totally crazy PHO/ORL proposal

[elindholm]

Orlando gets
Shawn Marion ($11.3 million, 2009)
Howard Eisley ($6.4 million, 2006)
#7 pick

Phoenix gets
Grant Hill ($14.5 million, 2007)
Drew Gooden ($3.2 million, 2006)
#1 pick

The Suns keep all of their cap space, except for the difference in salaries between the two draft picks.

Orlando might consider it if they're desperate to get out of Hill's contract. The Suns would have to take on that dead weight, but at least they have the space to do it and get rid of Eisley in the process. It's only three more years, and it's probably worth it to get Okafor. And there's always the chance that Hill could play again, or at least be retired and off the cap within two years (in time to extend Stoudemire).

If the Magic insisted on more, the Suns could include Cabarkapa or Jacobsen -- not that they improve the deal a whole lot.

 

[devilalum]

Orlando gets
Shawn Marion ($11.3 million, 2009)
Howard Eisley ($6.4 million, 2006)
#7 pick

Phoenix gets
Grant Hill ($14.5 million, 2007)
Drew Gooden ($3.2 million, 2006)
#1 pick

The Suns keep all of their cap space, except for the difference in salaries between the two draft picks.

Orlando might consider it if they're desperate to get out of Hill's contract. The Suns would have to take on that dead weight, but at least they have the space to do it and get rid of Eisley in the process. It's only three more years, and it's probably worth it to get Okafor. And there's always the chance that Hill could play again, or at least be retired and off the cap within two years (in time to extend Stoudemire).

If the Magic insisted on more, the Suns could include Cabarkapa or Jacobsen -- not that they improve the deal a whole lot.

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[slinslin]

Grant Hill's contract is just too bad. Maybe if you threw in TMac?

 

[elindholm]

Heh, good idea there devilalum! But I think my proposal is a bit more balanced. Hard to see the Magic doing it without Marion.

 

[elindholm]

Grant Hill's contract is just too bad.

It's about $8 million worse than Eisley's. So you imagine that you are paying those $8 million to Okafor instead.

 

[slinslin]

Hill makes 46M$ in the next 3 years. Eisley makes 15M$ in the next 2 years.

How do you figure the difference is 8M$?

 

[devilalum]

Heh, good idea there devilalum! But I think my proposal is a bit more balanced. Hard to see the Magic doing it without Marion.

If the Suns lose out on McGrady they'd better get creative.

 

[elindholm]

How do you figure the difference is 8M$?

Eight million per year. By the third year, Hill either will have contributed something or will be off the cap.

 

[devilalum]

This may have already been proposed but how about

Hill, Tmac, #1

for

Marion, Eisley, JJ and the #7

It may seem unbalanced but it saves Orlando a LOT of money.

 

[devilalum]

Okafor
Amare
Tmac
Free Agent(Bowen)
Barbosa...

 

[slinslin]

Okafor
Amare
Tmac
Free Agent(Bowen)
Barbosa...

That looks like a nice lineup.

Although I might do a Mcgrady, Hill for Marion, Eisley, Johnson as well because we can get a cheap SG or SF for the future at #7 to grow behind Hill who is ready to play some next season although nobody can say how durable he is and what he has left in the tank.

Orlando fans wouldn't give up on #1 just to get rid off Hill it looks like.

 

[Forrestham]

No way would I do a deal like this. Eisley does have some worth. He is just overpaid by 5 million. Darn he sure had a good agent

 

[JCSunsfan]

I'd do that deal Eric.

I don't think the Magic would, but its close enough they might. We keep our cap space, we get Okafor, we can let Zarko or JJ play the 3 while we go to FA to get a swing player (the easiest to pick up).

It frees up space for Orlando to try to fanagle to get Shaq back home.

Oh, and there is the outside chance that Grant Hill will actually play. If not, he retires, and you get hardship cap relief.

 

[George O'Brien]

Somebody, someday is going to deal for Hill. It is a huge gamble, but the idea is that he either gets healthy or is forced to retire and come off cap. The question is "when?"

I could almost imagine the Jazz doing something because they have an extreme amount of cap space. I can't really think the Suns would try.

 

[devilalum]

That looks like a nice lineup.


Orlando fans wouldn't give up on #1 just to get rid off Hill it looks like.

Look at what the Suns had to give up just to get rid of Penny.

 

[thegrahamcrackr]

Look at what the Suns had to give up just to get rid of Penny.

The suns DEFINITELY got the better end of the NY deal. Even if we do not get Kobe or TMac, I still feel very good about it.

 

[devilalum]

The suns DEFINITELY got the better end of the NY deal. Even if we do not get Kobe or TMac, I still feel very good about it.

Its worked out OK but we had to send Marbury to dump Penny and we had to take Eisley's crappy contract to boot.

Look at what the Suns had to give up to dump Googs. And his contract expired in a couple of months.

Getting the Magics #1 to take Hill as part of a deal is well within reason.