Okafor for Green sounds like a great deal for all parties. Green gets to go on a playoff team and contribute. Okafor gets to collect his money. C's can bolster their lottery chances and their salary cap situation for next year. Suns shore up their SF slot.
I would throw in any other player not named Rondo or Sully that the Suns would find useful to acquire a 1st rd late lottery pick (do they have the Wolves pick? Wolves are more likely to end up in the lottery rather than the Wiz).
Wolves pick is protected 1-13... so if they are the last team out of the playoffs, it goes to the Suns. Otherwise, it doesn't.
I think you're selling Green short to dump him for salary relief.
then i'll take the Wiz pick i suppose. I think that'll net us something in the 16-20 range. anyway, i don't think i'm selling Green short. lets be honest here, Green is not about to net us a player like Monroe (a name which has often been thrown around).
Think about this: Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic and a Clipper 2012 pick (who ended up being Fab Melo, i know, but it could've been PJ3 or something) netted for the Thunder Kendrick Perkins (coming off injury, and on his last 'productive' year) and Nate Robinson.
Basing off this, if we shuffle things around and take away the Clipper pick and Nenad Krstic,
maybe Green would've netted for the Thunder our first round pick at #21 (Jared Sullinger) and Nate Robinson, a package which is roughly equivalent to the Okafor plus 16-20 ranged pick (Note: Nate played only 4 games in a Thunder uniform), give or take a few bench players to make it work.
