Andre Iguodala

[Kidd Karma]

Originally Posted by dalger

Brand would be such a gamble. He's averaging a whooping 12/5 in his last five games. Yet with that untradeable contract he would have to be a very important contributor, pretty much the center we want to replace Damp, and it wouldn't make sense to go for Bosh or any other big man with the DUST chip. Not really in favor of that scenario.

Key is Iggy, whatever Brand gives us is a bonus. In addition, Philly is an up and down team, Thaddeus Young is much better suited at their 4 spot than Brand is. They made a huge mistake in signing him. They were going one direction, and then the front office drops Brand on the team. Now they're starting Young. I wouldn't count on Brand for too much, just put him under the blocks to rebound. Any points would be a bonus.

[dalger]

Originally Posted by Kidd Karma

Key is Iggy, whatever Brand gives us is a bonus. In addition, Philly is an up and down team, Thaddeus Young is much better suited at their 4 spot than Brand is. They made a huge mistake in signing him. They were going one direction, and then the front office drops Brand on the team. Now they're starting Young. I wouldn't count on Brand for too much, just put him under the blocks to rebound. Any points would be a bonus.

...and pay $15+ million for it for years to come? Not that it's our money and we really don't need to concern ourselves with it as it's Cuban's money, but he would never give up Josh, Gooden and JJB to get Iggy and Brand for that kind of money, definitely not with the mindset that Iggy is worth taking on Brand's contract to then not even "count on Brand for too much". I honestly believe we can do better than that, and Dalembert would be one of those better options and maybe the only reasonable one with Philadelphia.

Originally Posted by sefant77

Philly doesnt take Carrolls 11/3 back just to unload Dalemberts 12/1.

It depends on what they want. If they want cap relief in order to go for free agents this summer, Dalembert's $12,2 million contract would be much more of a limitation than Carroll's $4,3 million contract because the difference would be on their payroll, not ours. That bigger contract could potentially lead to them not being able to make changes during the summer and wait until 2011 which might not be in their interest.