SB Nation User Blog: dprodigy19

OT: Clippers trade Q-Rich to Minnesota for Telfair, Smith, Madsen

dprodigy19 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:39:40 -0000

OT: Clippers trade Q-Rich to Minnesota for Telfair, Smith, Madsen

A little surprising to me that Minny gave up talent just to get an expiring contract.

That said, Telfair on the move probably means Rubio this year.

The Bulls just re-signed Lindsey Hunter...something has to be going on (Hinrich)

dprodigy19 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:25:45 -0000

The Bulls just re-signed Lindsey Hunter...something has to be going on (Hinrich)

Call me crazy, but a team that already has their franchise PG in Derrick Rose (who played 45 MPG in the playoffs and 37 MPG in the regular season) that adds Jannero Pargo and Lindsey Hunter sure seems to have their PG rotation on lock.

Of course, we all know Captain Kirk can play off-guard, but it seems genuinely strange to push on the tax range (which they were before Hunter) with the plan of not playing Hinrich at his natural position at all.

Al Jefferson has a torn ACL

dprodigy19 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:29:28 -0000

Al Jefferson has a torn ACL

Poor guy- hate to see a player go down, especially a great one.

OT: J-Rich traded to Phoenix

dprodigy19 — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:16:44 -0000

AZcentral.com is reporting that the trade is J-Rich, Jared Dudley, and a 2010 2nd roudner for Raja Bell, Boris Diaw, and Sean Singletary

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2008/12/10/20081210sunstradeonline.html Here's the link

I for one am sort of shocked for both teams. A Nash/J-Rich backcourt will certainly be interesting, but the Suns' long-term big man depth is now much shakier, especially if you consider the possibility of Amare leaving in 2010 is very real.

As for our former compadre, I think Jason is in a better place. Phoenix is a nice city, and he gets to play with Mr. Nash for the next season and a half (at least), which should work very well.

OT: Homer Bailey for Jermaine Dye? (possible trade)

dprodigy19 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:08:16 -0000

OT: Homer Bailey for Jermaine Dye? (possible trade)

wtf mate?!

What would you give up for Rudy Gay?

dprodigy19 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:29:18 -0000

Hey all,

I'm a Warriors fan who is infatutated with the Blazers and reads this board consistently. It seems to me like consolodation needs to be in Portland's plans, as the Blazers already have a ton of talent but need another top-notch player to get them over the Lakers/Celtics short-term and long-term hump.

To me, Rudy Gay is that player.

He makes sense for Portland because he can score well, is improving as a defender, and is a pure 3, which helps when the 2 and 4 spots are pretty well sealed by Roy/Rudy and LaMarcus. The other huge benefit is that Rudy is still under contract for 2009, so if Mr. Allen wants to open his purse strings, it would be 100% possible to spend this year in free agency and then just retain all of the talent already on the team from there on out.

Basically, my question is what you guys (as fans of the team, I'm sure your take on the Blazers is different than mine) would be willing to give up to get him.

Here's my idea:
Channing Frye
Travis Outlaw
Martell Webster
Sergio Rodriguez
Rights to Petteri Koponen

for

Rudy Gay
Marko Jaric (or Antoine Walker or Darko)
Javaris Crittenton
Greg Buckner (has a $1 million buyout provision in his contract for next season)

Real GM Trade ID #4849166

The Blazers team
PG: Blake / Bayless / Crittenton (if they excercise the team options)
SG: Roy / Rudy / Jaric
SF: Rudy Gay / Batum
PF: LaMarcus / Ike / Randolph
C: Oden / Vanilla Gorilla
with enough cap space to land a guy like Okur (or another big man of his caliber) this offseason despite the new guys or just waiting until 2010, though the cap holds would become an issue because of the three amigos in the same draft class in Roy, Gay, and Aldridge.

Also, it would be totally possible to increase the trade to fit in Conley, probably by adding in Raef's heavily insured deal and this year's 1st and them tossing in Fatoine Walker.

Thoughts/criticisms/flames much appreciated, and I wish you the best of luck going forward.

An Idea: Cain for Prince and Sanchez for Phillips?

dprodigy19 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:50:41 -0000

Hey fellas,

Long-time lurker, first-time thread starter.

My basic thought is this: The Giants have done a fantastic job in the last few years of drafting pitching, and now is actually a surprisingly good time to move some of that for hitting that has some long-term potential and fit.

