Rip2137 wrote:No...you just said in the off season we should have traded Teague, not resigned Mack and kept Lou.
RIP.
What are you talking about?
For months I have been
advocating trading Teague for value.For over a year
I have lamented Mack being on this roster. And since this summer, I have lamented losing Bebe and Lou for table scraps.
Those three arguments have been completely independent of the others. You know this as we have specifically gone back and forth on this.
Had we NOT brought in Bazemore and Mack this year. We'd have a need for a vet 2 guard off the bench capable of creating his own shot. A role that for a single season...LOU Could be filling.
Instead, we strengthened a competitor. Saw no tangible benefit from doing so. And gave up on the reigning DPOY from one of the best Pro leagues in the world. Without him ever playing a game in a Hawks jersey.
Rip2137 wrote:So you just said that even though Dennis sucked last year, Lou sucked most of the year, we should have traded our best guard and not resigned our second best guard last year. You have to know that's completely illogical...trade the good players for guys that were completely ineffective last year.
THAT'S...not how trades work. When we trade a valuable commodity, the whole point is to get an equally valuable commodity in return. We trade our best players for...high quality assets at positions of need.
This leaves an opening for a younger player like Dennis to fill. So now we can be strong at
two positions instead of one.
I have serious doubts that a backcourt of Teague and Korver can lead us anywhere significant in the playoffs. But both of those guys are high valued trade commodities.
THAT's what I am advocating. Getting better value from our assets. Instead of always trading/losing them for nothing except cap space...which then goes unused.