jed wrote:But this sort of thing has an effect. Bucher's hinted at this as much as anyone.
Bucher's word isn't indicative of anything; he literally hates Nelson so much he can't see straight. To wit:
@sportsguy33 phx source says curry was picked for him, but gs source denies it, so we stayed away from it. i believe the gs source is lying.
9:12 PM Jun 25th from web in reply to sportsguy33
That was Thursday night. The word from GS people from the moment Curry was picked was that he wasn't going to be traded -- and their reward was to have everything they said parsed to death in a search for loopholes, or be outright accused of lying (e.g., Bucher above). In fact, there's war-room footage of the GS front office celebrating, too, when the Wolves drafted Flynn at #6.
Then, yesterday, came the rumor that started this thread -- the gossip that the deal was now done, with Curry included. I'm sure IHG et al. were passing along accurately what they heard, since everyone else (from Bucher to people with GS media/blogs) heard the same thing.
Except for one small problem... it wasn't true. Which finally became clear yesterday when Nelson made his "buy a house" comment.
Then came the revised spin, which IHG et al. also reported here: "Maybe not Curry, but then we'll get Randolph!" Also not true.
And now the revised-revised spin: "Boo hoo, Nellie double-crossed us." IMO, this doesn't have any more truth to it. Teams make draft-related deals ALL THE TIME contingent on certain players being available or not available.
The W's wouldn't have given Curry's name to the Suns (after all, what happens if they forward the list to Minnesota or Sacramento?), but it's a good bet that GS said they'd keep the pick "if our guy is there." And after Curry fell to #7, they called and said, "Bad news -- Curry was our guy."
Everything since then has been Operation Save Face for Steve Kerr. Who needs to quit whining/spinning and make the best basketball trade for his team. If that's Amare to Chicago or somewhere else, godspeed. If it's Biedrins/Wright/Belinelli, Riley and Nelson will be happy to take his call whenever he gets around to it.
