>Considering they get hamstrung by JR most of the time cuz
>he's a cheap bastard and they focus intensely on 'character'
>guys, I'm not sure they know how to approach this.
>
>Since Deng and Booz are prolly out after this season, they
>should aggressively look to trade each now. But only for
>quality (young talent on cheap contracts, expiring deals or
>draft picks).
>
>I don't think they should trade Noah but if they can't get a
>competent back up for him, it might be worth exploring also.
>
>The goal should be to win less than 30 games and get a top
>7-10 pick with our own draft pick and hope Al Jeff lands the
>bobcats with a record between 10-15 so we get two great young
>talents at a very cheap rate (or possibly a package deal to
>move up).
>
>From there, you got about 35 mil coming off the books this
>summer (Kirk, Nazr Deng via contract expiration and Boozer via
>amnesty) and now you have about 27 mil to chase free agents
>(we're about 8mil over the cap). IF they trade deng and/or
>booz, the goal would be to not take back salary beyond this
>year unless it's a star player.
>
>Rose comes back next year with 1-2 star players next to him
>(maybe Milsap & Melo?), 1-2 top draft picks in a deep draft,
>Miriotic and we're ready to go.


I'm with it....