Memphis / Lakers / Houston

3 way trade between Houston / Memphis / Lakers

Houston trades - Martin / Scola / Hill
Houston gets - Pau /

Memphis trades - Mayo
Memphis gets - Blake / Hill / 1st

Lakers trade - Pau / Blake / 1st
Lakers get - Mayo / Martin / Scola

Houston doesn't have to give up Dragic or Lowry and get's to keep them to play with Pau. A plan they originally intended before Stern effed everyone over. Houston gives up Martin and Scola, which is a fair trade for Pau and something they were willing to do before, minus giving up a PG. They trade Hill to Memphis because they are declining his option anyway (We can throw in some 2nd rounders to make them happy). We can give them Ebanks or any of our youth as well, but I don't think it would be necessary.

Memphis gets a solid backup PG behing Conley to add some depth for their playoff run. Blake will give them veteran experience off the bench and lead the team while Conley is sitting. Hill gives them an extra big behind Gasol and Randolph. Speights and Hill and backup PF/C is a solid big man rotation for them. They lose Mayo, but they never have been high on him anyway. Also they get 1 First Rounder which they said they wanted 1sts for the guy.

Lakers needed a PG for sure, but can you really turn this down if you are the Lakers. We get two top of the line perimeter scorers, which in IMO will mask the PG problem because both of these guys can create and play better defense then anything we have. The added scoring punch on the perimeter will open up things for Kobe, Pau and Bynum because it is one more person defenses can't forget about. Scola is a suitable replacement for Pau and a perfect compliment for Bynum. Who needs a PG when you can have Mayo / Kobe / Martin on the outside. A late game unit of Mayo / Martin / Kobe / Scola / Bynum is just downright deadly.


Mayo / Morris / Fisher
Kobe / Martin / Goudelock
Barnes / MWP / Ebanks / Kapono / Walton
Scola / Mcbobs / Caracter
Bynum / Murphy


Not to mention Mayo expires this year and would be great sign and trade, trade bait for a really good PG if need be.

Do it Mitch.

I like the idea, but Martin is wasted off the bench in such a limited roll. If they make this trade, they need to move some of the SFs and clear room for either Martin or Kobe to spend time there.

It's definitely a good problem to have and a better one then we are in right now. As for finding minutes for everyone, I'm glad I'm not the coach if the trade went down.

Losing Pau means we lose our backup Center as well. To fix that problem, I think it's a backup center by committee with Scola, Mcbobs, Caracter and Murphy all seeing minutes. Looking at the center position around the league there aren't too many teams with centers that would dominate our backups. (D12, Gasol, Hibbert come to mind).

As for SG/SF rotations, you would have Kobe, Martin, Barnes, MWP. This is where a good head coach who recognizes matchups comes in to play. Obviously vs. the Brons, Durants, Melo's you want Barnes and MWP out there, but vs. teams that don't have guys like that Martin and Kobe can get away with being on the court together. MWP can also play the backup 4 as well.

Depending on the matchup I could see something like 33 minutes both for Kobe / Martin and 15 both for MWP and Barnes. But with a backup center by committee, I can see MWP getting more run at the 4, which will leave more time to split between Kobe/Martin/Barnes.

All that and we haven't even gotten to Mayo yet.

I like that, don't think Memphis would tho,since they want mcbob so bad yell™

That would be a good trade as long as you aren't a Griz or Rocket fan.

Rockets were into Pau to pair with Nene. Doubt they're excited enough about Pau /Dally to make them move Martin, Scola and Hill..

I like it, do it mitch

O.J.Mayo is not a PG. He is shooting guard. Why we will need four back-up's for Kobe?
Mayo,Martin, Goudelock and JASON KAPONO.We need a true PG like Kyle Lowry or Rajon Rondo.