LUKE23 wrote:DrugBust wrote:I honestly think it's pointless to speculate on Ellis's worth. You and I know Ellis sucks all kinds of ass. You would think that GMs running NBA teams would be smart enough to know this. But NBA GMs make stupid trades and hand out stupid money all the time. They look at box score stats and see ohhhh flashy guard. So who in the hell knows what kind of package he'll get.
I agree there, I was more speaking to the scenario where we get crap offers. Not that I fully predict it, just if it happened. Do we still view Ellis as a positive asset in the Bogut deal, if he's both not helping us win and not landing us future assets of worth?
My thought all along and I still am clinging to it is this whole trade is going to be much ado about nothing. Bogut won't play or just an average big, Ellis will be long gone, and in the end the trade does nothing for either team. Now I understand everyone is talking about maximizing assets, etc. I guess for me right now I have to give the Bucks the advantage in the trade b/c Bogut has not done anything for Golden State thus far, it has opened minutes for Sanders, Udoh is at worst an average big man back-up, and you still potentially have an asset in Ellis --- that depends on how you use and if you let him go, you have created cap room.
And I can't imagine Golden State has been happy with the trade. I mean Ellis was an asset last year and they pretty much have nothing to show for it. Yes, he's been addition by subtraction for them but they pretty much have given Ellis (and Udoh with him) away.