bwgood77 wrote:ArksNetsSince99 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:
He was talking last year. Brooklyn has played the 10th toughest schedule and 4th toughest in the east.
Ignoring their SOS, they are on a 46 win pace right now.
That’s why I never liked Beal trade , you need guys like DFS or Bruce Browns of the league to give you that hard nosed defensive presence without compromising much on offense
Daniel Theis who went recently to the Clippers for cheap , ilike this guy as well
The thing about the Beal trade was that Chris Paul was basically washed, and Shamet was worthless. I thought we would have to either cut Paul and pay him $15K in guaranteed money to contribute nothing, or pay him $30K. Now in hindsight, maybe keeping him for $30K just for leadership worked, but he hurts to have on the floor much. His FG% from 2 years ago has dropped from around 50% to 40%. His TS% is under 53%.
He would have been another player the opponents would not have to guard.
I think Paul was basically untradeable unless we were to take a bad contract. I was shocked we got Beal. I know he isn't what he was but he still is a big scoring threat who can distribute. His D isn't good but at this point, neither is Paul's.
Ideally yes, we could have gotten a better fit or a couple of nice role players for Paul, but it didn't make sense. No one wanted him. The Wizards just wanted to get off his contract. The only reason we got him for Paul was because he had a no trade clause and forced his way to Phx.
To me, the Nets trade was far worse. We traded an iron man, who probably would have been a career Sun, who was super efficient, one of the best wing defenders, and was rapidly gaining new skills, Cam, who was a great shooter and could do other things, and Jae who it turns out was worth 5 2nd round picks. Then on top of that, 4 unprotected picks and an unprotected 29 swap.
That is a crazy trade for a declining injury prone, 35 year old player, no matter how good he is. We traded two starters for 1, losing depth, and Jae who we could have probably traded for Allen or someone similar, kept all the picks, etc, and been a better team.
Beal would look good as option #2 along with Bridges, Cam and whatever we got for Jae. Even the 2nd round picks would be nice to have.
If I’m not mistaken Jae fetched 4 SRP from the Bucks ( surprisingly)
I agree with you that CamJ is replaceable player , I just like the synergy between him and Mikal , they kind of compliment each other , they look to feed each other on the floor too
About Beal , there is certain players I wouldn’t want on the team I’m rooting for no matter the price ( I’m not talking from GM standpoint, just as a fan standpoint) and one of them is Beal , I watched him a lot when there was rumors him being traded to the Nets and I absolutely hate the guy , maybe is crazy to say this but I would prefer Westbrook over Beal for one simple reason, Westbrook cares about winning, he makes bad decisions on the floor often , he got ego ….. but he Cares , I never saw this in Beal , he looks to me like he just happy to collect the check and whatever happens it is
About Paul , ( honestly I don’t know what was his contract situation at the time ) all I remember he wanted bad to stay on this Suns team , and while he is kind of washed he was the REAL LEADER on the Suns , as an opposing team fan I respected Suns team more even when he was on the sidelines
About KD , I don’t like the guy but I gonna be honest with You , Lowest point of KD carrier in my opinion was on the Nets being swept by the Celtics ( he was just terrible, made tons of bad decisions on the floor )
If I have to put percentage on him last night against the Nets - he was 40% better than infamous Celtics series but he was also 70% worse than Bucks series year before ( in that series he was unstoppable superstar, he almost got us to the finals against you alone )
Now can he get back to 100% of KD from bucks series ? No I don’t think so , but you need him to get to 70% of that guy , 40-50 % won’t be enough
About Booker , I think he is great player , but I don’t watch him enough to have solid opinion about him , Let’s leave it at that