would be awesome
The Jazz are looking for salary relief, and aren't going to get much more than that. I doubt Beasley will even be in the discussion.
Fair enough, so who do you think is most likely to be traded then?
Though Carlos Boozer wants to be traded to the Heat, Miami has put the issue on hold, at least for now.
``We listen to all inquiries but there is nothing going on,'' Heat president Pat Riley said Tuesday about Boozer, his first public statement since June.
Contrary to an Internet report, there was no discussion with Memphis about a deal that would send Udonis Haslem to Utah, Boozer to Miami and Dorell Wright to the Grizzlies. The Heat likes Boozer -- his skill set and expiring contract are appealing - and might pursue a trade eventually, but the priority now is waiting on free agent Lamar Odom's decision.
The Heat believes Odom is still strongly considering Miami's five-year, $34 million offer, though many consider the Lakers the front-runner to retain him because they can offer more money.
If Odom signs with Miami and if Dwyane Wade re-signs by next summer, the Heat would need to trim salary eventually in order to have room to sign a second maximum salary free agent in 2010 (such as Chris Bosh). That could be done by buying out James Jones next summer, not picking up the 2010-11 option on Daequan Cook or trading one of its two 2010 first-round draft picks.
"I'm optimistic that he'll be back," Bryant said Wednesday at a news conference in Singapore as part of a six-country Asian tour. "He makes us a much, much stronger team."
Listen to Pat Riley and Dwyane Wade, the Heat’s two biggest recruiters and the men most responsible for shaping the team’s future. Miami wants Lakers forward Lamar Odom.
On Tuesday afternoon Wade said, “I think Lamar right now is our big focus. We want to make sure ultimately we get Lamar, and go from there.”
Riley issued a statement Tuesday evening about Utah forward Carlos Boozer, and it said, “We listen to all inquiries, but there is nothing going on.”
That seems to be backed up by Utah. It turns out that mutual agreement to trade Boozer (which Boozer said exists) doesn’t exist.
Lamar Odom reportedly is leaning toward accepting the Miami Heat’s contract offer and leaving the Los Angeles Lakers.
“It’s close, but it’s not done,” a source told Yahoo sports.
Lakers officials and Odom’s representatives resumed talking after a weeklong standoff that started when the team withdrew a four-year, $36 million offer that guaranteed $30 million.
http://twitpic.com/bx8ft the beginning..look who's jersey is waitn for them in mia(no 7)