shrink wrote:I've long considered GSW to be a leading candidate for Tinsley, simply due to the fact that Don Nelson has done so well keeping talented but behavior issue players' heads on straight.
Right, AND they need a point guard something fierce (I'm not sold on Ellis as a FT point this year, and I doubt the Warriors truly are either.) Tinsley would help them right away while Ellis is out, and he could play alongside Ellis when he returns.
As for the rest of the trade, 4ho, it's not bad. I don't think Indy would give up Hibbert to bring back Harrington, though... I travel to Indy often for work, and from what I gather I think they're trying to make a clean break from those talented but immature teams built around O'Neal and Artest.
I would actually be okay with Harrington in MN, both from a basketball standpoint (another 40% 3 pt shooter to play next to Big Al) and because shrink's head would explode. I would do it to get Hibbert here... what about this deal:
Minnesota Trade Breakdown
Change in Team Outlook: +6.5 ppg, +6.0 rpg, and +1.0 apg.
Incoming Players
Al Harrington
6-9 PF / SF from St. Patrick's (HS)
19.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.0 apg in 44.0 minutes
Roy Hibbert
0-0 C from Georgetown
2.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg, 0.0 apg in 6.2 minutes
Outgoing Players
Calvin Booth
6-11 C from Penn State
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Rashad McCants
6-4 SG from North Carolina
15.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg in 25.5 minutes
Jason Collins
7-0 C from Stanford
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Golden State Trade Breakdown
Change in Team Outlook: -19.5 ppg, -9.0 rpg, and -3.0 apg.
Incoming Players
Jamaal Tinsley
6-1 PG from Iowa State
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Outgoing Players
Al Harrington
6-9 PF / SF from St. Patrick's (HS)
19.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 3.0 apg in 44.0 minutes
Indiana Trade Breakdown
Change in Team Outlook: +13.0 ppg, +3.0 rpg, and +2.0 apg.
Incoming Players
Calvin Booth
6-11 C from Penn State
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Rashad McCants
6-4 SG from North Carolina
15.0 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 2.0 apg in 25.5 minutes
Jason Collins
7-0 C from Stanford
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Outgoing Players
Roy Hibbert
0-0 C from Georgetown
2.0 ppg, 0.0 rpg, 0.0 apg in 6.2 minutes
Jamaal Tinsley
6-1 PG from Iowa State
No games yet played in 2008-2009
Pacers use Hibbert to rid themselves of Tinsley (all they take back are expirings), and have a season to decide if they want to pay McCants to be their starting 2 guard. Warriors basically swap Tinsley for Harrington straight up. Wolves get Harrington (basically a better version of Gomes) to play off Big Al, and a center prospect in Hibbert:
Harrington/Gomes
Jefferson/Smith
Hibbert/Love
Brewer/Miller
Foye/Telfair
... with Carney still around to play spot stopper minutes off the bench as well. Oh, and shrink's head explodes.