Richard4444 wrote:nyk2017 wrote:Fat Kat wrote:
It seems to me that small market teams are raising the price for teams that are openly linking themselves to players. The Jazz were asking from the Knicks way more than they got from Cleveland and similarly the blazers probably asked way more from the heat than they got from Milwaukee. The 76ers maybe doing the same thing with Harden and clippers.
Lesson for the knicks should be that they should not openly flaunt another teams star or super star player. I am thinking about Embid or OG.
I think the Cavs paid Utah was equivalent to what they were asking the Knicks. And the Bucks package was better than any package Miami could offer without giving up Butler or Bam.
Miami didn't have anywhere near the assets for Lillard without dealing Bam or Butler. Currently, I believe they have a 6MOTY, a DPOY-when-healthy candidate, and multiple picks. Not to mention getting off of a no-D center swapped out for one who has top-5 talent (with questionable motor).
It would be like if we offered RJ, Fournier, and 2 of our protected picks for Dame. It was a crap offer.
The Donovan situation is tricky because the rumor was they wanted basically 3 of our starters for Spida AND picks which also is a non-starter. What they got was Lauri (who surprised) one prospect (who isn't doing much) and a good bank of picks. I think we could have beaten out that package, but they were charging us a NY tax.
RIP mags
