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NBA Trades
Today's trades in the nibba have everything to do with the luxury tax/salary cap. Lets look at each one:
Bucks get Oberto, bruce bowen and kurt thomas for Richard Jefferson. Spurs got a steal right? They sure did. Such is the benefit when you don't make bad contracts and your salary structure is correct. The bucks save 15 million dollars off the cap for 2010-11 and after they release two of the players they traded for they will be 11 million under the cap. The wizards deal was a lot more disheartening...especially if you are a fan. We give up the number 5 pick (harden? thabeet? tyreke?) for Randy foye and mike miller? Okay, i get it that we get to shed a couple of awful contracts but couldnt we have gotten something a little better than foye and miller? This was a luxury tax move pure and simple. |
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pgardn is happy...
All involved for the Spurs will most likely retire. Bucks release them, I dont think they try to play anywhere else. Oberto bad heart. Bowen just old. Thomas same. Hope they keep Bowen on staff after the Bucks release him. Interesting stuff on the Wizards. |
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Foye and Miller certainly make them better but i would think they could have gotten much more for that 5th pick besides a very average 6 4 combo guard and what amounts to a good expiring contract that can hit an open jumper. |
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Having cap space and being Milwaukee is like having $10 million in the bank and can't find your atm card or remember your account number. Nobody wants to go there. Washington isn't much more desireable.
The question is would you rather have Foye or maybe Harden? Foye is no star player but is a proven NBA capable scorer. I'd take a bird in the hand always. The Spurs once again showed why they are one of the best run franchises in all of sports. |
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It really comes down to what you think of Foye. If you think he was scoring 16 despite playing on a bad team, you make the trade. If you think it was because he was on a bad team, you don't. For the wizards, I still don't see the sense. They now have about 8 guards under contract. Where do they find minutes for all these guys? If you are starting foye, it would appear that you have some serious defensive problems with him and arenas in the backcourt. I think this trade is the pre cursor to another move. At least...i hope so. |
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I think it is a trade that makes sense for both sides. Washington is in the weak East and got guys that assure they will be a playoff team next year. Minnesota is in the much tougher west and had no chance of making the playoffs in the next couple years with those guys so need to luck into some draft picks that pan out and make them contenders again. |
Supposedly Bowen will be released and re-sign with the Spurs as soon as he is able to.
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This is why they are the Clippers. They are trading Zach Randolph for Quentin Richardson. Seriously.
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I think it may be over for Bowen.
He has been spotted at theatres eating buttered popcorn. Spurs looking at Sheed. Please no. I would rather win a championship without this dolt. |
I don't think so. I like Griffin a lot but Randolph is a proven 20-10 guy in the league. Those guys aren't standing on every corner in LA. They don't exactly play the same spot either. Griffin is more of a post guy than Randolph is. I could see them both on the court at the same time and if they feel like they won't work together, you can get more for him than Richardson. The guys loved playing with him last year. Too much is made of that whole think about a guy being a cancer to a team. Guys are paid too much money to be concerned with anything other than what a guy can give you on the court and Randolph has produced everywhere he's played. The Clippers are a team that needs as much as they can get. They can't be looking at building for the future. Playing in LA, in the same building as the Lakers, the future is always now. There would have been no problem with keeping Randolph. Kaman and Camby aren't the healthiest of big men and they need the depth. If they want to trade him later, after Griffin has started to prove himself, trade him at the trade deadline or next year when his contract is an expiring one and get a good player. I am positive they could have gotten more than Richardson.
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You are SO wrong about the cancer aspect. It is THE biggest problem that NBA coaches face. There are lots of talented guys that dont care about anything but their numbers. Randolph is the poster child of that club. He was a huge mistake and Memphis is getting them off the $33 million dollar hook. When you find a way out of a huge mistake you take it. They arent a contender. For the life of me I cant see why you think this team is a contender. They have some nice players, but this is a dysfunctional roster which was made a little less disfunctional. |
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He cares a whole lot about his numbers. Its not just about offense. Not enough of his 10 rebounds come after a tough battle under the defensive boards. |
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/...The-Night.html
Good piece by a really good writer who hasnt been ESPNized. |
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