And here's why - Right now there are 11 teams who have now or will have a significant need for a PF this summer.
There are 4 decent PF's available in Free Agency this summer (Bosh, Amare, Boozer, Lee) and 4 decent PF prospects in the draft (Favors, Cousins, Davis, Monroe). These 8 players will effectively satisfy the PF need of the 8 most desperate teams for at least a year. There are some other PF's in the draft that might fit the need at PF (Aminu, Patterson, a few others). At least one of these guys will hit.
Which means that this summer only 2 teams will be remotely interested in trading for a PF. Right now there are 11 teams with PF being an open question mark and team need.
And of course I'm in the camp that doesn't believe Al is a building block, retards the team's development and is redundant with Pekovic.
Kahn should make these 5 offers right now and accept the first that responds:
Indiana: Granger for AlJeff (highly unlikely)
Charlotte: Gerald Wallace (and filler) for AlJeff (somewhat unlikely)
NJ: Simmons expiring contract and NJ's 1st pick for AlJeff (unlikely)
Bulls: Noah + bad contract (salmons or Hinrich) for AlJeff (feasible)
Wash: Miller's expiring contract and Wash 1st pick for AlJeff (feasible)
If no one bites, there is a little time to get creative with other offers. But I can't see Al bringing back anything near this value in the Summer.
Poll
Move Al?
Move Al Now! (21 votes)
Move Al this Summer (32 votes)
Move Al? Never! (29 votes)
82 total votes


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