Hello Brooklyn wrote:Yes its mostly Dwight's fault. But King put us in a terrible position to get him. That's just a fact. If we don't make the Wallace deal we keep our pick and the Magic have much more of an incentive to trade with us. Or we have a tremendous asset to make a deal for someone else.I'm not recreating history. This is agreed on by 90% of Nets fans, that the Wallace deal ruined our chances of getting Dwight.
The Dwight deal was done. DWight is the one who opted out of it, not the Magic.
Hello Brooklyn wrote:So what if the Wallace deal was "one move." It had a huge impact on the future of this team. The Celtics deal was also one move, and it took away our pick for the next five years. And I never said we would draft Lillard. But without Wallace we probably would have lost more games. And even if we didn't we almost certainly would have included that pick in a trade for someone else. Or we would have drafted someone like Harrison Barnes and traded them mid-season. Either way it was a move that **** us big time. King may have been right about the draft, but Wallace sucked. And there no justification for trading for him.
Barnes wasnt on Kings list. It was going to be Zeller or Henson.
Nets had a worst winning % after the trade. Statistically, we would have had a worst pick if we didnt trade.
We also almost certainly lose DWill if we stand pat.
It was a bad move as is and it would have ended poorly if we didnt make it. Wallace sucked but so did Zeller and Henson.
Hello Brooklyn wrote:I never said I could be a GM. But youre a moron if you don't think the Nets are the most poorly managed franchise in the NBA. This is universally agreed on by the media and fans of other teams. Take off your homer glasses for a second. Atlanta was definitely going to trade Johnson. And based on other trades of similar value the picks swaps were stupid. Who includes pick swaps in deals? You almost never see that in the NBA.
King essentially circumvented the Stepihen rule by using pick swaps instead. He created an inability for us to acquire young talent for years on end. I would way rather send Marshon Brooks then all those pick swaps. It was a terrible, terrible move. Atlanta wanted to dump JJ's contract. Remember when we traded Vince Carter and got NO PICKS. Its the same concept.
Yes D Will bears the most blame. But King took way too many stupid risks and hampered our flexibility with his pick swaps and the Wallace deal. That much is clear.
No, the Nets have poor ownership. King isnt at the top of mountain of management. He is an employee who was given directives by non basketball people.
Atlanta definitely wasnt going to trade Joe since no other team could afford him. You like to say what you would have done after the fact but once again, where is your post saying that you would have given them Marshon over picks?
Do you sell used cars? You use horrible sales techniques when posting. The underlined portions are what they call putting people in the majority. So if I dont agree with what 90% of Net fans say what does that mean? Did you take a survey to get that number? Did you get appointed by the fan base to speak for them? You are a smart guy you know this is a good deal.
