DayofMourning wrote:Because Riley doesn't feel it necessary to reply to every media lark that presents itself. He doesn't feel it necessary to give credence to every sportswriter trying to make a story. He doesn't have to satisfy the curiosity of message boarders who want him to deny a story that isn't. If you were told something ridiculous about you or something you know to be comically false would you feel the need to validate it as being false? Or would you expect people to use their heads and realize the foolishness of it. Once again...depressing.
Dooling and the third for Beasley would make sense. Even adding a player with Beasley wouldn't be a stretch. That's relative value. It could go in the favor of either team if that was the foundation of a trade.
Ok fair enough, but you do realize that other GM's read the newspaper too right?
Moreover, Riley has been trying unsuccessfully to get rid of Beasley for quite some time now. Regardless of how "foolish" you may feel the news stories are and that Riley need not dignify them with a response, you must admit that Pat has been getting owned repeatedly in trying to acquire anything more than a standing pool of urine for Beasley.
Try as he might, No GM is going to give a top 10 pick to Riley in exchange for Beasley and a big part of that is due to "comically false" reports like these that keep surfacing.
But hey, I could be wrong.
You might have to field a real NBA team this year.
