My Donnie plan

[Zki41]

My plan involves Detroit signing Ben Gordon and Portland signing Hedo Turkoglu

1) Trade Dampier for Rip Hamilton straight up (Detroit needs a new center, and Gordon would essentially replace Hamilton who would not want to come off the bench. Dampier has his non-guaranteed contract as well, which helps Detroit in the summer of 2010 to add another coveted free agent).
2) Sign Gortat using MLE
3) Trade for Rudy Fernandez ($1 million contract - we could use any scraps we have for this as he is unhappy with Portland attempting to sign Turkoglu).
4) Utilize the Stackhouse contract with one of our current shooters swing men (Terry, Wright, etc.) for a wingmen/athletic defender type of player

[SeriousSummer]

Originally Posted by Zki41

My plan involves Detroit signing Ben Gordon and Portland signing Hedo Turkoglu

1) Trade Dampier for Rip Hamilton straight up (Detroit needs a new center, and Gordon would essentially replace Hamilton who would not want to come off the bench. Dampier has his non-guaranteed contract as well, which helps Detroit in the summer of 2010 to add another coveted free agent).
2) Sign Gortat using MLE
3) Trade for Rudy Fernandez ($1 million contract - we could use any scraps we have for this as he is unhappy with Portland attempting to sign Turkoglu).
4) Utilize the Stackhouse contract with one of our current shooters swing men (Terry, Wright, etc.) for a wingmen/athletic defender type of player

This is a pretty good plan, and not that far fetched. I'd be willing to put Terry into a deal, too, if necessary to get a swingman, since Fernandez is going to be your new sixth man.