Where can I find the jet stream to send him to Miami in the next 5 secs? I mean cmon TZ! (Think I believe Brad should be gone? You betcha sirree bob.)

No, I do not like Marion per se. I do like the flexibility he would bring our lineup while the young players develop. Pair that with cap flexibility and the banishment of K9, and I’m in.

I like my snark full strength on Mondays. Well done.

With Miller/K9 off the books, the Kings would be under the cap, and could still make a trade for a high-salaried player, which would be even MORE enticing because they wouldn’t have to send large salaries back.

Add to that the fact that Marion is a good prospect for a S&T, and there might be something additional coming back in the end.

In other words, this deal gives GP more options, without giving up the current ones.

I ain’t going to lie dude. I care about getting Miller away, and jettisoning K9, hell yeah. That’s just as good as having a draft pick if you ask me. It opens up a roster spot.

I hate SM

(S&M – I’m okay with)

Why do this trade?

Cap relief

You would have to resign Marion for more money and take yourself out of the 2010 free agency sweepstakes. Or you let him walk at the end of this year and get nothing in return.

Marion would not be resigned. You save something like $20 million next season, making yourself a major player in the free agent market or among teams who have decided to rebuild. The Clippers got Marcus Camby for nothing because they had cap space. You’re not getting anything of value for Miller and Thomas anyway.

And why add another wing to a team full of wings? Where would he play?

Power Forward, where he has averaged 10 rebounds a game for his career.

What would you do with Garcia, Salmons, and Greene?

Nothing. Marion would start at Power Forward for the rest of this season. Thompson (presumably) would get the backup minutes at Power Forward.

Keep Miller and Thomas until next year where they will be more valuable as salary dumps and you can get more or let them walk in 2010 when the free agency market is better.

I’m not sure how they’re more valuable than cap space next season. If the Kings made this deal, they would be at something like $40 million in salary next season. The cap is about $55 million, so the Kings could trade for a $15 million player without sending anything back. This is the same as holding on to those guys and trading them for a $15 million player. The Kings could just easily stand pat with the cap space and wait until 2010.

The advantage of trading them now is that you could pick up a Carlos Boozer this offseason along with a Ricky Rubio or Brandon Jennings in the draft, setting yourself up to be really good in a couple years.

Think of it as a trade for one of these guys. I would also point out that nobody seems to think we can get a very good player in the long term for Brad or (certainly) Kenny. At best we get a project. Being under the cap gives us tremendous flexibility for trades as well.

I don’t see how that has anything to do with a trade.