Legitimate Trade with Utah

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Utah is sitting there with 2 first round picks, but their real need (pg) might not be addressed at 6. The 2 players they like (Chris Paul and Deron Williams) will be gone in the top 5 according to most mock drafts.

A couple of years ago Utah signed Jason Terry to a RFA contract which Atlanta matched, but obviously Sloane thinks Terry can be a PG on his team, or they would not have attempted to get him.

My proposed trade is Jason Terry and Keith Van Horn for #6 and Raul Lopez.

Utah gets a proven PG that they have already shown interest in and a good scorer, local guy in the last year of his deal. If things work out, they can always resign him to a cheaper deal. KVH would be comfortable being back in Utah.

Dallas gets Raul Lopez to provide some depth at PG (Harris would start and Daniels can play there as well) and with #6, we draft Channing Frye. He is in the mold of many of the young Centers in today's game like Amare. He is extremely athletic and a very good shot blocker.

If you think about it, the deal isn't terribly different than the one last year with Washington when we got the #5 pick used on Harris. It is doable for both teams and makes sense. Plus, for us it removes 1 very large salary and 1 big salary. Combine that with Bradley retiring and Finley's money coming off the luxury tax calculations if he is waived, our financial situation just gets better and better. The only question is if Utah is far enough below the cap to absorb Terry and KVH. It is close, we might have to take Harpring instead because his contract is bigger than Lopez's. If so, you can always move him in a seperate deal because he is in the last year of his deal and is a decent player.

The ESPN mock draft has them taking Frye, but their cap is already loaded in the front court positions with Boozer, Okur, and Kirlilenko.