ThatBoyNick wrote:The clash here is trying to understand Robinson's value, OP clearly values him as a decisively bad contract, and I'd agree.
1 moderately protected first to dump Robinson, 1 moderately protected first for Wood
That valuation seems pretty damn reasonable.
The Heat have easily made Robinson expendable by matching his production with a couple of vet min G-Leaguers in Straus and Vincent, which says a lot.
Robinson is owed 18.5 mill over 4 years after this season, if you waive him before his last year starts you cut off about 10 million, then you'd essentially be paying Robinson 21.4 million for 3 years of his service. That's a lot of money for a 1 trick poney who's fallen back to earth after getting paid.
Now if you want to argue the pick protections... I still don't see it, maybe top 9 or 10 instead? I wouldn't do that swap for lotto-protected picks. Another disagreement here could be about Wood's value, some made such a huge deal over his incident and feel like his value plummeted, but he's been balling, I don't see Houston moving him for a well protected single first, there has to be some upside when sending out such a talented player.
Our issue is that we're very much helping LA turn Westbrook and one first into two much more manageable, smaller contacts who happen to be much better fits with that team. How do they turn Westbrick, in his current state, into Eric Gordon and Duncan Robinson, both of whom are undeniably more valuable than Westbrook?
If it takes a first to neutralize Duncan's value and another first to get a useful player, what should LA be giving up to make this happen?
Next, you have the fact that you don't actually understand his game and what he does do well. This isn't a catch and shoot guy. Yes, he started the season shooting badly, but we were able to overcome that, get his shooting back on track, and keep riding with the guy. Ask yourself why we bothered when we have Martin, Tucker, Strus, and Vincent all shooting well? The answer is that he's a gravity player. He doesn't stand in the corner waiting for the ball. He's constantly moving through screens, round and round in circles. Think Reggie Miller, though obviously not as good, but just as defense warping. He changes the way defenses approach Miami and makes things much more difficult on the opponent. Even in his down year, he's very important to how we work as an offense.
Then, finally, you have the fact that Wood puts up great numbers on not great teams (no offense). He's not going to come here and take offensive focus away from Bam, Butler, or Herro. How's he going to deal with being an offensive afterthought? When you consider that we have Omer Yurtseven that we're developing, Dewayne Dedmon who's keeping him on the bench, Bam Adebayo who's all-star caliber, and PJ Tucker who's one of the best glue players in the game and an amazing three point shooter, and I don't see the need to pay a premium.
In short, we're paying for LA to get better while talking away an important dimension to our offense. I'm not seeing it...
