Dat2U wrote:Optms wrote:yungal07 wrote:
The amount of whining is ridiculous. There was only so much the guy could do with a #5 pick in a weak draft combined with a bunch of unwanted junk.
I think what most of you here are forgetting is that
he just evaporated 3 bad contracts out of Washington's hands. Whether Washington will keep Miller or Foye after next season is a much better problem to have then the one we had before. That in itself is positive. Add to it that I really believe Washington is in a great position to potentially make another major deal. Preferably to help the back court which now is pretty thin. I rate the deal as an A-
Pretty great if you ask me.
Sorry, I'm about to go CCJ on everyone. Either this trade has got me real crabby or I've always been naturally crabby.
A minor point to correct with the posts above.
Expiring contracts aren't "unwanted junk" or "bad contracts". They can actually prove to be very valuable in helping a team make a lopsided trade talent wise b/c another team wishes to dump long term salary.
Etan's expiring contract WAS an asset. Pech's expiring deal was a minor asset. DSong was the lone bad contract and even he had only two years left on his deal at $8 mil or so.
For example lets look at a franchise that seems to do things the right way as opposed to us.
The San Antonio Spurs on the same day acquired a solid, near all-star impact player in Richard Jefferson for nothing more tha expiring contracts. They gave up Bruce Bowen (washed up), Kurt Thomas (nearly washed up) and Fabricio Oberto (scrub). That deal was not made for talent, it was made by Milwaukee to get out of RJ's deal.
On the hand, you have the delusional Wizards front office, apparently believing all they need is depth,
willingly give up a top #5 choice (valuable enough that more than 10 teams called the Wizards inquiring about the pick!)
AND two expirings for Mike Miller & Randy Foye. Two decent role players that may be both suited as 6th men as opposed to starters. No one can make a legitimate claim that either is anything more than exceedingly average.
So lets look at this again.
San Antonio, a team having a big three of their own that's won championship but not happy after a first round exit, acquire a 1st line player for nothing. The Wizards on the other hand, seemingly content with their big three that's won nada, sacrifice alot more to add two lesser players. That's the difference b/w a championship caliber franchise and a organization that lives and breathes in mediocrity.
Well done, Dat.
Ernie doesn't value defense. He didn't go and get somebody like Battier. Heck, even a Sefolosha or Weaver would have shown he's thinking out of the box.
Ernie doesn't value muscle and points in the paint. Landry or even Craig Smith or a Brandon Bass would show he understands that's good off the bench.
Ernie clearly doesn't care that his last 5th pick is now an all star and that Harden, Evans, or Curry could each be better than Devin Harris within 2-3 years.
What Ernie did was get the pick off the books and Darius' contract. I like making some minutes for Blatche and MGee but Jamison's the guy getting the minutes at PF; not Darius.
EG's motivation appears to be offenisve impovement and cap flexibility when Miller comes off the books. I don't know that Foye's an answer to the backcourt problems or that Miller is either, but they're moderate upgrades.
Dat's criticism is the most valid: Etan's expiring deal was valuable and to a lesser extent so was the contract of Pecherov. I think the Wizard might have been better off drafting at 5 and waiting to package players later.
The only thing that would change my initial feelings would be if there's another deal in the works in the next 24 hours.
