by Spree#8 on Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:44 am
That kinda depends on what you'd expect back for him. I didn't mean we would get a franchise player or a package of all-stars for Brand's expiring contract, but we could get a good player and a couple of role players, something along those lines. No idea about possible scenarios and I don't really want to spend time thinking up something that's not happening anyway - the only thing that immediately comes to my mind is the Bynum deal. Like I already said, Orlando didn't want Iggy, so the three teams had to find someone who did and that happened to be Denver. Since the Magic are rebuilding, Brand would have been a great option for them, but he'd already been amnestied at the time. His contract was slightly bigger than Iguodala's, but we did take on J-Rich, so the deal might have worked without changing anything else. If we could have pulled that off, get Mr. Glass Knees without getting rid of Iggy, that would have truly made us a better team (in theory, of course - as it turns out).
Now we're pretty screwed, news is getting out that Bynum is possibly missing the entire season, so in the offseason we're facing a lose-lose situation. We can either give him that max and pay him $20M annually for sitting on the sidelines in a suit for most of the next 5 years or let him walk and gain nothing after investing so much in him.
By the way, we're somehow 7-4 after the first 11 games. That's pretty impressive actually, even though we haven't had the toughest of schedules so far. For a team that's built to utilize a bigman demanding double teams inside, but having a rotation of Kwame Brown, Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen at the center position, we're doing quite well. It's fascinating that all of the guys playing the center position for the 76ers are absolutely terrible and every one of them in his own, original way. Hawes is making me completely sick even more than usual, Lavoy has been a huge disappointment this year and looking more like that 50th pick than the great role player he was in this year's playoffs. And Kwame Brown is... well, Kwame Brown. Jrue is carrying this team and exceeding any reasonable expectations (he's even toned down his turnovers, 2.5 over the last 4 games) with some help from Thad and Richardson who's surprisingly solid. Oh, and it's nice to see Nick Young not playing like a total retard for a change.