Jefferson Golden

Jefferson Golden

Golden State's Al Harrington for Milwaukee's Mo Williams?

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=308~2178&teams=15~9&te=&cash=

Sessions proved he can be the starting pg of the milwaukee bucks, especially now that he has another person to pass the ball to in richard jefferson. ramon was getting so many assists towards the end of last season. I believe he should play instead of mo williams who is more of a scoring pg than sessions is. the milwaukee bucks frontcourt depth is pretty thin so al harrington can help that issue out a bit and the warriors are in need of a pg now that baron is gone to the clips. the only hole i see is it leaves milwaukee with pretty much only one pg who is inexperienced but pretty skilled as well and for the warriors their frontcourt becomes less deep but if by some miracle they get elton brand, that issue wouldn't be a problem anymore. a team of mo williams, monta, jackson, brand, and biedrins would be very solid and milwaukee doesn't lose too much considering sessions is a quality pg as well.

This is a logical move for both sides.

Al Harrington has not been adapting well in Nellie's system. Given Baron Davis now heading to Clippers and Agent Zero remains as a Wizard, Warriors can secure solid PG starter via trade (Monta Ellis can be a PG but he would better serve as an emergency PG). I think Al's expiring contract is good enough to persuade Bucks.

Mo Williams is a reliable score-first PG who is also a good rebounder, but he appears to be an odd-man out in Skiles system, plus his contract is relatively lengthy and expensive (3 years left, earning $8,353,000 this season), which means it is for Bucks good to move him should a willing partner stands in front of you.

My projection is Chris Mullin may also want to land Charlie Villaneuva at the same time - may be they will package Patrick O'Bryant as a sign-and-trade into the original offer with Al for Mo and Charlie. Yet Charlie is a good bait for Bucks to land a younger solid PG via a trade (Kyle Lowry plus conditional future 1st round pick, for instance), which gives Bucks some flexibility to seek for the best answer.

Don't forget Bucks can use its mid-level exception to pursue another PG in Roger Mason, whom I think is as good as Mo Williams but has been hampered by injuries early in his career, or offer a short-term contract to Carlos Arroyo in order to get a seasoned tutor for Ramon Sessions.

Meanwhile, Sessions looks decent but i doubt Skiles will insert him into the starting lineup right away given he is not quite a reliable weak-side shooter.