In terms of direction, there are a few things worth considering:

1. Catcher is taken care of, whether it's Buster or Sandoval (Buster, in all likelyhood)

2. One of the middle IF slots can go to whichever of the pups works out best of Burriss, Velez, and maybe Fransden.

3. Like it or not, Rowand has an OF spot locked up.

4. We need to fit Sandoval and Villalona in the long-term plans for the team.

5. I like Fred Lewis as a player on this team long-term

To me, this opens up two nice potential slots: 2B/SS and 1B/3B.
Intuitively, it would be better for our Giants to get a SS, but they simply don't come onto the market that often. As such, we can hope that Manny works as the SS for the next few years and get a 2B with my favorite target (by far) being Brandon Phillips. He is the type of guy that would help generate runs in a variety of ways, which is incredibly helpful for a team like the Giants. Despite having an off year, he was still in the top third of 2B's offensively and had the third-most steals. It is also nice that he has played 140+ games each of the three years he has played at his current level.

With the Reds' current situation, some combination centering on Mr. Sanchez could probably get the job done, and I think it would be 100% worth it for Phillips.

The second major challenge is to finally get a true cleanup hitter. While it would be nice to see a young'n take the spot, those guys are just too hard to find and the team cannot afford to wait around or overpay horrifically in the FA market for one. Prince Fielder has his issues, but he would be an amazing fit for the center of the Giants' order. Much has been made about how it would be best for the Giants' key power guy to be right-handed, and I agree that it could help, but I have zero doubt that Prince could hit it out into the Cove. What's more, he would become an instant fan favorite and let him forge a new identity (plus, the Bay Area is a great place to raise his kids).

Losing Cain in this trade would hurt, but the benefit of solidifying the order with a long-term fan favorite and big producer who plays every day makes the trade completely worthwhile.

Here's how I see that team shaking out over the next few years:
Position Players
1. Fred Lewis, LF
2. Brandon Phillips, 2B
3. Buster Posey, C
4. Prince Fielder, 1B
5. Angel Villalona, 3B
6. Aaron Rowand, CF
7. Nate Schierholtz, RF
8. Emmanuel Burriss, SS
Key bench guys: Pedro Sandoval (plays C for Posey, 1B for Prince, and 3B for Angel- lots of playing time), Connor Gillaspie, and Brandon Crawford (I love the kid)

Starting Rotation
The Franchise
Bridges of Madison Bumgarner
Tim Alderson
Zito
Henry Sosa (or one of the other pups)

Bullpen- Who knows by then, but there would be money to sink into it

As always, thoughts/criticisms/rants are greatly appreciated.

Accurate 2009 and 2010 Salary Estimations

dprodigy19 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:11:58 -0000

There have been a great deal of posts about the 2009 and 2010 offseasons, so I figured as a salary cap guy, I'd post the actual #'s for players along with some background.

If a number looks wrong, call me out on it and I'll either explain it or correct it.

NOTE: I put most of the work in for the 2010 stuff (in response to another thread), so if you're looking for explanations, look down a little bit and it should be there.

2009:
Maggette: $9,288,000
Monta: $10,450,000
Beans: $9,900,000
SJax: $7,650,000
Al Harrington: $10,027,875
B-Wright: $2,671,440
Marco: $1,547,640
Randolph: $1,776,240
Hendrix (estimate):$736,420
2009 1st rounder (I used the #12 pick): $1,968,120
2009 2nd rounder: $457,588
Foyle: $600k
Kosta may have some $ due for 2009-2010, but I just don't know

That's $57,073,323 for 11 players, and of course does not include Turiaf/Dooling or anyone else signed this offseason for a multi-year contract.

The cap should be around $62m next season, so that leaves around $14,965,685 under the luxury tax (and about $4.9m under the cap, which is the relevant number since the Warriors have no big pending FA's and thus no Bird rights).

2010:
Maggette is probably getting $8.6 this year to make the contract work, so with 8% raises, he’d be at $10,031,040.

Monta’s probably going to start at around $9.5m (5 years, $58m) with 10% raises. In the third year of that contract (2010-2011), he’d be making $11,495,000. It could be higher, of course.

Beans will probably be around 5 years, $54.9m, which would place his 2010-2011 salary at $10,890,000.

As such, those three combine to make $32,416,040.

Then we have the draft picks (slotted, and when not available, I used the value of the rookie contract from the same draft slot the year before):
Brandan Wright: $3,398,071
Marco Belinelli: $2,380,270
Anthony Randolph: $1,900,200
Richard Hendrix: Restricted Free Agent (typically sign a 2 year deal)
2009 1st rounder (I used the #12 pick): $1,968,120
2009 2nd rounder: $736,420
2010 1st rounder (I used the #14 pick): $1,660,367
2010 2nd rounder: $457,588

That’s $12,557,028 for draft picks.
Total, we’re at $44,917,076.

That doesn’t include a re-signed Hendrix or ANY players signed for that year (including Turiaf, who’d be around $3.8 if it’s frontloaded).

