LAL/ATL/CLE

[SportsFan215]

Lakers Get: J. Johnson/Gooden/Marshall
Lakers Give: K. Brown/Odom/Crittenton

Cavs Give: Gooden/Marshall/S. Brown/'08 First (Lottery Protected)
Cavs Get: Odom/S. Jones/Crittenton

Hawks Give: J. Johnson/S. Jones
Hawks Get: K. Brown/S. Brown/'08 First from Cavs (Lottery Protected)

Why for Lakers?
They get Joe Johnson who will turn into Kobe's Pippen. Also, Drew Gooden would be the perfect PF for the triangle offense. Donyell Marshall brings some more veteran leadership to a fairly young team.

Why for Cavs?
They get Lamar Odom, who will be a great complement to LeBron. He is extremely versatile, and creates matchup problems for other teams all the time, and he can play the 3 or 4. Shannon Brown isn't gtting any playing time, so they ship him off for a very good young PG prospect in Crittenton, who could backup Boobie and learn from Eric Snow. They get rid of Marshall's contract and get another young big man in Soloman Jones, who doesn't cost a lot.

Why for Hawks?
They realize that they need to start saving money to resign Josh Smith and Josh Childress in the offseason, so they could afford them and so they don't go elsewhere. Josh Childress would step into the starting SG job, and newly acquired Shannon Brown will back him up there. Shannon Brown is a guy that has tons of potential and can jump out of the building. I believe he will be a very good player if he can get some solid minutes. Also, the Hawks get a first round pick from the Cavs in a year that they weren't going to have a first rounder. Kwame Brown also brings some solid interior defense, along with his huge expiring contract.

Thoughts?

[loserX]

The Hawks are not going to give Joe Johnson away so they can sign Childress. That's ridiculous.

[loserX]

Oh, and needless to say, there's no way the Lakers ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER get a deal like that.

[tbhawksfan]

JJ for that

[Nolan]

Send Crittenten to the Hawks and maybe they will condsider this, but otherwise I really like this trade it adresses the Lakers and the Cavs needs.

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

Send Crittenten to the Hawks and maybe they will condsider this, but otherwise I really like this trade it adresses the Lakers and the Cavs needs.

Cavs get good value, yes, but Lakers get an insanely good trade. Hawks would NEVER consider this deal.

[dms269]

Send Crittenten to the Hawks and maybe they will condsider this, but otherwise I really like this trade it adresses the Lakers and the Cavs needs.

Still a no from Atlanta.

[SportsFan215]

The Lakers can add in their '08 first (Unprotected) and give Crittenton.

Lakers Get: Johnson/Gooden/Marshall
Lakers Give: K. Brown/Odom/Crittenton/'08 First (Unprotected)

Cavs Give: Gooden/Marshall/'08 First (Lottery Protected)
Cavs Get: Odom/S. Jones

Hawks Give: Johnson/S. Jones
Hawks Get: K. Brown/Crittenton/'08 First from Cavs (Lottery Protected)/'08 First from Lakers (Unprotected)

How about this?

[schaffy]

^ Still sucks for the Hawks. And LAL rapes.

[TonyMontana]

Oh, and needless to say, there's no way the Lakers ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER get a deal like that.

[SportsFan215]

OK another attempt that the Hawks will like more:

I added in Claxton for Chris Mihm. Claxton is doing absolutely nothing right now with his injury, plus he has a bad contract. Chris Mihm has a player option for next year for only 2.5 mil. This saves ATL even more money. LAL would need another center, but they could bring over Marc Gasol from overseas.

Lakers Get: Johnson/Gooden/Marshall/Claxton
Lakers Give: K. Brown/Odom/Crittenton/Mihm/'08 First (Unprotected)

Cavs Give: Gooden/Marshall/'08 First (Lottery Protected)
Cavs Get: Odom/S. Jones

Hawks Give: Johnson/S. Jones/Claxton
Hawks Get: K. Brown/Crittenton/Mihm/'08 First from Cavs (Lottery Protected)/'08 First from Lakers (Unprotected)

[LeQuitterNotMVP]

OK another attempt that the Hawks will like more:

I added in Claxton for Chris Mihm. Claxton is doing absolutely nothing right now with his injury, plus he has a bad contract. Chris Mihm has a player option for next year for only 2.5 mil. This saves ATL even more money. LAL would need another center, but they could bring over Marc Gasol from overseas.

Lakers Get: Johnson/Gooden/Marshall/Claxton
Lakers Give: K. Brown/Odom/Crittenton/Mihm/'08 First (Unprotected)

Cavs Give: Gooden/Marshall/'08 First (Lottery Protected)
Cavs Get: Odom/S. Jones

Hawks Give: Johnson/S. Jones/Claxton
Hawks Get: K. Brown/Crittenton/Mihm/'08 First from Cavs (Lottery Protected)/'08 First from Lakers (Unprotected)

Stop. You're not getting the Hawks' best player for Odom + sweetner, let alone Gooden also.

[niffoc4]

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Stop. You're not getting the Hawks' best player for Odom + sweetner, let alone Gooden also.

+1
MAYBE in February if the Hawks are out of the playoff hunt AND JJ requests a trade the Hawks would do that. Right now they are in the playoff race for the 1st time in like 10 years, are they really going to give that up to save money? I hope not.

[Harry10]

Hawks Give: J. Johnson/S. Jones
Hawks Get: K. Brown/S. Brown/'08 First from Cavs (Lottery Protected)

i think i'm going to be sick.

[Harry10]

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+1
MAYBE in February if the Hawks are out of the playoff hunt AND JJ requests a trade the Hawks would do that. Right now they are in the playoff race for the 1st time in like 10 years, are they really going to give that up to save money? I hope not.

yeah...... Hawks should totally do the trade, even though they are winning, because of something that hasn't happen, might happen.

i'm so angry, not because of the trade, but because of the stupidity

[niffoc4]

All I was saying was that if all of those things happened THEN it's possible the Hawks would consider at trade like that.

As it is right now they would destroy what fan base they have left tanking in a year where they are actually winning.