Let's recap once again, and hopefully for the last time:
shrink wrote:Krapinsky wrote:shrink wrote:That's true. On the other hand, Pek may be worth his contract .. Gasol certainly isn't. And locking up a center in Pek may not be such a bad thing either.
I don't know how I feel about this issue from a perspective on franchise value
If Gasol isn't worth his contract then why is there a trade market for him that returns positive assets? That tells me that despite your POV, the market says he's worth his contract.
Oh? Who's saying that?
Toss the idea out on the neutral trade board that "Gasol is well worth his contract" and you'll get blasted by 29 different teams.
Here you take my position (bolded) and make a statement equating that position with the statement "Gasol is well worth his contract."
There's two ways to view this --
1) Is he overpaid? (your view point)
2) Is there a trade market for him that returns positive value? (my viewpoint -- bolded)
Now -- if you go back and read the trade thread and the discussion that also follows here -- you see people saying Yes to 1) and Yes to 2)
How can this be so? After all, you equated my statement (bolded) with "Gasol is well worth his contract"
It appears most don't think this means the same thing.
EDIT: And I'd add -- that i actually disagree. I think they're the same thing and I haven't bought anyone's explanation stating they should be different. But it just so happens that is how different people viewpoints fell on both sides of the argument. I'm happy to acknowledge that most people agree with you that Gasol is overpaid. I'm also happy to acknowledge that several people don't think he has negative trade value. For myself, I'll take that as a small victory, since going in I was taking the contrarian view -- it doesn't take a genius to know that 95% of Wolves fans are against a Gasol trade.