Another 3-team trade?

[Chaplin]

Pacers set to sign Brad Miller, trade him to Kings

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By Marc Stein
ESPN.com


Indiana, Sacramento and San Antonio are on the verge of a three-team trade that will send Brad Miller to the Kings, ESPN.com has learned. The deal would foil attempts by Utah and Denver to sign the free-agent center.

HERE'S THE DEAL (SO FAR)
Kings get: C Brad Miller
Pacers get: F/C Scot Pollard
Spurs get: G/F Hedo Turkoglu and G Ron Mercer

The deal calls for Indiana to sign Miller to a multiyear deal and ship him to the Kings, who consider him the ideal long-term replacement for Vlade Divac, the 35-year-old center entering the final year of his contract.

As part of the exchange, Indiana receive Scot Pollard as a replacement for Miller, after the Pacers determined that they couldn't absorb the luxury-tax implications of meeting Miller's money demands.

The trade will also send swingmen Hedo Turkoglu and Ron Mercer to the Spurs as potential replacements for free agent Stephen Jackson. Turkoglu and Mercer are both in the final year of their contracts, preserving San Antonio's salary-cap flexibility for next summer when it must re-sign Manu Ginobili. Jackson is seeking a long-term deal.

It's expected that at least one more player will be involved in the deal, likely going to Indiana, to satisfy salary-cap requirements.

 

[hcsilla]

That's a logical deal for all teams.

 

[King A]

don't the spurs have to lose some player. i mean they get mercer and turkoglu for nothing. that would be good tradin' else.

 

[fordronken]

Originally posted by King A
don't the spurs have to lose some player. i mean they get mercer and turkoglu for nothing. that would be good tradin' else.

No, because if you are far enough under the cap you can just absorb contracts. However, they do have to contribute something, which in this case will probably be a future first round draft pick.

 

[thegrahamcrackr]

it is a great move for them, becasue they get a one year fix....and a pretty good one with horry/mercer/hedo

They will be able to spend all their money next year, when more top tier FA's are out. This is a much much better alternative to overpaying whoever is left on the board.

 

[SirStefan32]

This is a great deal for the Kings (finding a replacement for Vlade) and for the Spurs (They will be able to re-sign Manu)
I am not sure what Indiana is thinking though.

 

[hcsilla]

Originally posted by SirStefan32

I am not sure what Indiana is thinking though.

They didn't want to lose simply Miller and they thought that Jeff Foster and Primoz Brezec is a bit weak C rotation even in the East.

 

[SirStefan32]

http://www.nba.com/pacers/news/news_trade_030724.html