Currently the only teams that can make trades are the ones not in the playoffs. Thus, I've been perusing the other lottery team's rosters to see who we could potentially target.

 

Premise: Love is only potentially traded for a superstar +, everyone else is trade-able, especially Darko, Flynn, Pekovic and the pieces that might actually net us something A.R., Tolliver, Beasley, Ridnour and Rubio. Since I don't think a deal for a superstar will happen I'm looking for more average players that we could more realistically land.

Premise #2: Between Love, A.R, Tolliver and Bealey we are set at the 4 and should not trade for any PFs.

Premise #3: Between Wes, Webster and Beasley we are set at the #3 and trading for SFs is not a priority.

Premise #4: Who knows if Rubio will be here next year; he has had a couple of rough years so dealing him might be possible but is not a high priority unless we land Irving.

Premise #5: My general rule for inclusion is WP48 >= 0.100 and MP >= 1000 though this is not a hard and fast rule.

Reminder: PER of 15 is an average player, WP48 of .100 is an average player.

I've only listed first round picks here.

Team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Record: 19-63
Projected Draft Picks: #2, #8 (from LAC)

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Ramon Sessions	PG	19.0	0.189	0.099	$3,964,320	2 years
Anderson Varejao	C	15.2	0.172	0.105	$7,281,818	4 years
Alonzo Gee	SG	11.1	0.119	0.052	$641,141	1 years

 

Notable exclusions: Baron Davis (salary),

Personal Synopsis:

-Ramon has already played for us and I'd rather have one of Irving/Ridnour and Luke is a serviceable backup.
-Varejao is an intriguing target based on his defensive presence and reasonable salary.
-Gee was not nearly as good in aditional minutes in 2010 as he was his rookie year (only 118mp) and has also been signed and waived by us once already. He would not be a target for me so much as maybe someone I might try to get tacked onto a Varejo trade for a second look.

 

 

Team: Toronto Raptors
Record: 22-60
Projected Draft Picks:#3

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Jose Calderon	PG	16.3	0.193	0.85	$9,000,000	2 years

 

Notable exclusions: Amir Johnson (position), Ed Davis(position), Reggie Evans(position), Joey Dorsey(position), Julian Wright(position), Demar DeRozan (-0.001 WP/48), Jamario Moon (position).

 

 

Personal Synopsis:I can't say I want Calderon enough to bother....

 

 

Team: Washington Wizards
Record: 23-59
Projected Draft Picks:#4, #18 (from Atalanta)

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
JaVale McGee	C	17.4	0.159	0.115	$1,601,040	1 years

 

Notable exclusions: John Wall (not a realistic trade target), Rashard Lewis (position), Othyus Jeffers (tiny sample size ), Trevor Booker (position, espn for some reason lists him as a C)

 

Personal Synopsis:

- Since he's on his rookie salaries I would love to take McGee off their hands, and they have need at SF but I highly doubt they bite.

 

 

Team: Sacrament Kings
Record: 24-58
Projected Draft Picks:#5

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Beno Udrih	PG	15.7	.144	0.126	$6,478,600	2 years
Samuel Dalembert	C	14.1	0.140	0.072	$13,428,129	0 year
Marcus Thornton	SG	18.2	0.157	0.123	$762,195	0 year
Jason Thompson	C	13.6	0.085	0.079	$2,178,000	1 years

 

Notable exclusions: Omri Casspi(position)

Personal Synopsis:

-Dalembert costs way too much
-I would give Thompson a look just to save money on some of our guys though he hasn't yet shown the defensive acumen that I would like he has a decent TS, low usage% and low TO%
-Thorton would be a reasonable target but I'm not sure what we'd give for him.
-No thanks on Udrih unless it's just to make salaries match.

 

 

Team: New Jersey Nets
Record: 24 - 58
Projected Draft Picks:#27 (traded #6 in D. Williams aquisition)

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Sundiata Gaines	PG	15.3		0.046		0 years

 

Notable exclusions: Kris Humphries (position), Deron Williams (untradable), Ben Uzoh (minimal minutes), Damion James (Position), Brandan Wright (position)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-Since Gaines isn't actually signed by them and we've all seen what he can do I don't think there are any real candidates here.

 

 

Team: Detroit Pistons
Record: 30-52
Projected Draft Picks:#7

Notable Players:

 

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Greg Monroe	PF/C	18	0.169	0.143	$2,798,040	3 year
Tracy McGrady	SG	14.9	0.185	0.061	$854,389	FA
Rodney Stuckey	SG	18.4	0.098	0.111	$2,767,126	FA
Ben Wallace	C	12.3	0.158	0.072	$2,080,000	1 year
Tayshaun Prince	SF	15.1	0.068	0.062	$11,148,760	UFA

 

Notable exclusions: Chris Wilcox (position)

I left Prince in despite position just due to the amount of clamoring for him that went on last year. I think he's over the hill but could see him being useful if we move 2 of Wes, Webster, Beasley.

 

Personal Synopsis:

-I would love to have Stuckey on our team, he's got handles and a 2 year $17mil contract might be ok.

