Can Danny?

Let me just get this out of the way so I can focus on the actual offseason. If I was in charge, I'd make these moves to create a young squad for the future.

 

Move #1: Paul Pierce for Chris Paul. I'm not sure how to make this work but I would go hard after Chris Paul. This kid is going to be a stud PG for years and those are impossible to find. Put the right cast around this kid and you have the catalyst for a championship team. While some people think this isn't enough for Pierce, I am already sold on Chris. I really don't think we could get much more from them. Maybe J.R. Smith who is in the doghouse. Pierce is great but I'm very nervous about the extension he is about to sign and personally, I don't think this group of talent that Ainge has collected works as a team.

 

Move #2: Al Jefferson and Delonte West for Josh Smith, Salim Stoudamire, future #1 pick: I think Josh Smith is going to be a superstar, and while I like West and Jefferson, I think both will pale in comparison to J-Smooth. This trade is admittedly very risky since we haven't seen the third year of Jefferson, and he will be better than he was this past season. The Hawks make this deal because West and Jefferson are good fits to their lineup. West is a good guard to use alongside Joe Johnson, who runs the offense. Jefferson is a legit PF and low post thread which the Hawks need. Marvin Williams moves to the 3. The hidden value in the deal is the future first round pick. It's the Hawks. They'll find new ways to be bad so this holds good value for the future.

 

Move #3: Three Way Deal with Portland and New York:
New York gets: Theo, Zach, Miles, Scalabrine
Portland gets: Franchise, Wally, Raef, Celtics #1
Boston gets: Rose, Skinner, Portland #1
(Assuming of course we don't win the lottery)
We get Aldridge, Thomas, or maybe Rudy Gay with the pick.
We dump all of our contracts and move up to the top of the draft. The Knicks get big names with big contracts which Isiah loves while Portland dumps the guys that have turned off their entire fan base and bring in some big name talent that will be at the end of their contracts when Telfair and Martell Webster are ready to take over. Also, Stevie Francis is a guy who would fill some seats in the Rose Garden.

 

Move #4: Dump Dickau for a second round pick I'd like to get a second round pick and take a flyer on Marcus Vinicius or another foreign prospect who we wouldn't bring over this season.

 

Free Agency : My first call would be to Lorenzen Wright. Ideally, we'd go after both Matt Harpring and Wright but we simply don't have the cap space for that. I'd take a look at an inexpensive big man (Lo Wright, Jarron Collins), and a shooter from the swingspots (Voshon Lenard, Rasual Butler, Eric Piatkowski). For the final spot on the roster I would just look for a young talent that we could hide in the D-league. Amir Johnson would be great but Joe Dumars is probably going to lock him up this offseason. This would leave us with a 15 man roster of:

 

C: Perkins/Lo Wright/Dwayne Jones
PF: Aldridge/Skinner/Gomes
SF: Smith/Allen/Amir Johnson
SG: Rose/Green/Butler
PG: Paul/Stoudamire/Orien Greene

 

Rose would be gone the next year and Gerald would take his spot in the starting lineup. Tony Allen would fill the backup 2-guard spot.