just a thought

[babyj42]

if the cats cannot resign oak then are we looking at a situation where we would get a joe johnson type deal... picks and a serviceable player... what would you rather have?

[dvdbumpus]

Really depends on the picks and the player....

If it was the Sonics unconditional 1st and one of their bigs - preferrably Wilcox or Collison. I'd consider it. Maybe trade Morrison as his value is highest there, and we could possibly get one of their high ceiling prospect big men, or maybe Ridnour to backup Felton, or even better a conditional 1st rounder in a later draft...I'd be happy getting that top 5 draft pick though...



The reason I consider it is because it gives us value in multiple spots. Big men in Wilcox, collison, etc; potential PG depth, and a high lottery pick in a deep draft that could get us Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose, Deandre Jordan or others that would be a great fit.

[twebb]

Good point with that morrison value. And also that would allow us to have two top 3 picks if the season ended now.

[Alex]

That Morrison value you're talking about might not matter if they pack it up for OK City.

[tamburello]

Joe Johnson type deal = Extension + sign and trade deal for a restricted free agent to a team under cap.

Firstly I wanted to remind this, because at the beginning I couldn't remember if J-Johnson was a restricted FA and that type of deal is technically possible. It is.

Sonics looks just like the Hawks of 2005. Emeka Okafor can help them in many ways. Hopefully we will tie Okafor, but if he wants to quit, or if we wouldn't want to give him the money he wants but Sonics would, demanding 1st round picks is sounds more logical than taking back expiring Wilcox. But they will understandably be reluctant to give away their potential top 3 pick. Nick Collison or Ridnour should be included in the deal. But I don't want to lose our keeper for money. I guess he'll understand his real value (he'll admit he's not Dwight Howard) and accept our 65 million offer, exactly same as we did this summer.

I cannot imagine another team instead of Sonics. It's better to wait the end of the season to see the situation more clearly.

[davcbow]

That Morrison value you're talking about might not matter if they pack it up for OK City.

Whats this about OK city?

[babyj42]

there are many rumors about the sonics moving to ok city and the morrison factor would lose it's luster if morrison was taken away from the pacific northwest

[ziggy]

I'm almost sure that I read somewhere that the OKC move was almost a done deal, but I can't dig up the link where I read that.

[spectre]

The owner of the Sonics has "officially" requested to relocate to OKC. The owners have to get together and either approve it or not.

There's also litigation going on by the City in trying to keep them there (they're under contract thru 2010 or 2011 I think)l which has yet to be resolved.

No done deal yet...but the wheels are in motion.

Because of NOLA's dismal showing at the box office there's a lot of rumors there as well. One is the Sonics stay in Seattle, Hornets move to OKC and the owners switch teams. Another is the Sonics going to OKC and the Hornets going to Seattle.

Kind of makes sense, as no doubt the NBA would be loathe to lose the Seattle market.

[Muttley]

Spectre, in any of these situations does the NBA lose George Shinn? Because that would probably be the best for everybody. Maybe Stern can trade him to Siberia or something.