Post#37 » by theatlfan » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:39 am
Really thinking we are the big winners of the deadline.
- BRK took a salary dump for their leader and even dealt a player who then refused to opt into his PO. People here keep telling me that they could collapse and I believe it now - no KG while everyone they tried to dump stuck around... d@mn. Meanwhile 4 teams (MIA, DET, BOS, MIL) competing for the final 3 playoff spots got better and a 5th, IND, "acquires" the best player in a month. For the past few weeks, I've been hoping that BRK misses the playoff and we get the 12th pick. Now, I'm gunning for top 10.
- There really wasn't a true contender who made a move to get better. There was no salvaging the RJ situation but OKC will regret giving up so much for Kanter, a horrid defender and below average offensively. They'll have to pay him starter $$ to be Adams' backup soon too. They'll wish they would have taken Lopez without the PO soon enough - I hear their window slamming shut right now. If Kanter wasn't a top pick, he'd be out of the league right now. PDX got Afflalo while HOU got the better player now in KJ McDaniel and paid less for him but I can't see either making the Finals either.
The only negative in my book was DET acquiring Prince since that takes him off the buyout market. Not a complete bomb since their only .5 games behind BRK, but the only bad thing to happen today IMO.