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I recently traded D. Howard, R. Rondo and D. Gallinari for Bosh and D. Harris in a 10 manager, H2H, standard cats + FTM. I know at first glance that it looks like I gave a ton of talent away, but I was lucky enough to win Morrow off the waivers right after the trade went down. I also offered this after Gallinari's two bad games before he started this recent tear.

The reason I did this is because my team is dominating everywhere except scoring, FTM and FT%. This obviously instantly fixes my FT%/FTM woes and makes me very competitive in each category because Bosh and Harris are masters at getting to the line and shoot well when they get there. I don't really lose that much from Bosh > Dwight except blocks but I also pick-up much needed scoring. I give up some assists with Rondo but again add scoring with tons of FTM (don't lose much in steals either). My team is already incredibly strong in rebounding, assists, steals, blocks and FG%. Here's my full squad below. My supporting C's and PG's are definitely strong enough to lose any production from Howard and Rondo and I really don't lose much with Bosh and Harris (once he gets back to full production). Gallinari has been killing me with how he's been playing this week but Morrow is no slouch either. Morrow actually replaces Gallinari's stats perfectly and he might be the better bet overall with the crazy roster in NY. Lastly, I snagged Iverson off the waiver this week for S. Curry right before he signed. I hated to let Curry go as I think he'll improve over the year... but Iverson should come back and provide more of that much needed scoring. So... how did I do with the trade?????

Btw, I'm 2nd in the league right now.

PG
Jason Kidd
(Dal - PG) New player notes
@Mem 7:00 pm 92% - - - - - - - - - -
SG
Hedo Turkoglu
(Tor - SG,SF) New player notes
@Was 6:00 pm 88% - - - - - - - - - -
G
Devin Harris
(NJ - PG) Player notes
Cha 7:00 pm 85% - - - - - - - - - -
SF
Jason Thompson
(Sac - SF,PF) New player notes
48% - - - - - - - - - -
PF
Chris Bosh
(Tor - PF,C) New player notes
@Was 6:00 pm 98% - - - - - - - - - -
F
Jeff Green
(OKC - SF,PF) No new player Notes
Bos 7:00 pm 79% - - - - - - - - - -
C
Brook Lopez
(NJ - PF,C) New player notes
Cha 7:00 pm 95% - - - - - - - - - -
C
Al Jefferson
(Min - PF,C) No new player Notes
@NO 7:00 pm 94% - - - - - - - - - -
Util
John Salmons
(Chi - SG,SF) New player notes
@Cle 7:00 pm 73% - - - - - - - - - -
Util
Joakim Noah
(Chi - PF,C) New player notes
@Cle 7:00 pm 79% - - - - - - - - - -
BN
Aaron Brooks
(Hou - PG) New player notes
47% - - - - - - - - - -
BN
Anthony Morrow
(GS - SG,SF) Player notes
30% - - - - - - - - - -
BN
Allen Iverson
(Phi - PG,SG) New player notes
21% - - - - - - - - - -

creative1 wrote:I recently traded D. Howard, R. Rondo and D. Gallinari for Bosh and D. Harris in a 10 manager, H2H, standard cats + FTM. I know at first glance that it looks like I gave a ton of talent away, but I was lucky enough to win Morrow off the waivers right after the trade went down. I also offered this after Gallinari's two bad games before he started this recent tear.

The reason I did this is because my team is dominating everywhere except scoring, FTM and FT%. This obviously instantly fixes my FT%/FTM woes and makes me very competitive in each category because Bosh and Harris are masters at getting to the line and shoot well when they get there. I don't really lose that much from Bosh > Dwight except blocks but I also pick-up much needed scoring. I give up some assists with Rondo but again add scoring with tons of FTM (don't lose much in steals either). My team is already incredibly strong in rebounding, assists, steals, blocks and FG%. Here's my full squad below. My supporting C's and PG's are definitely strong enough to lose any production from Howard and Rondo and I really don't lose much with Bosh and Harris (once he gets back to full production). Gallinari has been killing me with how he's been playing this week but Morrow is no slouch either. Morrow actually replaces Gallinari's stats perfectly and he might be the better bet overall with the crazy roster in NY. Lastly, I snagged Iverson off the waiver this week for S. Curry right before he signed. I hated to let Curry go as I think he'll improve over the year... but Iverson should come back and provide more of that much needed scoring. So... how did I do with the trade?????

I don't know if you'd be able to dominate any category after this trade. And that's for sure. You just gave up one of the leaders in boards, blocks, steals, assists and FG%. Although on the bright side, your FT% might improve significantly.

Then you justify your trade with the pick-up you made with Morrow when you didn't realize that you could have a better team by not trading and just simply picking up Morrow.

The thing you are not realizing is that the guys I got back are not a drop off at all and they are much more efficient. Bosh is 2nd to Howard in rebounding and I get plenty of blocks from Noah and Lopez. Jefferson still hasn't even started blocking shots like he has the potential to do. Harris will put up almost as many assists and steals as Rondo by the end of the year and he doesn's shoot .325% from the FT line. He also scores way more and gets to the line 7+ times a game. Gallinari and Morrow are a wash in my opinion.

I admitted that I'm giving up guys that produce a lot in certain categories but they also kill you in others. I got guys back that produce incredibly similar stats but do it way more effectively. Lastly, you don't know **** about my team or league because I'm KILLING people in blocks, assists, steals, rebounds and FG%. I'm so dominant that it's not going to hurt me if Bosh and Harris are slightly less effective in these 4 categories.

I'm already seeing the difference this week as I'm winning every category except TO's. So... thanks for the feedback Crazy but you don't know what you're talking about.