raferfenix wrote:It is pretty remarkable that our desire to keep Monta likely led to Ferry backing out at the last minute.
Hell, I'd rather deal a Monta + Daly / Udoh package than the Moute + #1 pick + Udrih one we've been hearing about.
Things never should have gotten to the last minute with us pushing to keep Monta.
Redick would have complimented Josh Smith quite well, whereas Ellis and Smith taking and missing deep 2's and 3's at historic rates would have been nasty to say the least.
I haven't heard definitively yet whether the deal would have been completed with Ellis. Maybe. But perhaps the Hawks would have pulled the same garbage at the last minute and kept Josh anyway.
Given the team that the Bucks would have rolled with post-deadline, the 1st rounder would likely have been in the late teens-early twenties. Worth the shot IMO (while creating some LT salary cap space as well).