Scoot McGroot wrote:Pacernation wrote:Scoot McGroot wrote:
We traded Buddy for McDermott, currently the 36th pick in this draft (where we don’t have a first), another (unprotected) future 2nd and got the maximum cash payout for a guy who wanted out of town. What more would you hope for?
CoJo was already waived. Golden State paid us a TON of cash to clear even more luxury tax savings.
Also, now that Indy has taken the league maximum in cash payments, they can’t take any cash payments at the draft, so you don’t have to worry about that?
We got 3 seconds and sent out 2. The second from Golden State is Charlottes top 55 protected so i won't count that, which makes it Buddy for McDermott and one second rounder which we know will be used on some comboguard that will never sniff an NBA court and a boatload of cash for Mr. Simon. I just hate burning through tradeable assets to throw cash at a billionaire. Just allways makes me wonder how serious this team is about winning.
I would've hoped for a trade that improves the team and if that's not possible stand pat and not disrupt team chemistry when Hali and TJ praised Buddy to the media. So we downgraded the roster and team moral for a second pick and cash. To me that's just stupid but what do I know.
We’re sending the 55th overall pick in this draft where we would’ve otherwise had 4 seconds, and got paid almost $6m to do so.
Would you have preferred we kept Buddy, Benched him in the playoffs when he gets continually hinted on pick and rolls, and then watched him walk in the offseason for nothing?
As for TJ/Haliburton praising Buddy to the media, Buddy had asked for a trade. Indy accommodated him. I also don’t know that Indy downgraded the roster. Mathurin, Nembhard, Nesmith, and Sheppard will get more playing time, and we got pretty good shooters in Dougie and Korkmaz back. The chemistry is a question, but again, Buddy wanted out.
Have to agree with Scoot (again),... New York, Sac-town, and Houston hunted Buddy relentlessly. Even after Ty was back & not at 100%, they continued to hunt Buddy. Buddy's help defense & off ball defense improved dramatically in his time in Indy. However,.. his on-ball defense didn't.
Going into the playoffs, I can only imagine that he was going to be a bigger liability on defense? good teams were starting to switch until they got a big creator on him & take him to the paint. Nothing he, or the team could do about it. On a different team, with additional length, Buddy would be much easier to cover & scheme defensively.
There's an article out today (would have to go find it again) suggesting that the Pacers extension offer to Buddy last summer was 'generous' but with the understanding that he would be coming off the bench. It went further to say (from an interview with Buddy) that he still wanted a chance to start & play major minutes. He doesn't feel like he's a bench player yet. (It implied that there wasn't any animosity. Just that both sides saw things differently.) If any of that is true,... Buddy was leaving anyway, either now, or this summer.
Again, if any of that is true? then the Pacers just helped Buddy get to a destination that is desperate for exactly his skillset with no other options on the roster. (Korkmaz was a sporadic option as a movement shooter,... but he left in the trade.) =} Which would be extremely consistent with how the Pacers have addressed these kind of issues in the past.
If you caught Malcolm's interview just after arriving in Boston,... he said,... 'The Pacer sat down with me & showed 3 offers. They said, 'if we could send you to any of these places where would you want to go?',.. I said 'Boston, if the option is there I would want to go to Boston.' They sent me to Boston, even though I know the other 2 offers were probably better for the team.
Will Buddy be missed,... Oh yeah! Comments from his teammates show that. Personally, one of my favorite players,... over the years, before he got to the Pacers, more words were written about what Buddy 'can't' or 'doesn't' do, than about what he can/does bring to a team. At least here, he got the chance to show what he can bring. Here's hoping that continues with the 76er's. Maybe, in a couple of years, when he no longer considers himself 'not a bench player',... he could be back. (just ask McDermott about that?....) =}