Possible Iguodala Trade, Whats your take?

by yar on Feb 6, 2010 8:12 PM PST

I was checking out the ESPN NBA trade machine, and I saw a couple Iggy trades that caught my eye.

I know the sixers are trying to free up cap space for this summer bonanza so a trade that eliminates nearly $40 million from next season's books is nothing to sneeze at. We could get rid of the salaries for Delembert and Iggy and get Shaq's $21 million expiring contract and perhaps some younger cheaper talent in return. Shaq obviously doesn't want to play for this team so I assume a buyout could be reached so he could return to the cavs for the rest of the season.

I know the cavs are really pushing all in to win it this year, so I've got to assume that they would be willing to toss out cash and draft picks if we were to make a trade like this. This much cap relief is really really big right now with the free agents available next year, so don't overlook that either.

What do you guys think? Something along these lines reasonable?

Feel free to post some alternate routes the sixers could go that you think are more reasonable.

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My take?

God I can’t wait until February 19th

by jemagee on Feb 6, 2010 8:49 PM PST reply actions

i dont like them

and i think theyre worse than the reported deals out there already.

seriously you have to be a Cavs/LeBron fan right? lets just give them all good players so they have a dynasty. i love lebron too, but this is just ridiculous.

by saveourbluths on Feb 7, 2010 8:52 AM PST reply actions

No.

Even if they dumped Iguodala and Sam for expiring, they would still have $)M + #1pick(3M) against the cap. So they would not be very far under the cap (maybe 8-9M.) Certainly not enough to lure an impact player. And who would want to play here?

The ONLY deals that make sense involve trading Iguodala + Brand, but that is very unlikely to be an option unless Cuban gets crazy.

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by tk76 on Feb 7, 2010 12:09 PM PST reply actions

I don’t see how any trade help the Sixers or makes them better. I understand why other teams are interested in Iguodala. That is all you really need to know to realize he shouldn’t be traded.

by RickoT on Feb 8, 2010 7:08 AM PST reply actions

Yes, it’s that simple because the NBA allows unlimited salary levels, has no penalties for going over any contract level and Comcast is willing to spend whatever it takes to win a championship.

by jemagee on Feb 8, 2010 7:43 AM PST up reply actions

Sure, you’re going to find a player that gives you more than Andre does for less money!

by RickoT on Feb 8, 2010 12:21 PM PST up reply actions

Ricky – some day you should do a little research on how the NBA works since you obviously don’t understand it and pay a little attention to what’s being reported in terms of who is being traded WITH Iguodala.

And pay attention to what other people write because you don’t seem to have a clue what anyone thinks

by jemagee on Feb 8, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions