So the trade winds are blowing in the NBA with some teams looking to improve their teams and others looking to save money. Chris Bosh is the biggest name out there but there have been other rumblings about Caron Butler and how the Wizards desperately need to dump 8.7 million dollars of payroll so that they can get under the luxury tax. There's also a rumor out there that Vince Carter might be demoted to sixth man since he's not exactly fitting seamlessly into the Magic offense. So I thought, why not combine all of the rumors?

Without further ado, here's the 18 team trade that reshapes the outlook for four NBA franchises and gives them what they want most.

The Washington Wizards get Vince Carter and Jose Calderon and Reggie Evans.
Why they do it: First and foremost, this trade would dump 9 million dollars and save them from having to pay the luxury tax. Even better, they don't just have to give away Caron Butler and their expiring deals; they can get quality players back for them. If Agent Zero comes back, he moves to the 2 spot with Vince at the three. Not a terrible squad with Calderon, Arenas, Carter, and Jamison. The team saves money and adds more talent - a win-win in my books.

The Toronto Raptors get Trevor Ariza, Aaron Brooks, Luis Scola, Carl Landry, Tracy McGrady, Mike Miller, Brendan Haywood, and a protected #1 from Washington. The Raptors give up Bosh and Hedo Turkoglu in the trade but they too get better. They get a large chunk of the Rockets roster and the Rockets are faring better than the Raptors this year so it's not bad. Even better, this trade dumps almost every contract that the Raptors have on the books. After the deal, the only contracts that will extend past this season are: Ariza, Andrea Bargnani, Demar DeRozan, Marco Belinelli and Sonny Weems who make a grand total of 23 million. I'm not sure if they get the #1 from Washington, it might have to go to Orlando or Houston who are taking on payroll in the deal. Still, they add a bunch of talent and get to press the restart button with two reasonably paid players (Ariza and Bargnani) and some solid young players.

The Houston Rockets get Chris Bosh, Caron Butler, Marcus Banks, Aundray Blatche, and Jarrett Jack.
The Rockets give up a lot but they get a legit superstar in Bosh along with Butler to handle the SF position and a solid PG in Jarrett Jack. The trade adds four million to their cap but, again, I think it's worth it since they bring in a legit superstar in Bosh. They might get the Wizards pick for taking on the shit contracts of Banks and Blatche.

Orlando gets Hedo Turkoglu, Randy Foye and Mike James and four million in cash. Vince isn't exactly fitting in and he's getting dinged up a bit so the Magic decide to stop trying to fit his oval peg in a round hole and just go back to what got them to the Finals last year. They bring Hedo back and add Foye. They get four million dollars for their trouble that would come from the Wizards' NBA refund for being under the tax (the Wiz still save about 18 million in this deal so they can pony up the 4 million).

While I'm not sure I would do this deal if I was Houston (I'm not really sold on Bosh heading there), it seems like they are interested in CB4 so I'd imagine they be down with it. The trade helps every team reach their goal and they all improve their rosters. Obviously this deal will never happen but I think it works.