Daily Links 6/26

Draft Express:

That’s a tempting deal for Minny. Especially if they could swing Marion for some more cap relief and picks. Would Atlanta take Marion for picks and players? How about Chicago for #9 & Gordon maybe? If you’re Minny, you’ve got to consider that.

Getting a feeling that we’re going to trade down and take Spencer Hawes.

ESPN Draft Special going on right now… Ford, Katz, and others offering opinions on things. Seems like they know about as much as any of us!! Pretty fun to watch however…

I’m actually a fan of “today’s rumor” I’d much rather get Jermaine, while keeping Jefferson, than having KG with no Al on our roster. He would get paid about 8mill less than KG would, which means we would still have a sufficient amount of money to re-sign al, and bring in some other vets. About Jermaine whining…I’d be an unhappy camper if i went to work everyday, and my co-workers were Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson. Thats just me though. We can’t have the whole world, but Theo, Gerald, Sebastian, and #5 for Jermaine sounds like a great deal to me. Sebastian’s worn his welcome, Theo doesn’t play, we can find another Gerald, and i’d rather have Jermaine and Pierce then a #5 pick.

JO is very overrated. He is a soft player that wants to shoot jumpers. That may fit in with AL needing to be down on the block, but he was only an all-star because there have been no legitimate big men in the East for a long time. Very bad move to bring in a player who has fought with DA in the media. We have 3 options that make sense right now:

Go after Kirilenko hard with a package of the #5 and GG and a player like Gomes or West. (I’d hate to give up West but he would be a good replacement for Derek Fisher for them)

Hold tight to the team and add a good prospect at # 5.

Trade Paul Pierce and a player for a lottery pick and do this thing right.