Trade for Josh Smith
by Naismithball on Dec 4, 2011 5:58 PM PST
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PrintThe idea of making a trade for Josh Smith has been floating around the internet at various places. Smith is apparently unhappy in Atlanta. You'd be too if you were being booed at home.
I personally like Smith as a player. He's very athletic, a good defender, and a great shot blocker. A few years ago, when the Sixers had a chance to sign him, I was all for it. If we sent Lou Williams to the Hawks, he could make for an inexpensive replacement for Jamal Crawford. And the combination of Smith and Iguodala would be an exiting one for sure, and might just bring in some fan interest. (Imagine this guy and this guy on the same team) That, and keeping our young core of Holiday, Turner, Meeks and Young could make games exciting now, but also leave us with developing pieces for the future.
I'm thinking something like this:
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=6pu6u4b
Do you think a trade for Smith could and should be worked out by the Sixers? It wouldn't make them title contenders, but if the strategy is to field a competitive team now, he could at least help maybe get the team past the first round. What says you people?
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There’s no point to Young/Smith on the same roster, both are hybrid bigs. If it were Young/Lou for Atlanta, they might consider. Since, yes you lose Smith’s shotblocking but Young is that much better of a half-court player and is not the head case.
As for us, you’d do it for Smith’s upside in weak side shotblocking and overall athleticism and you’d take a gamble that Doug Collins can talk some sense into Josh Smith. Tell him to actually work on a post move, instead of a jumper. Kid’s got some under rated handles though, as I saw him in the playoffs posting some nice versatile numbers(which should appease the LB crowd).
I dislike Smith for the same reason I dislike Iguodala, both are one-dimensional, one-trick ponies who aren’t effective in the fast break. But combine the two and they’re perfect for a run-n-gun, defensive type of team. That might actually win something.
You can still pull off S/T’S right? Re-sign Thad to something like 8 mill per and ship him and Lou off. Lou showed(albeit one season) that he can be a starting point in this league. Young equally has shown upside. This might be the perfect trade for both parties.
I mean effective in the half-court*. Josh Smith and Andre Iguodala are two of the best fast break players in all of basketball. Having them both on the same team would make this roster dynamic defensively.
If we’re gonna be .500 or slightly above, might as well do it while entertaining us.
I’m in for the Young/Lou for Smith trade.
I thought you were done posting on this site? You gave my hopes up.
"I admire his competitiveness. As much as I admire it, I thought that he was trying too hard."- Eddie Jordan
Hey, I’m supporting making this a pro-Iguodala team. Few players are more synergetic with Iguodala than Smith.
by LeQuan Glover on Dec 4, 2011 7:36 PM PST up reply actions
He also brought up the trade idea that started this thread – 30 minutes before it was posted here – hence the deja vu comment earlier :)
My true name is Stormageddon Bazinga Jones
I actually read the post for the first time and, yeah, he really did copy everything Brian said.
"If Iguodala were a legitimate "true" 17 PPG scorer, we’d be a better team. When at least 8 of those points come off the fast break, his true offensive production is a reality: 8-11 PPG." - LeQuan Glover
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