1. I would try and facilitate this trade:
LAC trades: DeAndre Jordan/Lamar Odom, Chauncey Billups, Eric Bledsoe
LAC receives: Al Jefferson, Will Bynum, Utah 2013 1st Round pick
UTA trades: Al Jefferson, Raja Bell, Utah 2013 1st Round Pick, Utah 2014 2nd Round Pick
UTA receives: DeAndre Jordan/Lamar Odom, Chauncey Billups, Eric Bledsoe
DET trades: Will Bynum
DET receives: Raja Bell, Utah 2014 2nd Round Pick
I would rather take
2. I would try and make this deal:
UTA trades: Paul Millsap, Alec Burks
UTA receives: Eric Gordon
NOH trades: Eric Gordon
NOH receives: Paul Millsap, Alec Burks
3. Lock up Hayward and Favors with extensions this fall that pay them each between $8-10 million annually.
That would give us this line-up going into next season:
Bledsoe/GSW Pick (Burke?)
Gordon/Carroll/Murphy
Hayward/M. Williams/Caroll (resigned)
Favors/Evans
Kanter/Jordan?
I think by 2015, that is a top 3-4 team in the West barring injury. If we received Odom instead of Jordon, we would be about $5 million under the cap including capholds. You would hope that you could package Marvin Williams expiring deal with Jordan by the deadline to pick up a big ($15-16) million expiring deal. That would keep us in check financially when the Favors/Hayward extensions kick in.