SpeedyG wrote:elbowthrower wrote:Up to the Harrington part, I still think Harris, Favors, Morrow, throw-ins and 2 or 3 picks is a very good deal for the Nets.
Quality > quantity and unfortunately for Denver those picks could very possibly end up being the next Julius Hodge or Linas Kleiza.
Favors is still very raw. Odds of him turning out to be another Duncan or even Al Jefferson are slim. And by the time he develops, if he does, his rookie deal will be over and Denver will have to cough up some major cash to keep him.
The Nets are getting the proverbial bird in the hand, a proven scorer and clutch player who by himself will get them another 5-10 wins. They're getting a huge marketing vehicle. AND they're preventing the Knicks from getting him.
I can see why their owner is hell bent on making this deal.
So the Nets would win 30 games (assuming they win 21 of their remaining games with Melo) with no real way of improving themselves (since they've gotten rid of every high valued asset they have) while saddling their team with bad contracts in order to appease the Nuggets' demand.
Yeah, that's a way to build the franchise.
The only reason the Nets should be giving up all of these assets is if they believe there's going to be some "hush-hush" deal going on that would land them Paul in the future.
Otherwise, this deal really makes no sense to them from a basketball stand point.
Marketing? Maybe, but from a pure basketball standpoint? No freakin way.
Some of that depends on which picks they trade. But anyway if they're a 30 win team (which is not a given) they'll eventually get some decent picks. Rip's expiring will be worth something, and CB will come off the books at the same time. Then you have a lot of cheap role players and cap space.
I don't see them stuck in a rut at all.