 

 

Team: LA Clippers
Record: 30-52
Projected Draft Picks: none (dealt to Cleveland)

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
DeAndre Jordan	C	14.8	0.147	.122	$854,389	FA
Eric Gordon	SG	18.5	0.105	.120	$3,016,680	1 year
Eric Bledsoe	PG	10.8	0.052	.008	$1,485,000	3 years

 

Notable exclusions: Blake Griffin,

 

Personal Synopsis:

-Throwing money at D. Jordan is ok with me.
-I'm not sure why I listed Bledsoe but he was just a huge step down from B. Davis. 

 

 

Team: Charlotte Bobcats
Record:  34-50
Projected Draft Picks: 9, 19 (from NO)

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
D.J. Augustin	PG	15.9	0.098	.108	$2,540,000	1 year
Gerald Henderson	SG	13.2	0.85	.068	$2,103,840	2 years

 

Notable exclusions: Wallace (traded to Portland)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-I'd take either of the two listed just to balance our roster, they're also cheap.

 

 

Team: Milwaukee Bucks
Record:  35-49
Projected Draft Picks: #10

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Andrew Bogut	C	16.7	0.189	0.112	$11,000,000	3 years
John Salmons	SG	12.8	0.089	0.081	$8,000,000	4 years
Brandon Jennings	PG	15.6	0.090	0.086	$2,331,120	2 years

 

 

Notable exclusions: Corey Maggette (low WP48), Carlos Delfino (position), Luc Mbah a Moute (position), Ersan Ilyasova(position)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-It would take quite a coup to score Bogut or Jennings (I prefer Bogut) and considering his age and contract length, I'm not sold on getting Salmons though that may be the best we can do.

 

 

Team: Golden State Warriors
Record:  36-46
Projected Draft Picks: #11

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Stephen Curry	PG	19.4	0.163	0.128	$2,913,840	2 years
Monta Ellis	SG	18.6	0.087	0.089	$11,000,000	3 years
Andris Biedrins	C	12.1	0.108	0.088	$9,000,000	3 years

 

Notable exclusions: Dorell Wright (position), David Lee (position), Reggie Williams (position), Jeremy Lin (small sample size)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-I'm not a big fan of Biedrins defense but he's better than any of our C
-I would go for either Curry or Ellis if GS wants to move them provided we keep Love.

 

 

Team: Utah Jazz
Record:  39-43
Projected Draft Picks: #12, #6

Notable Players:

Name

Position

PER

WP48

WS48

contract$

contract length

 

Notable exclusions: Deron Williams (dealt to NJN), Paul Millsap (position), Al Jefferson (....), Andrei Kirilenko (position), Jeremy Evans (only 463 minutes), Derrick Favors (position),

 

Personal Synopsis:
-I thought we had a glut of PFs.

 

 

Team: Phoenix Suns
Record:  40-42
Projected Draft Picks: #13

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Steve Nash	PG	20.8	0.283	0.153	$10,310,938	1 year
Macin Gortat	C	18.8	0.222	0.151	$6,322,320	3 years
Josh Childress	SG	13.0	0.170	0.076	$6,500,000	4 years
Robin Lopez	C	13.9	-0.080	0.074

 

Notable exclusions: Grant Hill (position), Jared Dudley (position), Jason Richardson  (position)

 

Personal Synopsis:
-WP/48 hates Lopez and I think Gortat is better (and at a great rate) but I would trade for Robin.

 

 

Team: Houston Rockets
Record:  43-39
Projected Draft Picks: #14, #23

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Kyle Lowry	PG	16.5	0.169	0.130	$5,750,000	3 years
Chuck Hayes	C	16.2	0.187	0.146	1,972,500	FA
Kevin Martin	SG	18.9	0.135	0.175	$10,600,005	2 years

 

Notable exclusions: Shane Battier (position), Pattrick Patterson (position)

 

Personal Synopsis:
-Hayes at $5mil/year or less ... not a good matchup again LA but the man gets stops.
-Kevin Martin is an efficiency machine
-Lowry gets a decided Meh... I would deal for him only if we dump salary at least stay salary neutral.

 

 

 

 

Team: Indiana Pacers
Record:  37-44
Projected Draft Picks:15

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Darren Collison	PG	15.6	0.102	0.087	1,361,040	2 years
Jeff Foster	C	14.3	0.239	0.152	$6,655,000	FA
Paul George	SG/SF	13	0.128	0.091	$2,238,360	3 years
Brandon Rush	SG	10.6	0.088	0.070	$2,069,040	1 year
Roy Hibbert	C	15.9	0.041	0.077	$1,685,280	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: Mike Dunleavey, Josh McRoberts, Danny Granger,

 

Personal Synopsis:

-Foster would be a decent vet to add since he has shown an ability to play 20 quality minutes a night.
-I doubt we can get our hands on Collison
-Doesn't it burn that we could have had George (essentially) for Flynn last year?
-In short the Pacers core is solid and I doubt we can secure any of them with our poor chips though I would give serious thought to Rubio + 20th pick for Collison + George  though It all depends on what the league thinks of Ricky.

