For Toronto I think you have to think about it like the Kevin Garnett trade you’re probably not going to get fair value for a player of that caliber, but if you can get a young PF like Michael Beasley and a lot of cap (probably a lot of that would go to resigning Marion) that seems like a better offer then they could get this year or next. If Bosh leaves for nothing it would be the worse thing ever for Toronto.

*3rd Trade
Phoenix Suns
Incoming Players
J.J. HicksonSalary: $1,329,480 Years Remaining: 2PTS: 4.6 REB: 2.7 AST: 0.2 PER: 15.04
Wally SzczerbiakSalary: $13,775,000 Years Remaining: 1PTS: 7.3 REB: 3.0 AST: 1.0 PER: 12.54Outgoing Players: Amare Stoudemire

Cleveland Cavaliers
Incoming Players
Amare StoudemireSalary: $15,070,550 Years Remaining: 3PTS: 20.8 REB: 8.2 AST: 2.0 PER: 20.16Outgoing Players: J.J. Hickson, Wally Szczerbiak

Cleveland would also give up two first round picks, but you can't put that into the trade machine. I really think this would give Cleveland a legit #2 option behind King James and would make them this years favs for the title. For Phoenix J.J. Hickson looks like he could be the real deal so he can step up now and replace some of Amare's production, plus I think Hickson will become a much better defender then Stoudemire in the near future. Wally has a great expiring deal which is what Phoenix is looking for and the though the two draft picks will be in the late first round you can still find a good player would drops or who came out too early at that point.

Now these were just three examples of what you can come up with this trade machine. Try it you’re self you wont be disappointed. I'll give my grades for all this seasons trades right after the deadline. Also, my midseason reviews for all teams come out this weekend.