NBA Trade Fun

Other than the NBA Draft (because nothing can top it), the NBA Trade Deadline is one of the top 3 most exciting times of the season. For the record the playoffs and All Star weekend round out the top 3 in some order yet to be determined.
With this spirit in mind I have come up with a few trades that not only make a bunch of sense for both teams but also work under the salary cap rules.

*** Side Note on recent NBA trade rumors***
Yes the Cavs will get either Jamison or Murphy.
No I don't think Amare or Monta are getting traded by February.
Yes Toronto has to trade Bosh if they can get Bynum back. No I don't think it will happen. Yes I think a healthy C's team would have a field day with the soft interior of Bosh and Pau.

Trade #1
Minnesota Timberwolves trade Al Jefferson to the Utah Jazz for Carlos Boozer (ec) and the New York Knicks unprotected #1 pick this year.

Although he is saying all of the right things Booz is probably leaving the Jazz this summer. Big Al moves into the starting lineup with Milsap and they have AK47 and Okur coming off the pine. This gives the Jazz a very flexible and potent front court. Minnesota has already leaked they aren't sure if Big Al and KLove can coexist but having the Knicks 1st round pick and cap relief is a decent haul. I know the Knicks are playing well enough to knock them out of the John Wall sweepstakes but I still think they miss the playoffs and give Sota another lottery pick. Besides, Minnesota will have one of the worst records anyways and their own shot at John Wall. Can we say bye bye Ricky Rubio?

Trade #2
New York Knicks trade Eddie Curry and Danillo Galinari to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Etan Thomas (ec) and Nick Collison

This might be one of the few ways to get rid of Curry and clear some cap room. Unfortunately they are giving up the Rooster and taking back Collison who has another year left on his deal at 6M. This will shave 4M off the Knicks cap to try to get them to their goal. OKC pres Sam Presti could swallow up the extra 4M Curry makes over Collison next year if it means getting another potent scorer to go with the young crop he has already collected.

Trade #3
The Chicago Bulls trade Tyrus Thomas (ec) and John Salmons to the Portland Traiblazers for Steve Blake (ec), Travis Outlaw (ec) and Jerryd Bayless.

Portland has been killed by injuries and a guy like Ty Thomas could be a nice stopgap for this season to help with a playoff push. Salmons will add nice depth behind Roy as well. I also believe if they could resign Thomas at a decent price he would be the PERFECT backup behind Oden and Aldridge next season. On Chicago's end they get a ton of cap relief going into this offseason as well as one of the best young bench scorers in Bayless. If Chicago wants to be a player this offseason this will help with Salmons off the books.

Trade #4
The Dallas Mavericks trade Josh Howard and Erick Dampier to the Philadelphia 76ers for Andre Iguodala and Samuel Dalembert.

This is purely a cost cutting move for the Sixers. Both Dampier's and Howard's contracts are team options for next season so in theory the Sixers could cut 24 million and try to build around Lou Williams, Jrue Holiday, Marreese Speights and Thaddeus Young. AI2 is a definite upgrade over Howard and Dampier and Dalembert are about a wash. This would boost Dallas on both ends of the floor and push them closer to legit title contender status. Ideally Philly would probably want a young piece or draft pick back (which Dallas has neither) but it might be worth it anyways.

Trade #5
The Sacramento Kings trade Kevin Martin and Beno Udrih to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Brian Cardinal (ec), Mark Blount (ec), Nathan Jawai (ec) and the rights to Ricky Rubio.

This one is a bit of a stretch but SacTown obviously plays better with Tyreke as alpha dog and Rubio is the perfect sidekick to Evans in the backcourt. This also gives the Kings more cap flexibility by dumping Udrih's contract. Minnesota get's the backcourt scoring punch they need in Martin as well as a strong backup PG to help Johnny Flynn. Like I said this is a bit of a stretch but I think in the short and long term this makes both teams much better.

Well there you have it.
Let me know if you have any other suggestions, if you think I'm an idiot or just the genius my mom always told me I was.