ESPN NBA Insider 12/13/05: 아테스트를 얻는 방법.

[Duncan&Kidd홧팅]

Updated: Dec. 13, 2005, 5:36 PM ET

How can your team get Ron Artest?

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN Insider

론 아테스트가 트레이드되길 원하고, 인디애나 페이서스는 그의 요구를 실행할 것이라 말하고 있다.

하지만 현재 모든 사람들이 그가 블럭에 오를 것이라느 걸 아는 상태에서 래리 버드와 도니 웰시가 자신들의 올-스타 급 선수를 가지고 얻을 수 있는 것 무엇일까?

여기 아래에 44 개의 추론적인 트레이드 시나리오를 정리해봤다. 여기에는 다른 29 개 팀마다 적어도 하나의 시나리오가 있고, 모두가 샐러리 캡 룰에 적용된다. (두 개 정도의 경우는 베이스-이어 컴펜세이션 플레이어가 있고 브로커로서 제 3의 팀이 필요한 경우가 있다)
 
일단 각 팀마다 이번 시즌 6,842,105 달러를 버는 아테스트를 가능한한 싼 비용을 대고 얻어내려 노력할 것이라는 가정을 한다. 룰에 따르면 한 팀이 트레이드하려는 선수의 샐러리 총액은 다른 팀의 트레이드하려는 선수의 25 퍼센트 플러스 $100,000을 넘어서는 안된다.

각 트레이드 시나리오는 개연성 정도에 따라 척도를 매겼다. 1(일어나지 않을 가능성이 큼)에서 5(딱들어 맞음)까지, 페이서스와 딜을 나누는 다른 팀간의 잠재적인 흥미를 감안했다.

ATLANTA HAWKS

Al Harrington is a perfect match salary-wise, but the Hawks will likely hold onto him until it's closer to the trade deadline, then move him if they feel he'll leave as a free agent. For now, they could offer Tyronn Lue ($3.5 million) and Tony Delk ($2.925 million).

Plausibility rating (Harrington): 3
Plausibility rating (Lue/Delk): 1

BOSTON CELTICS

The chances are almost zilch that Danny Ainge would offer Paul Pierce ($13.8 million) for Artest and another player. Instead, the C's could combine Brian Scalabrine ($2.6 million), Dan Dickau ($2.25 million) and Marcus Banks ($1.724 million).

Plausibility rating (Pierce): 1
Plausibility rating (Scalabrine/Dickau/Banks): 1

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS

The second-year franchise is about $3.5 million below its salary cap of $37.1 million, so the Bobcats would not have to match Artest's salary. They could offer Jumaine Jones ($1.875 million) and Kareem Rush ($3 million).

Plausibility rating (Jones/Rush): 1

CHICAGO BULLS

Back in the days of Jerry Krause, they traded Artest and Brad Miller for Jalen Rose. To get Artest back, they could offer Tim Thomas ($13.975 million) and take Austin Croshere ($7.8 million).

Plausibility rating (Thomas): 3

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

Ron-Ron said he wouldn't mind being LeBron James' backup. Danny Ferry could offer Donyell Marshall ($4.8 million) or Eric Snow ($5.48 million) and a throw-in, but Ferry would more likely try to lump together Luke Jackson ($1.95 million), Sasha Pavlovic ($1.274 million) and Ira Newble ($2.95 million).

Plausibility rating (Marshall/Snow): 1
Plausibility rating (Jackson/Pavlovic/Newble): 1

DALLAS MAVERICKS

Plenty of possibilities, the most amenable of which (for Dallas) would be Keith Van Horn ($15.7 million) for Artest and Croshere, or a straight-up offer of Jerry Stackhouse ($8.37 million).

Plausibility rating (Various Mavs options): 4

DENVER NUGGETS

One player agent told Insider on Monday that the Nuggets were listening to offers for Kenyon Martin ($10.89 million). If Denver tried to get Artest at a cheaper price, an offer of Voshon Lenard ($3.5 million) and Nene ($3.04 million) would work.

