Throwdowns > Closed

Argos. said 06/13, 01:31 PM
You said realistic. None of yours seem very realistic. Especially Kemp to the Marlins or Howard to the Heat...

To make it simple, I'm gonna list three moves in each of four of the five major sports. I'm not going to include football, because the off-season is pretty much over and you wont see any more moves. I'm gonna try to keep mine realistic.

Soccer
1 - Neymar to FC Porto
2 - Dzagoev to Liverpool
3 - Robin Van Persie to Real Madrid

Hockey
1 - Parise to the Blues
2 - Suter to the Wings
3 - Rick Nash to the Leafs

Baseball
1 - Dempster to the Red Sox
2 - Morneau to the Blue Jays
3 - Garza to the Tigers

Basketball
1 - Nash to the Knicks
2 - Deron Williams to the Mavs
3 - Rudy Gay to the Raptors

Argos. said 06/14, 09:27 AM
Neymar only recently turned 20 years old. He does not need to go to a big pressure team like Real or Chelsea, but can rather transition to Europe. Plus, he only knows how to speak Portuguese, so going to FC Porto would be a good transition team.

I would not call FC Porto a second tier team, even though they maybe in a second tier league. They have won two Champions League, including as recent as 2004. They are in the same boat as Bayern Munich (albeit have had more recent success), Ajax, and every Ligue team.

FC Porto is no small team. They are a public company, and offer public bonds. They also own many other profitable companies, such as an insurance company. I'm sure can afford Neymar.

Chelsea also wont dump Torres so soon after paying so much, they are stuck with him. Plus Neymar is too small for England right now.


Real can take risks, they are loaded. They desperately need a striker, and must get one in the transfer market to keep separation between them and Barcelona.

No way does he stay in England. Arsenal will do whatever it takes to persuade him to accept an international transfer.

Real will offer the most, and give Persie the best situation for him.

Argos. said 06/14, 05:08 PM
Jason Kidd did great the year they won. But he is too old. He used all he had left in the tank that year. He is 39 now and averaged under 8 points, and under 7 assists per game in only 48 games. He could only play 28 minutes a game.

The Mavs have the cash and cap space to get one of the games best PG. Williams is only 28, and can lead the Mavs to be contenders year after year, and be the future of the Mavs.

Nash is way better than Lin, who had a good 10 or so games. You can't compare Lin to Nash.


What is your deal with Arroyo? He is not very good, and why would the Reds be sellers anyways? The Reds are in a playoff race, and need all the help (even if he sucks) they can get. Plus Arroyo has another $12 million on his deal after this year, do the Sox wanna pick that up for a crappy guy?

Dempster on the other hand will be moved, and is a rental since he is a free agent after this season. Plus he is good.

And what do the Yankees have to do with the Jays and Twins? Do they have veto power over trades in the AL now? Twins wanna dump his salary, and Jays need a 1B. Plus, it is a little more realistic than say Kemp to the Marlins...