Los_29 wrote:HumbleRen wrote:Los_29 wrote:
I’m not saying Gradey can return a FRP. The point is I don’t think the team would give up on him after two seasons. He’s shown enough flashes that a team would want to hold onto him. It’s very rare for a team to give up on a player after two years. When that happens it basically means you stink and they see no future. You’re lying to yourself if you think Whitmore is some kind of hidden gem. Houston is actually trying to compete as well so if Whitmore was any good they most certainly wouldn’t be trading him for a 2nd round pick.
The 3rd pick is more like a late lottery pick in a normal draft. The draft was awful. Tari Eason had no problem getting consistent minutes. Ime plays you if you are good. RJ would get minutes there too.
RJ does have value as a player. The issue is making contracts work in a cap tight environment. Players who are worse than RJ and have worse contracts are getting traded and they are getting traded for good NBA players. Your opinion of RJ is simply not grounded in reality and I’m far from an RJ fan.
We wouldn’t because we’re a bad team. For the rockets who are probably a top 5 team in the league? If you can move off someone you aren’t going to play, you do that. Especially if the guy wants to be traded.
When I say RJ doesn’t have value, I mean that nobody is going to give up a first for him nor give us anything of value for him. He got SALARY DUMPED for OG. I repeat, he got SALARY DUMPED.
The players who are “worse” than RJ are getting traded because the team has to attach something to get them traded. That’s the whole point of being a negative asset. You have to attach something to make a team incentivized to accept that player. That’s essentially what RJ is.
If he was good he would play. The Rockets did everything in their power to make sure there are no minutes for him because he’s a bad basketball player. Traded for KD, signed DFS, re-signed Fred. They basically don’t want this guy sniffing the court and if he was any good the Rockets would love to play him because he’s cheap and they could use that money elsewhere.
And you keep saying he got salary dumped and it’s actually starting to get embarrassing. Not to mention disingenuous.
Knicks originally offered FRPs. They wanted to retain RJ. One NBA insider according to an article in SI stated “The Knicks were originally hoping to hold onto Barrett and use their deep stash of first-round picks to get Anunoby.”
It was the Raptors that insisted on getting young, ready to contribute players and not draft picks.
What did the Wizards trade to get out of Poole’s contract? CJ’s contract expires at the end of the year. RJ is making 27 million a year for the next two seasons and he’s a solid player.sbsat wrote:This board said every team was stupid for passing on whitmore. Now houston has given up on him. Stop coping maybe he wasnt as good as u thought he was
I love the pivot though. Now it’s because Houston is just too deep. As if NBA teams aren’t interested in cheap, controllable talent on rookie contracts. lol.
Dude, you're so embarrassing.
The Knicks offered washed Masai Picks in the beginning of the 2023. In a season where Masai was still in Win-Now Mode and traded for Poeltl for a Playoff Push. So he was not interested in any Trades.
After he failed. Again. He traded OG finally (end of 2023) with 6 months left on his Contract, and the price was not that spectacular anymore, RJ as a Salary Dump and IQ was the Player MU was eyeing. And it didn't hurt that a Canadian is coming back in RJ so that maybe masks his failing in the trade and people embrace RJ and seeing it as a fleece.
You mixing up two things in the hope no one will get it.
JANUARY 27, 2023
Knicks reportedly offered multiple first-round picks for OG Anunoby, got nowhere
By
Kurt Helin
Published January 27, 2023 08:36 AM
What are the Toronto Raptors going to do at the trade deadline?
It’s less than two weeks before the trade deadline and the entire NBA is still asking that question, the Raptors are the one team that could turn this trade deadline from a dud to epic if they decide to pivot toward a rebuild. Are they willing to trade players like OG Anunoby or Pascal Siakam, or will they look to add a more traditional big man such as the Spurs’ Jakob Poeltl, who has been linked to the Raptors in rumors? Everything seems to be on the table.
Anunoby is a player a lot of teams covet, including New York. The Knicks reached out to the Raptors, reports Ian Begley of SNY.TV.
“And Anunoby with Toronto, I mean, that would cost you a lot. That would cost you significant draft compensation. Maybe the Knicks are there, maybe they’re feeling like they could make the playoffs and make a big push if you added in Anunoby. I know that we reported they contacted Toronto on Anunoby and I was told in that conversation they offered multiple firsts. But this was a while back... Toronto has done a lot since then. But I don’t think the league is crystal clear on what [the Raptors] want to do on Anunoby.”
MASAI FUMBLED THE BAG. RJ WAS THE SALARY DUMP. HE DECLINED A GOOD OFFER WITH "YOUNG PLAYERS"/PICKS, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO COMPETE AND MADE THAT TRADE FOR YAK. HE FAILED, HE ACCEPTED, CALLED KNICKS AGAIN, AND GOT FLEECED BIG TIME.
HEARD LEON RAISED HIS VOICE LIKE: "YESTERDAYS PRICE IS NOT TODAYS PRICE!"