Caron Butler traded to Bucks for Ish Smith and Kratsov

EastSideBucksFan · Post #41 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:57 am

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emunney · Post #42 » by **emunney** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:58 am

Yeah, I've been all over Woelfel all summer, but this one had the ring of truth to it the first time he directly said there were discussions. You knew it was going down.

RJ->Salmons->Maggette->Jax->Caron

The wheel of the aging wing carousel turns slowly, but it turns.

EastSideBucksFan · Post #43 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:58 am

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Post #44 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:59 am

Butler would be nothing more than another shooter on this team, albeit a solid one. The dumb aspect here is he's only a slight upgrade from Middleton on offense, while being a complete liability on defense.

Tankers rejoice. Another example of the Bucks making a win-now now move that takes wins off the table.

Durins Baynes · Post #45 » by **Durins Baynes** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:00 am

Good to see your franchise is really pulling the stops out to finish 9th again this year. F#$@'ing hell, must their front office do this every god damn year!

midranger · Post #46 » by **midranger** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:01 am

The good news is half our players were decent 3 years ago, and the other half might be decent 3 years from now.

This has 8th seed written all over it. Paschke approves.

BigDee · Post #47 » by **BigDee** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:01 am

Go 8th seed.

James1980 · Post #48 » by **James1980** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:01 am

We not get him with Bledsoe then?

Post #49 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:03 am

Butler is no better than Delfino. This is in no way a win-now trade

andonewheel · Post #50 » by **andonewheel** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:05 am

Geez, this just makes our inability to bring in Bledsoe that much more embarassing.

Siefer · Post #51 » by **Siefer** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:07 am

My hope is that this is just an attempt to sell a few more tickets.

LittleRooster · Post #52 » by **LittleRooster** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:08 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Butler would be nothing more than another shooter on this team, albeit a solid one. The dumb aspect here is he's only a slight upgrade from Middleton on offense, while being a complete liability on defense.

Tankers rejoice. Another example of the Bucks making a win-now now move that takes wins off the table.

God I hope you're right. :pray:

emunney · Post #53 » by **emunney** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:08 am

Here's a tidbit from Caron's wiki that I did not know and am now SO GLAD I KNOW.

While playing for the Washington Wizards, he had an addiction to the soda Mountain Dew. He said he drank about six 12 ounce sodas a day and would wake up in the middle of the night to have one.

Mmmmmmmmm.

TheWig · Post #54 » by **TheWig** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:09 am

Woelfel with 2 in a row

Post #55 » by **ReasonablySober** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:09 am

Has any of the package to Phoenix been confirmed? Part of me wants to see Ersan go. God would that be hilarious.

DukeH · Post #56 » by **DukeH** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:09 am

Just because you believed the Bucks were "stealth" tanking doesn't mean they were, this will be decent if we don't give up anything more than Udoh/Slavo/2nd.

EastSideBucksFan · Post #57 » by **EastSideBucksFan** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:09 am

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TheWig · Post #58 » by **TheWig** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:10 am

ReasonablySober wrote:Has any of the package to Phoenix been confirmed? Part of me wants to see Ersan go. God would that be hilarious.

And bring back Beasley.......this team would be the Titanic

Durins Baynes · Post #59 » by **Durins Baynes** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:11 am

Yeh, although a few Suns fans insist Dudley is some really good player, it's the icing on the cake of the "how did you not get Bledsoe" F#@$fest.

A starting line-up of Sanders, Butler, Ersan, Mayo and Ridnour, with some decent vets off the bench like ZaZa & Neal, is going to be enough to ensure 30+ wins, even if Henson, Knight and the other young guys contribute nothing. Another wasted season.

Baddy Chuck · Post #60 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:11 am

DukeH wrote:Just because you believed the Bucks were "stealth" tanking doesn't mean they were, this will be decent if we don't give up anything more than Udoh/Slavo/2nd.

"Decent" compared to the other bottom 10 teams in the league maybe.

Edit - Read that wrong, but no, giving up a young player even if they are buried and a pick for a guy who isn't good and will bury two younger guys isn't a good move.