Plausibility rating (Martin): 1
Plausibility rating (Lenard/Nene): 4

DETROIT PISTONS

They wouldn't dare bring in the player most people blame for igniting The Palace brawl last season, would they? Only if they could get him for Darko Milicic ($4.13 million) and Maurice Evans ($1.5 million).

Plausibility rating (Milicic/Evans): 2

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS

Artest could be a piece of the puzzle that would lock up a postseason berth for the Warriors, but would Chris Mullin be willing to part with a key reserve, Derek Fisher ($5.4 million), who's shooting nearly 50 percent from 3-point range?

Plausibility rating (Fisher): 2

HOUSTON ROCKETS

If Artest is looking for offensive freedom, he won't find it here behind Tracy McGrady. But Carroll Dawson could still try to get him on the cheap by offering Jon Barry ($1.8 million) and Moochie Norris ($4.2 million).

Plausibility rating (Barry/Norris): 1

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS

Artest could turn the Clippers from an upstart into a powerhouse, but would they part with Corey Maggette ($7 million)? More likely is an offer of Chris Wilcox ($2.8 million) and Zeljko Rebraca ($3 million).

Plausibility rating (Maggette): 3
Plausibility rating (Wilcox/Rebraca): 1

LOS ANGELES LAKERS

If they could get Artest for Kwame Brown ($7.5 million), they'd do it in a second. If they could get him for Devean George ($5 million) and Stanislav Medvedenko ($3 million), they'd do it in a nanosecond.

Plausibility rating (Brown): 1
Plausibility rating (George/Medvedenko): 2

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES

Jerry West reportedly tried to acquire Artest last season in exchange for Bonzi Wells. Indiana would probably trade Artest for Shane Battier ($4.9 million) and a throw-in, but West is not likely to make such an offer. But he might propose Brian Cardinal ($5.4 million) and a throw-in.

Plausibility rating (Battier): 3
Plausibility rating (Cardinal): 1

MIAMI HEAT

Indiana has always liked Antoine Walker ($6.88 million), who hasn't fit in all that well with his new team. If the Heat could acquire Artest, they'd have little need for James Posey ($5.9 million).

Plausibility rating (Walker): 4
Plausibility rating (Posey): 3

MILWAUKEE BUCKS

An offer of Bobby Simmons ($8 million) might get the job done, but general manager Larry Harris would first make a lowball offer of Joe Smith ($6.35 million) or a package of Dan Gadzuric ($4.75 million) and Jiri Welsch ($2.18 million).

Plausibility rating (Simmons): 2
Plausibility rating (Smith): 1
Plausibility rating (Gadzuric/Welsch): 2

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES

Could package a strong defender, Trenton Hassell ($4.35 million), with spare parts Mark Madsen ($2 million) and Nikoloz Tskitishvili ($745,000). A better offer would include Wally Szczerbiak ($10.5 million), but Indiana would have to send back another player.

Plausibility rating (Hassell/Madsen/Tskitishvili): 3
Plausibility rating (Szczerbiak): 2

NEW JERSEY NETS

Rod Thorn is trying to find a power forward, not a small forward, and Artest would have a hard time fitting in with Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter manning the two and three spots. But if the Nets would be willing to move Carter ($13.8 million) to shake up a team in a funk, they could take back Artest and Jeff Foster ($5 million).

Plausibility rating (Carter): 3

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS

Almost $6.5 million below the salary cap, the Hornets would not have to match salaries. Bostjan Nachbar ($2.5 million), Arvydas Macijauskas ($2.5 million) and Rasual Butler ($1.3 million) are all expendable.

Plausibility rating (Nachbar/Macijauskas/Butler): 3

NEW YORK KNICKS

This is the team Artest would prefer to play for, but the Pacers are loathe to make any deals with former coach and Bird adversary Isiah Thomas, who could offer Jamal Crawford ($6.48 million) or Quentin Richardson ($6.95 million).

