From the first few pages of the original Okariza Trade thread:
This is a HORRIBLE trade unless we're getting the #10 pick.
Okafor is redundant with Nene and Seraphin. We simply don't need him. Ariza is a decent wing but not any better than what we can find in free agency. Only with this trade, we obliterate any potential cap room in 2013. I just don't understand it.
Did we get #10?
Without it, this is just EG getting fleeced as usual.
LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Did we get the bottle of lube at least? Please?
Inexplicable trade
Agreed. Horrible trade. Nene was one thing, risky, but maybe would pay off. Now he's done it to the entire roster. Trading one over the hill expiring for two more years of salary which could well be over the hill by the end. Crazy. I'm glad I decided not to renew my tickets.
This is a horrible, short-sighted move. At this point, I am wondering why Grunfeld still has a freakin' job. He has pissed away a ton of cap money on Nene, Okafor, and Ariza. This is a effin travesty.
I blame Ted. If he had fired Ernie properly, this trade wouldnt of happened
Hey, that extension that EG got wasn't bad, right? I mean, sure, he kinda sorta built a terrible, capped-out team that was (and still is) an NBA bottom-feeder but hey, he kinda sorta cleaned up his mess and built a bottom-feeding team with a dash of potential.
So giving him that extension was a good move, right? Because, hey, a guy with a track record of poor moves probably won't make another one. Right? RIGHT?
Kill me
That's a lot of cap room taken up, and we still haven't improved a lick offensively.
There are the veterans Ted was talking about.
Waiting for the other shoe to drop, we help NO clear-up cap with Shard's expiring contract and WE give-up a pick??? There's got to be something else happening on draft-night for us.
Im pissed if we don't get the number 10 pick if this trade. We blow our cap for a chance to be a treadmill playoff team for the next two seasons. I rather lose and stock pile picks like OKC did.
Scary stat - Okafor averaged less than a block a game in 28.9 minutes a game this season, and he's going to turn 30 before next season starts. And he's one of the highest paid players in the game. Ummm.
Who is going to score next year?
Some who chimed in then either do not post much or stopped all together. If so many people knew the deal was bad why didn't EG?
Bye bye Beal.