Hawks Looking To Trade Josh Smith
Jun 15, 2009 4:05 PM EST
The Hawks have reportedly been working hard to find a taker for forward Josh Smith in recent weeks.
Atlanta is in a tough situation financially, as both Mike Bibby and Marvin Williams are free agents.
Smith has a history of disagreements with coach Mike Woodson, and would likely be coveted on the trade market.
However, there is a $6 million trade kicker attached to his contract, which could scare some teams off.
"You are going to see very few owners willing to do things like that anymore," one GM said. "I'm not saying he's impossible to trade. There are a few owners like Paul Allen, James Dolan, Mark Cuban and maybe Daniel Gilbert who would pay the money. But there aren't many."
How about Stack/Bass(S&T)/Cash to Atlanta Hawks for Josh Smith? Trade Josh Howard and Cash to Philadelphia for Andre Iguodala? How about trade Damp/Wright/Carroll/Cash to Phoenix Suns for Shaq? Re-sign Kidd? Use full MLE on Shawn Marion? It's time to right this ship Donnie and Cubes.
Roster:
Kidd?/Andre Iguodala?/Josh Smith?/Dirk/Shaq?
Barea/Jet/Singleton/Shawn Marion?/Hollins
Shan Foster/(Ty Lawson?/Johnny Flynn?/Eric Maynor?/Patrick Mills?/Rodrigue Beaubois?)
SWilliams/