I like Gasol on a one to two year deal, but on the cheap. There are several problems with this idea though.
1) Gasol might be chasing a ring. Chicago looked like a real contender but couldn’t get it done. (On a side note that’s why the asking price for butler is too much. He couldn’t win with more talent around him, he’d have less here after we give up two of our starters plus picks to get him.)
2) Gasol may want a big contract to play for a team that we all know will not win a championship.
3) Even if we cut ties with Sully, Zeller, Johnson, and JJ, that leave Gasol, KO, Mickey and Bender at the 4. KO and Gasol will need big minutes and we still want to give Jordan Mickey minutes, so we don’t have minutes for Bender.
So it doesn’t look feasible for us to get Gasol. We could play KO at the 5, but with picks 16 and 23 we can trade up and get a good center prospect who will need game time. We can stay put at 16 & 23, and get two center prospects, but they will both need to play too. With money to max out two players we can sign a free agent center who needs to play a lot of minutes. Mickey can play small ball center, so there wouldn’t really be a need for KO to play center any more.
I think were better off starting KO at the 4 and letting bender back him up. We can play Mickey spot minutes at the 4, more if there is an injury.