Ramen Monster wrote:Can we tear it down instead of going for Arenas please? He may be far more talented than Hedo & Calderon, but at least Calderon's contract is moveable if he gets a decent stretch of games (and ditto Hedo). Hedo's contract is about 10-11M on average and we can still rebuild in spite of it even if we can't move it.
If we lose Bosh, and add Gilbert, you're going to find that our team isn't any better than it was before; probably more entertaining, but no substance. Gilbert is talented but is arguably less efficient than Turk, and shoots a lot. And you'll have less flexibility trading such a gargantuan contract; even Hedo's by comparison is manageable.
Everything you say here makes absolute sense. Problem with many of the posters on here, all they can think of is 4 years ago when Gil was on the highlight reels and being talked about as a potential MVP. They believe that he is that exact same player.
Problem is, and they are incapable of understanding this, even when Gil was playing at that level he still couldn't lead a team past 45 wins and a second round. He had good players around him but instead of making them better, he made them worse. He has never done anything substantial in the prime of his career other than putting up huge points off allot of shots and an average shooting %. The funniest part of this is many of these ball boys screaming to get Arenas here also complain about how BC has orchestrated a team that plays horrid defense. The hypocrisy of advocating a trade for a 80 million dollar player that is a horrid defender, has even admitted to taking defensive plays off to conserve his energy on offense, is beyond belief.
These will be the same posters screaming for BC's head in 2 years when we are stuck with an albatross of a contract that can't be moved, Gil probably suspended by the team for some moronic conduct and us having zero flexibility to move him, sign anyone else.
Gil is one of the worst contracts to ever be given out in the NBA, Washington would gladly give him to us for Hedo and Jose. they would then let those two play and have good seasons, upping their stock and move one or both for some descent players in return. Us on the other hand will have one player that probably will be injured half way through next season and has zero value.
Wilbon should STFU!