Got offered Dirk

[dunksby]

So this guy offered his Dirk and Artest for my Durant and Deng!
Durant>Dirk Deng> Artest
So i countered it with Al Jefferson/Yi Jianlian for his Dirk/Aldridge
The guy has announced publicly that he is ready to trade any of his players.
He has already traded CDR/Iguo for Boozer/A.Randolph
This is my team:

Chris Duhon
Caron Butler
Gilbert Arenas
Kevin Durant
Troy Murphy
Yi Jianlian
Al Jefferson
Nene Hilario
Luol Deng
Roy Hibbert
Jonny Flynn
Mo Williams
Blake Griffin
(LAC - SF,PF)

His team:
PG
Jameer Nelson
Rodney Stuckey
Andre Iguodala
Stephen Jackson
Rashard Lewis
Dirk Nowitzki
LaMarcus Aldridge
Brendan Haywood
Chris Douglas-Roberts
Ron Artest
Danilo Gallinari
Jeff Green
Chauncey Billups

I wanna give as much as possible without losing the trade. Is my offer reasonable?

[sportin_life]

So this guy offered his Dirk and Artest for my Durant and Deng!
Durant>Dirk Deng> Artest
So i countered it with Al Jefferson/Yi Jianlian for his Dirk/Aldridge

Durant and Deng > Dirk and Artest
Durant ~ Dirk (Dirk is more efficient)
Deng > Artest this season

Al Jeff and Yi << Dirk and Aldridge
I seriously doubt he'll take that trade.
Dirk >> Al Jeff this season
Aldridge > Yi

What about Al Jeff + Yi for Dirk alone? The Dirk side would still easily win, especially if there is someone decent on your waiver wire. Dirk is fantasy elite season after season (top 5 this season if you take consistency and injuries into account), and seems to be like iron man in terms of games played (last 5 seasons: 78, 81, 78, 77, 81 games)...

Al Jeff has been playing like a 3rd-4th rounder, even after "heating up." (20 pts, 10 reb on 49% FG, but 67% FT, 2 assists, combined < 2 steal/block, 1.8 TO over the last 2 months). His stat lines remind me of the "Eddy Curry line" (eg. doesn't help much beyond points/boards).

I know some on this board are high on Yi but he's inconsistent and his recent streak is already going into the dumps (he's averaging 38% FT with 3 TO's over the last 4 games since the initial 4 game hot streak that caused people to grab him).

[dunksby]

Well, Mike Miller,Randy Foye, Barbosa, Dunleavy and TMac are on the wire. If he rejects it I may go for Big Al and Yi for his Dirk, but are the FAs worth it?

[sportin_life]

I would try to do the 2 for 1. Foye has a lot of upside.

[PuggyBank]

For starters dump Arenas and pick up Foye before he's gone!!!

[dunksby]

Originally Posted by PuggyBank

For starters dump Arenas and pick up Foye before he's gone!!!

Did as you said. the guy rejected my Big Al/Yi for his Dirk and is now offering Dirk/Artest for my Durant/Foye, do you think I should go for it? I have already lost Arenas so Im lookn to get another first rounder in my team without losing Durant. Any suggestions? Who do you think I should offer for his Dirk to be acceptable other than Durant? Can I afford to offer Mo Williams and e.g Jefferson for Dirk since I lost my best PG?

[nkjordan23]

I know I am probably jumping on the bandwagon early here, but I already have Foye more valuable than Artest after one game. I dont think you do this deal. It is apparent that hes trying to dump Artest after dealing with his frustrating and inconsistent production.

Dirk and Durant are close to a wash IMO. Both pretty even. Essentially its the 2nd guy for the 2nd guy. I'd keep throwing the 2 for 1 deals at him in the meantime (without Durant included) and see if you can find the right combination.