Morris_Shatford wrote:Maybe I am misunderstanding the greater outrage of this deal;
It appears to be Haddadi and some sort of second rounder for Telfair;
No cash trading hands?
Basically the Suns are eating the rest of Haddadi's 1.3 million dollar salary this season, as well as whatever portion (I think 300 - 400k?) of the 1.4 million he is owned as part of the guaranteed portion of his deal next season.
I am not entirely sure what sort of cash has changed hands to acquire second rounders over the past few seasons but I can't imagine its that far out of line with what the Suns are paying to mop the deck of Haddadi?
Granted if the Raps paid for the buy-out it becomes a different story;
But at the end of the day we got a PG who is a proper back-up, who is a pretty solid defender, which finally gives us the ability to cart out 48 minutes of solid defense from the one spot over the course of a game which we haven't had the ability to do in a long time.
My issue is only if Telfair walks. If we don't resign him at the end of the season, then we gave up a 2nd rounder for a rental/money savings. I don't really care about either of those.