Plausibility rating (Crawford or Richardson): 3

ORLANDO MAGIC

For a franchise going nowhere, an infusion of Artest might get the folks in central Florida interested again. Hedo Turkoglu ($5.4 million) and Stacey Augmon ($1.14 million) would help replace some of what Indiana will be losing.

Plausibility rating (Turkoglu/Augmon): 2

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS

Willie Green could be sent to Indiana in a sign-and-trade deal if the Pacers want to take a chance on his surgically repaired knee, and the Sixers could combine his salary with that of Kyle Korver ($3.63 million), who would be expendable if Artest came aboard.

Plausibility rating (Green/Korver): 4

PHOENIX SUNS

Raja Bell ($4.25 million) and Jim Jackson ($2.64 million) would work, and if Bryan Colangelo was willing to throw in Leandro Barbosa ($930,000), he might just be able to get a deal done.

Plausibility rating (Bell/Jackson/Barbosa): 3

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

Ruben Patterson ($6.35 million) will likely be traded somewhere sooner rather than later, but general manager John Nash is wary of bringing in any head cases -- a category in which Artest definitely qualifies.

Plausibility rating (Patterson): 1

SACRAMENTO KINGS

The trade that everyone seems to feel makes most sense would be a straight-up swap for Peja Stojakovic ($7.5 million), but the Kings insist there have been no discussions about trading him. They'd rather move Corliss Williamson ($6 million), Brian Skinner ($4.95 million) and/or Kenny Thomas ($6.5 million).

Plausibility rating (Stojakovic): 4
Plausibility rating (Williamson/Skinner/Thomas): 1

SAN ANTONIO SPURS

Another team awash in spare parts. Indiana has always liked Argentine center Fabricio Oberto ($2.35 million), who could be combined with Brent Barry ($4.7 million) to make the salaries match. But could coach Gregg Popovich live with Artest's act? Probably not.

Plausibility rating (Oberto/Barry): 1

SEATTLE SUPERSONICS

Vladimir Radmanovic ($3.17 million) has the right to veto any trade, and he'd give up his Bird rights if he accepted one. That leaves Danny Fortson ($6.2 million) and Ronald Murray ($895,000) as the best package the Sonics would likely care to offer.

Plausibility rating (Fortson/Murray): 1

TORONTO RAPTORS

Morris Peterson ($4.55 million) would be a fit for the Pacers, but GM Rob Babcock would first try to move the dreck (Eric Williams, $3.9 million; Aaron Williams, $3.38 million) he received in the Carter trade.

Plausibility rating (Peterson): 4
Plausibility rating (Williams/Williams): 1

UTAH JAZZ

Hard to imagine a worse pairing than Artest and coach Jerry Sloan, and the guess here is that Jazz owner Larry Miller would want no part of Artest -- even if the price was only Greg Ostertag ($4.4 million) or Matt Harpring ($5.02 million) and a throw-in.

Plausibility rating (Ostertag/Harpring): 1

WASHINGTON WIZARDS

Still kicking themselves for letting Larry Hughes get away, they'd gladly cut their losses with Antonio Daniels ($5 million). But they'd also have to include a small forward, either Jared Jeffries ($2.43 million) or Jarvis Hayes ($2.01 million).

Plausibility rating (Daniels and Jeffries or Hayes): 3

Chris Sheridan, a national NBA reporter for the past decade, covers the league for ESPN Insider. To e-mail Chris, click here.

[BGRANT44]

이분 딱히 최근의 리그 사정에 대해 잘 아시는 것같지 않네요. 그린하고 필라델피아는 계약을 안했는데요. 아니면 그정도로 아테스트의 돌출발언이 그의 가치를 깎았다고 생각하던지요

[Duncan&Kidd홧팅]

식서스 내용에 윌리 그린은 사인-앤-트레이드로 보낼 수 있다고 명시해놨기 때문에 문제는 안될 듯 합니다.

[BGRANT44]

안읽어봤네요.^^;; 선수만 Mark Stein씨는 너겟츠와 레이커스가 가장 적극적으로 아테스트를 원할 것이라고 말하고 있더군요.