I was just reading Chad Ford’s “Most likely to be traded” column and that is could work for both teams… http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=294~2769~1703&teams=26~26~8&te=&cash=

Detriot gets their big time low-post scorer while Utah gets a shooting guard (which they don’t have), Kirelenko can move back to PF, and they get great value for Boozer when he could just walk away next summer. I KNOW I KNOW. Boozer wouldn’t be guaranteed to resign with us in the summer and Amir IS the next KG, but its a viable bigtime move to get a franchise player like Joe D wanted. Plus, we wouldn’t have to hear Boney bitch and moan about Rip for another year or two.

I also know that random “Big Trade Ideas” can be annoying but this one struck me. Sorry about that. And Amir wouldn’t have to be included.

To my knowledge Joe D. has never ever matched on free agent offer to a Pistons player.

He has given Maxiell a more than fair contract offer, especially when one ccnsiders that season ticket sales are way down in the league due to the economy. So my guess is that the MLE will not go up next year.

I seriously doubt that Maxiell will with the Pistons next year if he doesn’t sign by Oct 31st.

Of course this is just conjecture but since Matt thinks Maxiell will most assuredly return I thought it own fair to balance that opinion with an opposing point of view.

I think for Amir to get 20 mpg this year would be very good for him. That would be a 67% increase in mpg from last year and pretty good mpg for a guy that is still only 21 years old.

Mike, why do hate Maxiell so? Did he eat your baby?

Whose baby HASN’T Maxiell eaten at this point?

I don’t think Boozer’s going anywhere. Any team with cap room next year is acquiring it to make a run at 2010. This is illogical, of course, but it certainly reflects the mindset.

Utah has a championship caliber roster that is deep enough and young enough to stay atop the WC for 3-4 years. They would be making a big mistake were they to blow the whole thing up.

Jesse, the trade that you suggest is f-ing ridiculous. I wouldn’t trade Rip for Boozer, let alone throwing in Amir.

jb, that’s why you’re not running a pro franchise right now, either. Although, I would be skeptical of boozer because the hit and run he put on the cavs a couple of years back. Dude’s a top 20 player in the league. We’d have to change the palace address again if that trade went down.

boozer is in no way a “top 20 player.” besides what he pulled on the cavs (which in some sense i admire, because it screwed cleveland), he is a product of a system, and habitually disappears in the playoffs. he is probably the third or fourth best player on his team — not top 20 in the league.

boozer would give us a much needed presence in the paint. A guy who pulls in the type of numbers like boozer does is not merely a product of some system. I mean seriously the guy averaged 21.1pts 10.4 rebounds 2.9 assits 1.2 steals and 0.5 blocks per game last year. In the 2007 playoffs he increased his averages from the regualr season tied his carrer high 41. 41 points in a playoff game is not habitually disapeering. Boozer did “strugle” in the playoffs last year as defenses were geared to stop him. he still averaged 16 12 and 3 in the playoffs last year. last year rasheed averaged 13.2pts 6.4 rebs 1.6 asts. So please dont give me any crap about boozer not being an amazing player.

I don’t want boozer here, his face on 60" HD is bad enough when I catch the occasional jazz game as it is.

stork, really? 3rd or 4th best on his team? We clearly evaluate talent differently. I appreciate Jason’s use of stats to prove my point, too. In the league, at his position, I think he’s only behind Amare, Dirk, Duncan, KG, and maybe Bosh. And he’s hitting his prime right now, while dirk/kg/duncan are all past theirs. Anyways, the point was he would give us what we need in the post, and the trade for rip/amir would be a big win for the stones. Check our roaster and tell me who hasn’t disappeared in the playoffs the last 3 seasons.

gotta agree with jb on this. i couldn’t see giving up rip for boozer, and a top 20 player hahaha c’mon. i’ll take sheed all day over boozer at pf. we need a true center, kwame isn’t the answer