So basically, the Dubs would be at $45 mill with Monta, Beans, Maggette, the Slims, Marco, and the future draft picks.

Beyond that, it’s too much speculation, but keep in mind that there are still at least 5 roster spots to fill with those guys under contract.

Any rec's are greatly appreciated- just trying to spread the actual info instead of speculation.

Where the Warriors should go from here

dprodigy19 — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:50:34 -0000

Hey guys,

It's been a tough few days, but honestly this short-term pain and frustration can be turned into long-term success. First of all, the Warriors were not going to be title contenders in the short term, and the likely best that they could do considering the %!*@%@^ owner is a team in that vicious 2nd/3rd tier or Western Conference teams, which is now even more brutal.

As such, it's time to lick our wounds and make a smart battle plan for how to best come at this strong for the future. Here's how I'd do it:

Rule 1: Do not waste the money (see Fisher, Derek)

That said, what makes the most sense to me for this offseason is to make two front-loaded deals, which uses the available space now, makes teams less likely to match (though one of the two is a UFA), and opens up more money in the future:

1. Andre Iguodala- A very good player who is a natural fit next to Monta and also allows the Warriors to go after either a PG or SF long term since Monta/Iggy can be a SG/SF group (my preference) or a PG/SG duo. Something like 5 years, $65m frontloaded (so 15/14/13/12/11). You can frontload, though I do not know whether the max decreases are 5% or 10% per year (that offer relies on 10%).

2. Shaun Livingston. A real boom/bust guy who ideally would be a nasty, nasty backcourt mate with Monta. He has size, vision, and horrible injury problems. 3 years frontloaded totalling around $13m ($4.4/4.3/4.2 works), and it would be fantastic to have a 4th year team option on the end of that as a protection in case he works out really well.

Other than those two (and possibly Josh Smith or Okafor, though I assume both would be matched), it'd be better not to waste cap space this offseason long-term and either move it to next summer and try to slide Al/Jax (or both) for space in the 2009 offseason or just wait them out and spend in 2010 (Bosh!)

Theoretically, that team (with Monta/Beans getting $21m base combined with 10% raises) wouldn't have cap space for 2009 without getting Jackson and Harrington off (but would be luxury-tax safe at around $64m, considering cap increases).

Then, these would be their cap commitments going into the summer of 2010:
Monta/Beans: $25.41m
Iggy/Livingston: $17.2m
B-Wright and Marco: $5,778,341
Draftees (Randolph, Hendrix, 2009 1st- I used the #10 pick for a base), 2009 2nd, 2010 1st (I used #12 pick), and 2010 2nd: $8,000,980

That totals $56,389,321, which will be reasonable considering the cap increases for two more offseasons (2010 cap will be at $64.6m if $3m increases per year, which would be average).

So that team would have 12 players on roster (assuming all the picks work out) and a little less that $10m to work with, so it could be spent on one guy, or someone like Wright and/or Marco could be used in a S+T if necessary to get a stud like Bosh.

As always, thoughtful comments/criticisms are appreciated.

A possible Warriors trade (my idea)

dprodigy19 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:04:00 -0000

I'll explain the rationale for each team afterwards, but I'll post the trade first:

RealGM Trade ID #4682114

Warriors trade:
Baron
SJax
Al Harrington

Warriors receive:
Sheed
Odom
Ariza
Mihm

Why for the Warriors: move the bad contracts (and the potential bad contract for Baron), get back expiring players who make a ton of sense in the system.

Lakers trade:
Odom
Ariza
Mihm
Future pick

Lakers receive:
Chauncey
Steven Jackson
Amir Johnson

Why for the Lakers: They get a prototypical PG for the Triangle in Billups, a compelling (and clutch) SF in Jackson who is a killer on a top-level team, and a utility big in Amir.

Detroit trades:
Billups
Sheed
Amir Johnson

Detroit receives:
Baron
Al Harrington
LAL future pick

Why for the Pistons: They get younger and the guard rotation of Baron/Rip/Stuckey would destroy humanity.

Back to the Warriors:
2008/2009 Warriors:
PG: ??? (Shaun Livingston?) / CJ Watson
SG: Monta / CDR (1st rounder) / Marco Polo
SF: Odom / Ariza / CDR
PF: Sheed / Wright / [Filler]
C: Beans / Sheed / Wright / Hardin (2nd rounder)

2009/2010 Warriors:
PG: ??? / ????
SG: Monta / CDR / Marco
SF: CDR / ????
PF: Wright (Sheed?) /
C: Beans / Wright / Hardin

That team with the ability to sign or S+T Odom, Ariza, and Sheed, coupled with picks. Oh, and they'd have $30 million in cap room.