I'm still puzzled by the deal on the NBA draft which sent Jason Richardson to Charlotte for the TE and rights to Brandan Wright. In terms of potential, it seems like a good idea for Golden State, but aren't the Warriors playing for now? It'll be a few years before Wright will be able to provide a major role for the team. By then their core will be in their early 30's and slowly declining. Now with Pietrus unhappy and out of the rotation, I really like the Warriors with Richardson as their starting SG.
On the flip side, I think the Bobcats have fallen into the mediocrity zone. They have some solid starters with Richardson, Wallace, and Okafor but nothing close to a superstar. Unfortunately, their record isn't bad enough to get a top pick so essentially they'll be hovering around 7-10th. You have to figure that if they just took Brandan Wright themselves they'd have a Top 3 pick and a chance to finally draft a franchise level player. But as it sounds they'll be adding another "pretty good" "rotation level" player to their unspectacular lineup.
It just doesn't make sense to me for both teams.
Why did Golden State trade Richardson?
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Why did Golden State trade Richardson?
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GS made the trade because their ownership didn't want to pay the luxury tax. This was a bigger issue for next year than this year, but it's often difficult to get immediate luxury tax relief without paying a high price so they acted ahead when a good deal came along.
JRich was a large contract player who could be moved for salary relief + additional value (as opposed to Foyle who would have taken assets to move). Yet, as pointed out, GS had enough other quality perimeter players to withstand the loss without a big effect on the teams record (as opposed to trading Baron Davis).
For Charlotte, they felt they were ready to step up from promising young team to playoff team. JRich filled out their biggest positional need (SG) and role (lead perimeter scorer). The fit between the two teams is why fans of both teams talked about the trade as a good idea in the months leading up to the draft.
Unfortunately for Charlotte other problems have hurt them. They expected Felton to improve significantly (talk was having Brevin Knight around was hampering him), but Felton has instead regressed. They also lost May for the season and went several months with only one competent post player on the roster.
JRich was a large contract player who could be moved for salary relief + additional value (as opposed to Foyle who would have taken assets to move). Yet, as pointed out, GS had enough other quality perimeter players to withstand the loss without a big effect on the teams record (as opposed to trading Baron Davis).
For Charlotte, they felt they were ready to step up from promising young team to playoff team. JRich filled out their biggest positional need (SG) and role (lead perimeter scorer). The fit between the two teams is why fans of both teams talked about the trade as a good idea in the months leading up to the draft.
Unfortunately for Charlotte other problems have hurt them. They expected Felton to improve significantly (talk was having Brevin Knight around was hampering him), but Felton has instead regressed. They also lost May for the season and went several months with only one competent post player on the roster.
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Warriors are a .600 team right now and are doing much better than they were at this point last season. In order to get better you have to make sacrifices and getting rid of J-Rich was necessary in order to have enough money to re-sign important players.
Stephen Jackson is much more important this season for the Warriors than Jason Richardson ever was last season. Also Monta Ellis had bee playing OUT OF HIS MIND for the past 2 months. Everything seems good for the Warriors right now, they just need a rebounder that can fuel their fastbreak game.
Stephen Jackson is much more important this season for the Warriors than Jason Richardson ever was last season. Also Monta Ellis had bee playing OUT OF HIS MIND for the past 2 months. Everything seems good for the Warriors right now, they just need a rebounder that can fuel their fastbreak game.