 

 

 

Team: Philadelphia 76ers
Record:  41-41
Projected Draft Picks:16

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Andre Iguodala	SG	17.3	0.228	.130	$12,345,250	3 years
Elton Brand	PF	18.5	0.146	.161	$15,959,099	2 years
Jrue Holiday	PG	15.4	0.129	0.094	$1,627,920	2 years
Jodie Meeks	G	12.6	0.098	.120	$762,195	1 year
Evan Turner	SG	10.8	0.112	0.060	$4,602,720	3 years

 

Notable exclusions: Thaddeus Young,

 

Personal Synopsis:

-Brand left in just because while his contract is huge, highlighting how good he was this year makes a deal involving him slightly more palatable (if only we didn't have K. Love).
-I would let Meeks start at SG on our team...
-Wes for Turner? They need shooters, we need handles.

 

 

 

Team: New York Knicks
Record:  42-40
Projected Draft Picks:17

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Landry Fields	SG	13.5	0.273	.100	$473,604	1 year
Chauncey Billups	PG	19.1	0.134	.155	$13,150,000	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony, Shelden Williams, Derrick Brown (minutes)

 

Personal Synopsis:
-They had a great find with Landry, Billups isn't worth landing at this point.

 

 

 

 

Team: New Orleans Hornets
Record:  46-36
Projected Draft Picks:none, sent to Bobcats

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Chris Paul	PG	23.7	0.358	.232	$14,940,153	2 years
Emeka Okafor	C	16.0	0.168	.136	$11,495,000	3 years
Aaron Gray	C	11.0	0.104	.100	$1,028,840	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: David West, Trevor Ariza (wp48 too low and position)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-In our never ending search for a center, Gray is at least better than what we have though I wouldn't give up much for him.
-CP3 is amazing he took a team of scrubs that are only slightly better than ours and won two playoff games.

 

 

 

Team: Portland Trailblazers
Record:  48-34
Projected Draft Picks:21

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Andre Miller	PG	17.8	.190	.127	$7,269,264	1 year
Wesley Matthews	SG/SF	15.5	.112	.126	$5,765,000	4 years
Rudy Fernandez	SG	13.4	.112	.100	$1,246,680	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: Marcus Camby, LaMarcus Aldridge, Gerald Wallace, Nicolas Batum

 

Personal Synopsis:

-yes, yes yes... lots of good players and we traded for Webster.

 

 

 

Team: Denver Nuggetz
Record:  50-32
Projected Draft Picks:22

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Nene Hillario	C	20.4	.200	.201	$11,360,000	1 year
Ty Lawson	PG	17.9	.188	.153	$1,546,560	2 years
JR Smith	SG	16.4	.175	.121	$6,757,851	FA
Arron Afflalo	SG	13.6	.147	.128	$1,959,577	FA
Chris Andersen	C	19.0	.253	.207	$4,533,300	3 years
Raymond Felton	PG	14.7	.152	.097	$7,000,000	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: Kenyon Martin, Dannilo Gallinari, Kosta Koufos(.141 wp48 but only 98 minutes but -.096wp48 in 336 min with us)

 

Personal Synopsis:

-This is a team loaded with talent, if we can get any of it, please do. Specifically I want one of their SGs and slightly prefer Afflalo.

 

 

Team: Orlando magic
Record:  52-30
Projected Draft Picks:None (rockets own the 23rd)

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Dwight Howard	C	26	.382	.236	$16,647,180	2 years
Jameer Nelson	PG	15.4	.120	.137	$7,800,000	2 years
Jason Richardson	SG	13.2	.109	.126	$14,444,443	FA
Brandon Bass	PF/C	15.9	.101	.154	$4,000,000	2 years
J.J. Redick	SG	12.8	.102	.143	$7,250,000	2 years
Quentin Richardson	SG	8	.117	.068	$2,265,000	3 years

 

Notable exclusions:

Hedo Turkoglu, Ryan Anderson

 

Personal Synopsis:

 

 

 

 

Team: San Antonio Spurs
Record:  61-21
Projected Draft Picks:29

Notable Players:

Name	Position	PER	WP48	WS48	contract$	contract length
Tim Duncan	PF/C	21.9	.260	.171	$18,835,381	1 year
Manu Ginobli	SG	21.7	.225	.195	$11,854,584	2 years
Tony Parker	PG	20.4	.165	.156	$13,500,000	4 years
DeJuan Blair	PF/C	17.1	.179	.132	$918,000	2 years
George Hill	PG	14.6	.099	.136	$854,389	1 year
Tiago Splitter	C	16	.093	.149	$3,400,000	1 year

 

Notable exclusions: Antonio McDyess, Richard Jefferson

 

Personal Synopsis:
-I don't want any of their big 3 unless they're a throw in in a 3 way trade to get someone else. I'm also not high on hill but would gladly take Splitter over Pek/Darko.

 

 

 

 

 

 

References:
http://www.basketball-reference.com
http://www.wagesofwins.com/AllTeamsPlayersRank2010-11.html
espn.com

For some reason PER on basketball-reference and espn does not always agree, I have listed the values from basketball-reference.com.

 

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