Or; Giving You An Idea Of How Ridiculous The Josh Smith Nets Trade Ideas Are
I’m notoriously bad with ESPN’s Trade Machine. Or maybe I’m really good. I honestly don’t know because I have a tendency to think that every potential rumored trade is ridiculous, lopsided, or just never going to happen. I second-guess everything constantly because I never believe it’s actually going down. That’s why when I heard the rumor that the Brooklyn Nets were making a hard push” for Josh Smith, I poo-poo’d it; how in the hell are they going to make that happen? They don’t have nearly the assets necessary, I argued. It’s just not possible.
But, this is the NBA. Weird trades and stupid signings happen all the time for reasons that remain unclear. I thought that Joe Johnson’s contract was untradable. I thought Rashard Lewis was untradable. I thought the Knicks would match up to a billion dollars for Jeremy Lin. I thought the Nets would never end up getting Dwight Howard… Okay, so I was right once. Point being, I always err on the side of trade caution, and so rarely come up with deals I’m comfortable with.
So in lieu of sitting at the Trade Machine for four hours trying to concoct a perfectly balanced three-team trade where everyone can go home ecstatic (I’ve done this before far more times than I care to admit), I decided to call on you, the amateur Mozarts, to put together your best Josh Smith trade proposals that end with Smith on the Brooklyn Nets. And you guys delivered: about fifty trade proposals in my twitter mentions in 15 minutes. I’ve highlighted a few that I think deserve comment in the following sections.
Now, I’d like to preface this by saying I personally think all of these are mildly ridiculous — especially the Wall of Shame, which I saved for last. But given my track record, that’s probably a good sign that Atlanta Hawks GM Danny Ferry considers at least one of them mildly plausible. This is where amazing happens, right?
