It doesn't matter how you slice and dice it, it was an overpay.JonFromVA wrote:JujitsuFlip wrote:JonFromVA wrote:
Stawman?
You mean like calling Lauri an All-Star when before the trade, he was just that guy we got by redirecting a crappy late first round pick we got for LNJ to Chicago?
No ... details matter. Like for instance contract length.
So, my bad for not including the fact that Mitchell was under contract for 3 more seasons at the time he was traded.
The Deron Williams trade is likely the closest to where we sit now with Mitchell given he had 2 years left when he was covertly traded to the Nets for Favors (3rd overall pick), Harris (5th overall pick), and two future firsts.
If in another year, we decide to trade him for another team's starting back-court, let's hope it's not the modern equivalent of Stevie Francis and Cutino Mobley.
Lauri is an All-Star though lol
I mean a back court in their prime wouldn't be awful but with Garland and Strus ability to play 2, ain't no way.
Lauri is an All-Star for the Jazz, but he was a lot closer to late first round pick value when we traded him.
You called Agbaji a lottery pick, and yes, he technically was ... but that's not an honest way of describing a player who may have fallen in to the 20's if the Cavs weren't so desperate for 3&D wing.
It's not that hard to get the details right. We still paid a lot for Mitchell, but we still did it without touching a top-3 player or asset on the team.
Mitchell was not needed on this team. The cornerstones are currently 22 and 23. Mitchell is redundant.
Ainge owns 5 consecutive of the Cavs drafts and he took the rights to a 6th draft.
At least the other teams for the criteria you laid out got the main guy plus other assets, all the Cavs received was Mitchell.