This strikes me as a pretty good trade offer, mainly because you’d be shedding a lot of longer term salary (Mo) and rebalancing the roster (adding a PF without losing a PG).

Basically you convert an expiring deal at a position you are overloaded at (Mason) for an expiring deal at a position of need (Wilcox). Aside from that, Wilcox is a better player at this point than Mason regardless of position. My main concern is that Wilcox’s defensive rep is fairly poor, so I’m not sure he answers the Bucks’ long-term needs at the 4, even ignoring his impending free agency. But you could certainly get by with Wilcox/CV at the four, even if it’s not ideal. I actually like Collison more than Wilcox, but his deal is longer and that might be a deal-breaker from a Bucks’ perspective.

On the other side, I think Mo is pretty clearly better than Ridnour, but Ridnour’s at least vaguely competent. He also is a couple mil cheaper per season than Mo and expires in 09/10, which means the Bucks save a lot in the longer term. I was actually going to suggest swapping Watson (who happened to break his thumb yesterday) for Ridnour on the premise that Watson’s a better defender, but 82games says the Sonics conceded fewer points on the court with Ridnour than Watson AND Ridnour held opponents to a lower opponent PER. So maybe Watson isn’t actually a better defender. I don’t see enough of the two guys to say.

Word, K_Ross. This is a great idea for a deal. I am not sure that Seattle wants a shoot-first PG to team with Durant, but I know they’ve soured on Ridnour and I think this is a wonderful trade that will never happen.

I love this deal for both teams. I don’t know how likely Seattle would do it considering they seem to be fairly short in the frontcourt. I know they are still deciding whether to sign Robert Swift or not, if they do, I think this trade is more likely to happen. Mitchell_M you said you don’t think it will happen… why not?

It seems like Dan’s contract was signed seven years ago, yet he always seems to have three more years left on it. The funny part is that he was actually really good the year before he signed his deal—granted, he didn’t need to get a six year deal when we had just picked Bogut, but he wasn’t useless by any stretch of the imagination.

It seems like he’s struggled ever since Kukoc left town…maybe a passer like Sessions will be able to get him back on track a bit. I don’t mind seeing him on the court so long as he isn’t shooting jump shots or getting post touches. And depending on what happens with our PF situation he could get more burn next to Bogut as well.