We should orchestrate two separate trades ... one trade centered around Butler, and one trade centered around the DUST Chip. I think we should go for Joe Johnson and Iguodala. Butler can fill Iguodala's role in Philly and allow them to get some financial flexibility to rebuild ... best combo of talent and financial savings Philly could potentially get for Iggy if they are looking to move him.
Johnson and Iggy are both multi-faceted guard who both have been carrying their teams, but really should be the second best player on their team. Both players would benefit from Dirk's and each others presence. Defenses would be spread more thing so each player would probably shoot at a higher percentage. Also both are athletic and can defend to much better level than anyone we have had at SG in a long time. Johnson is a capable ball handler and has played point for the Hawks several time throughout their season. Getting him would allow us to rest Kidd and be able to play Beaubois alongside Johnson, either as SG or PG. We will have to bring Marion off the bench, but that just gives us a lot more versatility. We can have big line ups, like Johnson, Iggy, Marion, Dirk, Haywood ... or go smaller, with Kidd/Roddy, Johnson, Iggy, Marion, Dirk (or even smaller). Marion can stay fresh for when we really need his defensive specialty, and hopefully having less minutes can make him more efficient at getting garbage points.
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