Ray Allen Trade Proposal

I would pass on this trade

You guys are really down on Beasley and Johnson

and trade away a 1st rd pick in the process

I’m not sure it would even matter if Ridnour were included…I still think it’d be bad for Boston.

Beasley for Allen actually makes some sense, though if I were Boston, I’d ask for Beas, filler, and a protected 1st. Wes would be filler in any deal he gets dealt, so he could be moved in an Allen deal, it just wouldn’t count for anything other than salary and, in fact, would be detrimental due to his getting $$$ for 2012-13. They’d much rather have Brad Miller, who has a team option for next year.

Barring a magical turnaround for Beasley, he expiring salary is his best attribute. That’s conceivably up to aound $8 million a team could clear off their next year books (a guy at $6.8 this year, nearly $8 next year could be dealt for Beasley).

Because Allen’s deal is expiring, though, there’s no reason for Boston to simply trade for an expiring contract. They would need a future asset. Conceivably, Beasley is worth a look, as long as they can’t get a sure thing (1st rounder).

From the Wolves point of view, why get Ray Allen for this one year? As much as we’d like to have him, it’s really not going to matter this year. While it isn’t out of the realm of possibilities we make the playoffs, it’s very unlikely, and the chance of doing much is remote. Still, everyone after OKC is beatable, so never say never.

We didn’t have time this year to do anything, but it’s going to be an awful lot of fun to see what Adelman/Kahn adds and how they do it.

Wolves are committed to $48 million with

Keep: Love, Rubio, Williams, Darko, Barea, Pek, Wes, Luke, Wayne, Lee

Let go: Beasley, Randoph, Webster, Miller, Tolliver

That should give the Wolves $10-$12 million to work with, along with perhaps finding better fits than the salaries they’re committed to (e.g. trading Luke). They can maybe re-sign a guy like Tolliver, though I think he’ll get at least $3-4million. Clearly, when you look at this on Hoopshype you quickly recognize that we’re playing okay right now with the salaries we’re committed to next year.

Right now it seems we would be better off replacing Wes with anything that doesn’t hurt (and some things that do). But there is room for a $10 mil per year free agent, as well as a MLE, to go along with improving players (Love, Rubio, Williams, Lee, Pek) and a player who hasn’t even helped yet (Barea) and maybe a helpful re-signing (Tolliver). The improvement could be SUBSTANTIAL.

As for Wes, one key is to get anything you can for him, as opposed to letting him go (and having his salary space absorbed by current players down the line). I don’t know what that would be. Maybe an older player signed to someone’s MLE with multiple years left. We give up Wes’ expring next year for that guy that a rebuilding team had mistakenly signed when they thought they weren’t that far away.

He looks good tonight! Do u still think this is an unreasonable deal?

We have Martell Webster…

I don’t think we’re desperate to make a single move right now.