So we're pretty sure the Gortat rumor is totally bogus, because Bradley + Melo = 2.8 mil and GOrtat makes 7.7 mil. Even if you included Sully it doesn't work. Even if you included Kris Joseph (is that scrub still on this team?) it doesn't work.
Probably a fake rumor. We can't really make a run at a big man like Josh Smith, Gortat and Big Al until Dec 15th and Jan 15th when our players like Bass, Melo, Jeff Green, and Lee become tradeable.
Here's my question for you though... can you include players in complicated sign-and-trades? Now that Darko is gone, don't we technically have a roster spot? Is this totally against the rules... or don't we technically have teh ability to re-sign Keyon Dooling (he'd do it just for some free money) and then include him with some players (Bradley, Melo, sully) to make it work? Then Dooling can just retire or something? ... He played with us last season. I believe we still have the bird rights to Nenad Krstik, but he didn't play last season and there are regulations against sign-and-trading a player who DIDN'T play with us last season... but what about Dooling?
Just figured I'd ask and hopefully an expert here can explain why this doesn't work.... probably doesn't for multiple reasons.
Btw... isn't Pietrus still a free agent? Same question, but substitute Dooling for Pietrus.